Do you organize your Applications folder?

[suklee]

If so, how do you organize it?

 

[Kaido]

Nope. I also hate that Adobe puts their apps in folders in Applications 😛 Spotlight & Google Quick Search ftw!

 

[TheStu]

Well, iWork goes into a folder, but iLife doesn't. I don't have Final Cut, but I know that Aperture doesn't go into a folder.

The real problem is that if you pull iWork out of the folder, or rename it... you can't update them since the updater is not smart enough to just look for the apps.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: TheStu
Well, iWork goes into a folder, but iLife doesn't. I don't have Final Cut, but I know that Aperture doesn't go into a folder.

The real problem is that if you pull iWork out of the folder, or rename it... you can't update them since the updater is not smart enough to just look for the apps.

We just need a Registr-, er, nevermind 😱

 

[secretanchitman]

i leave all the default apps out, but i have folders of: Internet Tools, Games, Multimedia, and Utils. damn apple for taking my utilities folder! 😛

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i leave all the default apps out, but i have folders of: Internet Tools, Games, Multimedia, and Utils. damn apple for taking my utilities folder! 😛

I might try something similar. I tried moving most of my extra installed apps into the built-in /Applications/Utilities folder but there's some stuff there that probably doesn't belong.

I put Adobe into its own subfolder and the installer updated to the new location upon each app's next launch, so no problems there.

I heard all apps that came with the Mac must stay in /Applications - is this true? Can Safari be moved?

My goal is to have my Applications stack not scroll. I'm almost there, but hopefully the next round of moves won't break anything 😛

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: TheStu
Well, iWork goes into a folder, but iLife doesn't. I don't have Final Cut, but I know that Aperture doesn't go into a folder.

The real problem is that if you pull iWork out of the folder, or rename it... you can't update them since the updater is not smart enough to just look for the apps.

We just need a Registr-, er, nevermind 😱

***GASP***

 

[alfa147x]

I just Spotlight everything

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: Kai920

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i leave all the default apps out, but i have folders of: Internet Tools, Games, Multimedia, and Utils. damn apple for taking my utilities folder! 😛

I might try something similar. I tried moving most of my extra installed apps into the built-in /Applications/Utilities folder but there's some stuff there that probably doesn't belong.

I put Adobe into its own subfolder and the installer updated to the new location upon each app's next launch, so no problems there.

I heard all apps that came with the Mac must stay in /Applications - is this true? Can Safari be moved?

My goal is to have my Applications stack not scroll. I'm almost there, but hopefully the next round of moves won't break anything 😛

Isn't there a way to grab a bunch of icons and make a stack out of them? I thought that there was.

 

[SpandexAssasin]

I use Application Wizard to help me keep things a little organized.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Nope. I also hate that Adobe puts their apps in folders in Applications 😛 Spotlight & Google Quick Search ftw!

I know! Adobe isn't exactly known for intelligent designs. I have all my Adobe app folders in a single folder so I can find them quickly. Everything else is on it's own in alphabetical order. Stuff I use most often is ether aliased to the desktop or in my dock.

 

[Parasitic]

I put all of the 3rd party apps I installed in a folder inside /Applications/ and keep the original DMG's on a flash drive, but that's about it.

 

[Kmax82]

No organization here.. I probably should, but I just use LaunchBar, so it really doesn't matter.

 

[umrigar]

Yep. Internet, Audio, Video, Games... maybe a few others I can't think of ATM.