achinoam01: Create Placeholders for downloaded files

Monday, March 21, 2011

Create Placeholders for downloaded files

Since I work in IT in the education sector, I'm always looking for whatever things I can find that are free that help me get things done.

I often have a hard time keeping track of what I've downloaded, tested, and then discarded. This is what I use to address that issue.

I wanted a simple way to remind myself which not-so-useful files (driver, utility, whatever) I have downloaded without leaving them on the machine taking up space. Since I already use file labels and they're a very quick way to categorize files, I decided to use them to mark which files to create 'Placeholders' for.

The following command that will delete all files in a directory that are labeled 'Gray' and then will create a new file that does not use disk space as a reminder. Open Terminal.app and type cd followed by a space, then drag and drop the folder containing the files you've labeled onto Terminal.app's window (which will enter the full path for you), and then hit return ...