Occasionally, we stumble across a techie tip that is too wonderful not to pass along. What better place to put it than on our blog? Here are a couple we've discovered lately.
Do you have a folder on your computer that holds your entire life? For example, designers or writers often have a large folder of their best work for easy access. Well, apparently everything on your desktop is stored in RAM. So that big folder of all your work is tying up all of your computer's RAM, which is slowing everything down. Instead of keeping these large folders on the desktop, try dropping them in the "Documents" folder. You can even create aliases to these files on your desktop that don't take up space. Your computer will run faster and probably last longer, and you will be hitting your head with the table less as you're waiting for things to load!
And when you name a file, it's important to create a consistent system of naming so that you can find the file months later. With the number of icons available on your keyboard, it's really tempting to use them all, however, by using some of these characters you could be dooming the file to corruption. Windows is especially notorious for corrupting files with special characters, and transferring anything from a Mac to a PC can be dangerous. Avoid the following characters when naming files:
" * : < > ? \ / | ' & ; #
Taking a few minutes to clean off your desktop and clean up your file names will save you time—and potential headaches—in the long run.
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