Rant: Spent 4 hours looking for one PDF I knew I had saved somewhere

I finally admitted my download folder with 3,000 files was the problem when I had to re-download a receipt I already had because I couldn't find it after clicking through 47 screenshots first - has anyone else just given up and searched the whole drive instead?

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3 Comments

tessaperry15d ago

Listen, I finally gave up and searched the whole drive last week. Found three copies of the same PDF hidden in separate random temp folders. Now I just dump everything into one folder and use the search bar like a normal person.

angela_morgan15d ago

Did you try just sorting by date and scrolling back?

baker.christopher15d ago

Man, I used to swear by organizing everything into folders and subfolders. But after digging through 2,000 files just to find one concert ticket, I gave in and started dumping everything in one spot with search. It's way faster and I actually find stuff now.