How-tos for keeping things tidy – useful even if you never use Zortio.
How to track down duplicate files in Windows: what Explorer can do, why comparing names misleads you, and how a content comparison works.
Why the downloads folder keeps overgrowing, which kind of order really works, and how to establish it in seconds.
How to organise a grown photo collection by year and month – and what to watch out for with the capture date.
Why the desktop keeps filling up, what really belongs there, and how to clear it in one pass without breaking your shortcuts.
How to move photos from your phone to your computer without losing the capture date, and why duplicates are almost unavoidable along the way.
Why elaborate folder trees collapse after three months, the only two rules that matter, and three structures that have proven themselves.
Where the space on your drive actually goes, which steps give you the most back, and what to keep your hands off.
Why a date in a file name has to start with the year, which characters cause trouble, and how to rename hundreds of files at once.
How long to keep private receipts, why one folder per year beats one per topic, and what a scan has to look like if you want to search it.