Here is a short video showing how to add short cut folders to your side bar in OS X. The video shows me adding the folder ebooks and then removing the folder (it disappears in a puff of smoke). I use this to keep project files in easy reach. Since it is simple to add and remove folder or other items, the side bar can function as a work area to keep track of things you need fast access to.
One benefit of this is that the items will show up when you do a "Save As" or "File Open" as well. This little trick saves me a tremendous amount of time because I can quickly reconfigure things for whatever I’m working on. When I’m busy with a particular client, I’ll put their folder in the sidebar. When I’m writing for the 501 websites, I’ll put my "content" folder in the sidebar, when I’m programming my "workspace" folder goes in the sidebar.
I think you can do something similar with windows by putting shortcut folders on your desktop.
(This is my first experiment with adding video. Let me know what you think in the comments. Especially let me know if it doesn’t play on your computer.)
Very Impressive Video . . .what did you use to record it? It looks very smooth! Also, the color is very sharp and crisp! I bet you’re gonna be able to do a lot now that you have video!
Mac is my favorite Operating System, I want have one in 2007 ^_*
Gary – I used Snapz Pro X. It seems to generally work pretty well. I wasn’t able to get the site name on like I wanted though.
Bit of negative feedback – couldn’t get the quicktime to run. Clicked everywhere and everything, but stubborn refusal! If it makes the slightest difference, it’s an intel mini with OSX 10.4.10)
But some positive too – I like reading your posts – entertaining. Thanks
This is nothing like shortcuts in Windows, Windows has an area on it’s file browser that acts just like the sidebar does in osx, it’s nothing new. Shortcuts are aliased folder or file shortcuts you can put anywhere for making navigation simple… it’s use for other more advanced things for many applications too.
On OSX there appears to be no such thing except the normal unix way of doing it, aliased linking. For most OSX users (not me) this is too advanced. There are 3rd party tools to help simplify it but it’s insane Apple didn’t add this functionality into the menu system. Absurd really.
Oh well. OSX does alot of weird shit, this isnt the first. (Sort by ‘Kind’ anyone?… lol…. “Kind”….).