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Tags
- OSX (my version:
macOS Catalina; Version 10.15 Beta (19A501i)) provides “tags” to color- and text- label and group folders and files. They are usually shown on the left side of the Finder window by default (unless you purposefully turned it off). The easy access by group significantly lowers the barrier to starting anything you hope to do (“the path of minimal resistance”). I usually use tags for grouping- reviews: set an orange color (with label
review_to_do) and tag all the folders that contain the works to be reviewed. For example, the a folder2019july03BIOM2019XXXM/indicate the actual due date (2019 July 03) and the abbreviation for the journal (Biometrics). By clicking the tagreview_to_do, all the folders to be reviewed are revealed at once, which can then be ordered by due dates to indicate urgency. Once the review for the work in a folder is done, unlabel the folder (and pat yourself on the back, move to next one). - current writing project: For me, this will most likely be a paper; create a tag
paper_awesomeidea. I usually put the.tex,.bibandzwcommands.sty(my own definition of shortcuts) along with other necessary files (e.g.,figs/,references) together. When I have the corresponding R codes in another folder, I will also tag that folder with the same color/label.
- reviews: set an orange color (with label