Ask HN: How do you organise your files and folders?
Mostly in Dropbox<p><pre><code>  - Apps                      &lt;= created by Dropbox
  - Cold Storage              &lt;= does not sync to local, large archive stays in cloud)
  - Inbox                     &lt;= Scanbot app, Brother MFC2740 scanner) 
    - 2019-06-13_160921.pdf   &lt;= workflow folder, files get renamed and filed
    - 2019-06-13_160932.pdf
    - 2019-06-13_160988.pdf
    - etc.
  - Personal                  &lt;= random personal stuff
    - 2014 Porsche 911 C4
    - 2017 Maserati Ghibli
    - Business                &lt;= PDF files
    - Fashion                 &lt;= shoe sizes, suit&#x2F;shirt size, receipts, model #s, so I can buy the same thing the next time
    - Financial 
    - Graphics                &lt;= random graphic stuff for reference
    - Manuals                 &lt;= random manuals of stuff
      - 7&quot; Monitor           
      - Aeotec Z-Stick 
      - Baratza Encore (2018) &lt;= sometimes stick a year to remember when purchased
      - etc.
    - Marketing 
    - Photos                  &lt;= headshot, DL, Passport
    - Recipes    
    - Receipts                &lt;= random receipts (don&#x27;t really track it, accountant uses credit card statements) 
    - Sailing  
    - Technical 
  - Projects                  &lt;= projects&#x2F;companies not started yet, temp
    - Example1 
    - HoldingTemp  
  - Shared-Company1
    - Logins.md               &lt;= user&#x2F;password, EIN #, address, contacts 
    - Corporate               &lt;= TAX letter, CORP paperwork&#x2F;filing, trademark
    - Financial 
    - Investors
      - Subscriptions
    - Marketing
    - Operations
    - People                  &lt;= folders for people to share files
      - John One             
      - Sally Two
    - Sales
      - Product Images
    - Tech
    - Vendors                 &lt;= anything coming from vendors goes here, invoices, statements, receipts, etc.
      - Chase Bank
      - UPS
      - Stripe
      - etc.
  - Shared-Company1-Private   &lt;= if really need a 2nd tier of access
    - ...
  - Shared-Company2
    - ...
  - Shared-Company3
    - ...
  - Shared-***
    - ...
  - Shared-Accountant         &lt;= share with accountant
    - Personal                &lt;= personal records, IRA,  
      - 2019  
    - Project1
      - 2019
      - 2020
    - Project2
  - Shared-Family             &lt;= shared with immediate family 
    - 123 Main Street         &lt;= home files, manuals, etc
      - Vendors             
        - Electricity         &lt;= bills, solar credits
        - Cable
        - Joes Plumbing
        - etc. 
    - Taxes 
      - 2020
    - Vendors
      - ETrade             &lt;= brokerage statements
      - Bank of America    &lt;= bank statements, tax 
      - Chase              &lt;= credit card statements
      - Samsung TV         &lt;= manuals, receipt, etc.

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Anything with Shared-<i></i>* signals to me that anything I file into those folders are visible to others<p>Sometimes there are levels of access for the company (all employees get the main `Shared-<i></i><i>` folder and then the key personnel or owners get `Shared-</i><i></i>-Private`<p>---<p>Then for working<p><pre><code>  ~&#x2F;Projects        &lt;= git clone ... (checkout folders)
    - MainWork     
    - SuperProject
    - AnotherOne
    - etc.
  ~&#x2F;Servers         &lt;= vagrant boxes
    - www1          
    - mdb1
    - etc
  ~&#x2F;Tools           &lt;= things that do not go into Applications
    - eclipse       
    - geektook
    - rdm
    - flutter
    - etc.
  ~&#x2F;VirtualBox VMs  &lt;= support for vagrant boxes (created by VirtualBox)
    - www1
    - mdb1
    - etc.
  ~&#x2F;X-Projects      &lt;= projects that are ready for archiving 
    - OldTest1    
    - MainWork_2020-01-01
    - etc.

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* All downloads from browsers go directly to Desktop and they get filed<p>* Photos go to Google Photos <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.google.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;photos.google.com</a><p>* No real music library to speak of so can&#x27;t help you there, mostly Pandora and Overcast<p>* The Brother MFC2740 scanner uses an upgraded firmware (so you can send an email directly from this scanner without the need for a computer attached to it via SMTP which is <i></i>the most awesome thing<i></i>), then it goes to a Zapier email-to-dropbox, then goes to the Inbox folder above<p>* I also create a &quot;list&quot; in amazon of everything I have bought (even not from amazon) so I can find product manuals easily