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A macbook laptop with Lightroom running. There is a camera to the left of the image and a cup of coffee in front.

The "Case File" Folder Tree naming scheme

That survives Lightroom, Darktable, Mac, Windows and Linux.

Screenshot of a mobile, messaging application.

Export and archive your Apple Messages chats on Mac

Including attachments and searchable PDFs.

An old, wooden box with very old, black & white prints.

Apple Photos “Optimize Storage” vs “Download Originals”

What it changes, what can go missing, and how to make it safe.

Article Clipping Without Hoarding

Article Clipping Without Hoarding

A Clean System for What to Save and Skip.

How to back up and restore a Lightroom Classic catalog

How to back up and restore a Lightroom Classic catalog

Previews, presets, and what to copy

A Clean Note-Taking Setup for E-Ink Tablets

A Clean Note-Taking Setup for E-Ink Tablets

Templates, Tags, and Weekly Review Habits.

A pair of glasses in front something that looks like a screen withan Internet site. De glasses are sharp and in front while the webpage is behind the glasses and out of focus.

System for saving web pages before they disappear

Save it to PDF, WARC, and “print to file.”

Bulletholes in a steel wall.

A screenshot cleanup system that sticks

Simple rules for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, plus one “inbox” folder.

How to export and archive your WhatsApp chats

For iPhone and Android, includes media and a searchable PDF.

A bunch of smartphone, charging cables.

A simple method to label and store cables, chargers, and adapters

So you stop re-buying them.

Old suitcases piled up on top of eachother.

A sane Downloads folder system on Mac and Windows

With auto-sort rules, keep folder, and a 5-minute weekly purge.

An Apple screen showing a video editing software. There is a white Apple keyboard in front of the screen and an Apple mouse to the right of the keyboard.

A “media file truth” check

How to find duplicates, missing originals, and silent re-encodes.

A gloomy but colorful picture of the front of a MacBook Pro.

How to export and archive your iStuff

iCloud Contacts, vCard backups, photo sync, and a safe restore test.

A photographers Macbook laptop with a bigger screen in the background.

Photo culling that doesn’t take all weekend

A fast keep-delete pass with consistent rules.

People and traffic mixed into a ambient chaos that works.

The Street Doesn’t Lie

What Public Spaces Reveal About Real Character ch. 1

A huge amount of receipts lying ona flat surface.

A “receipts vault” that works

With folder rules, file names, and how to find any purchase in 10 seconds.

reMarkable paper tablet.

reMarkable Paper Pro and Move screen resolution

You'll need it to create templates.

Denafrips Ares II configuration

Denafrips Ares II configuration

Set it right even without the manual.

A lot of artefacts stored for later use.

How to Avoid Becoming a Digital Hoarder

Clip articles without the headache.

A “manuals vault” for appliances and gear

A “manuals vault” for appliances and gear

One folder, smart file names, and how to scan paper manuals fast.

How to export and archive Apple Notes

How to export and archive Apple Notes

Including scans, PDFs, and attachments on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

Building a Personal Wiki With Zero Coding

Building a Personal Wiki With Zero Coding

Obsidian vs Logseq vs Notion for Real Writing.

Loads of pieces of a puzzle outside of their box.

Apple Photos library move without the chaos

How to migrate to a new Mac and avoid duplicates.

Six piles of old books, held together with thin rope.

A low-effort way to keep a personal “sources list”

For news and analysis, with trust notes and bias flags.

Illustration of the letter "G" as in Google.

How to download and verify your Google Takeout export

What breaks, what’s missing, what to check.