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From: Stimpy on 2 Aug 2010 11:29 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:35:20 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote >>>>> >>>>> if it's not obvious from the name, I add a comment to the file so I >>>>> remember what it's for! >>>> >>>> Far too sensible. >>> >>> My thoughts exactly :-) >>> >>> In fact I quite often forget that you can add comments in the Get Info >>> panel. >>> >> Until I read the above, I'd had no idea that you could. > > That's too far to look, for me - I tend to just put a note in the > filename. And the serial, if I've registered it. Remember, you can set the Comment field to display in the finder so you don't even need to invoke 'Get Info' to see it.
From: Sara on 2 Aug 2010 11:37 In article <slrni5dm99.1kcv.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-08-02, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> if it's not obvious from the name, I add a comment to the file so I > >>> >> remember > >>> >> what it's for! > >>> > > >>> > Far too sensible. > >>> > >>> My thoughts exactly :-) > >>> > >>> In fact I quite often forget that you can add comments in the Get Info > >>> panel. > >>> > >>Until I read the above, I'd had no idea that you could. > > > > That's too far to look, for me - I tend to just put a note in the > > filename. And the serial, if I've registered it. > > I tend to email serials to one of my GMail addresses. > > Jim I've started keeping a password protected arsebundle with all my serials/logins as separate text docs. Saves an awful lot of buggering about when I need something I haven't even thought about for 6 months and have *no idea* what password rules they had thatwould give me a clue as to what password I'd used. And even better, Dropbox has a lovely 'oops moment' undoer for when I've over-written my username with my new password. Lovely. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment
From: Jim on 2 Aug 2010 11:42 On 2010-08-02, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > I've started keeping a password protected arsebundle... I still love that term. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Sara on 2 Aug 2010 11:41 In article <0001HW.C87CA2FB0AD0A885F0407648(a)news.eclipse.co.uk>, Stimpy <stimpy1997uk(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:35:20 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote > >>>>> > >>>>> if it's not obvious from the name, I add a comment to the file so I > >>>>> remember what it's for! > >>>> > >>>> Far too sensible. > >>> > >>> My thoughts exactly :-) > >>> > >>> In fact I quite often forget that you can add comments in the Get Info > >>> panel. > >>> > >> Until I read the above, I'd had no idea that you could. > > > > That's too far to look, for me - I tend to just put a note in the > > filename. And the serial, if I've registered it. > > Remember, you can set the Comment field to display in the finder so you don't > even need to invoke 'Get Info' to see it. But then it looks all messy. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment
From: Graeme on 2 Aug 2010 11:32
In message <slrni5dlcp.1jpe.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-08-02, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> > > > > > > Anyone else got that problem? Software that you fetch when you > > > > > hear about it, installed for `as and when I need to do what it > > > > > does', then promptly forgotten about? > > > > > > > > Yup - sometimes, given the cryptic names, I can't even remember what > > > > it's actually for, or even why I thought I wanted it in the first > > > > place. > > > > > > if it's not obvious from the name, I add a comment to the file so I > > > remember what it's for! > > > > Far too sensible. > > My thoughts exactly :-) > > In fact I quite often forget that you can add comments in the Get Info > panel. > Useful. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/> |