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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I don't know if the title makes clear what I'd like to do.
Basically, I want to arrange all of my applications into folders since it's pretty awkward going through a big list when I right click the Applications folder on my dock. So, for example, I'd like to put Safari, Firefox, Opera and Camino into a folder called Web Browsers inside the Applications folder and categorise all of my Applications like this. However, I remember having trouble on my iBook when I moved Pages and Keynote out of the iWork folder. Software Update didn't like it and kept prompting me to update. Is there any real disadvantage to doing this to my applications folder? |
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Join Date: May 2004
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None other than what you already pointed out - updates won't work.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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You could make a new folder called "myApps" or whatever, and fill it with Aliases to the actual Apps. You could then build whatever folder structure you wanted in it and just use aliases. Add myApps or whatever to your sidebar.
Allows for custom organization without borking the original apps when update time comes. YMMV. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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sorry, couldn't help myself. |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Anything installed/maintained with Apple's Installer / Software Update / .(m)pkg system won't work as expected when moved around. It's a pathetic holdover from NeXT, with absolute paths and all, when Mac OS has always had a far superior mechanism to find applications (and still does in X, through LaunchServices).
So, basically, don't move Apple apps around. For pretty much all third-party apps, though, no problem. |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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I've only recently noticed that the Applications folder within my Home folder is completely EMPTY. I've always used the HD/Applications folder which sits in my Finder sidebar.
I could easily set up a bunch of aliases to applications and sub-organize them within "my own" Applications folder. I haven't bothered, though. |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Try quicksilver or launchbar and you can then simply type a few letters of the app and never even leave the keyboard!
Personally I prefer launchbar (religious issue) but have used quicksilver before I bought launchbar. As of now I keep 4 apps in my dock (finder, safari, mail and adium, since they're ALWAYS running it makes sense to have them there). The rest I launch by typing +Spacebar and typing, say, 'quic' for quicktime - 'gar' for garageband, 'xc' for xcode, 'mate' for textmate, 'tran' for transmission, 'mit' for transmit, and so on. Give it a try, i dont care how my aps are organized in the apps folder since they're all a maximum of about 6 keystrokes away, takes far less time than mousing to any folder, regardless of how organized |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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What about putting junks into the apps themselves (e.g. move related folder to the icon; right-click and open Package, then drop the related folder there)?
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Ruling teh World
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Does anyone have a single folder on their desktop that they throw everything that accumulates naturally into? I just use it as a holding bin since I can use Quicksilver/Spotlight to find anything fast.
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Lately, I've taken to having my Applications folder sitting open, then I can cmd-tab to the Finder, cmd-` to Apps, and type a couple letters to select whichever app I want. |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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If you're doing tab and then ` and then typing, why would you not want to cut that down to spc + typing... you're just being stubborn if you dont like taht idea Not only that but once you type a few chars to get the app you want (if it's in the root app folder and not in utilities, for example) you still have to move your hands again to type O to open it... That is not a good solution compared to quicksilver/launchbar. |
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