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I therefore find tagging reference files very logical. Moreover, each reference file usually relates to more than one topic and thus cannot be placed in a specific folder. This means that it is much harder to remember where a particular reference file is stored. If project files are frequently used in a short period of time, most reference files are rarely used for a long period of time. I have thousands of pdfs of academic articles and documents plus images, movies, plain text notes and presentations. Reference files play a very important role in academic work. For example, Teaching/Teaching 2012–2013/Energy Winter Semeter/ is a natural place to store lecture notes, reading materials and students’ assignments for a course.

I find it easy to organize academic projects in a logical hierarchical folder structure.

archive, transfer, duplicate), using Finder or Path Finder

I often need to do group operations on project files (e.g.

manuscripts with co-authors), by placing the project folder in the Dropbox

I often share project files with collaborators (e.g.

I need to access the files quickly and frequently, so a link to all active project folders is in my Finder’s Favorites.

while I am working on a project I need to frequently turn to the relevant set of files it is thus very unlikely that I would forget where the folder is located or how it is called.

each file can be clearly attributed to a specific project.

I find it logical to organize project files in hierarchical folders:

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After the project is concluded, most of the project files go to an archive and are never needed.

While the project is active project files are frequently viewed, modified and shared. They are linked to a project, a series of connected actions unified by a common goal and often conducted in a defined time period. Project files are drafts of your articles or books, manuscripts under review and student assignments, grant applications, research reports, your lecture slides and scripts, raw data files, etc. For the last three years, I have consistently used folders for project files and tags for reference files in academic work: in Mac Power Users episodes 172 and 167).

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The introduction of tags in the latest Mac OS has re-ignited the debate on tags vs.

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