TIL: Using MacOS tags for better search
Preparing for visas is a nightmare for a normal person and might be a sweetspot for those who has OCD. My docs are messy, but at least I keep them in one place in the cloud. I come up with a certain structure like Docs/Igor/smth/ etc. Clicking every time to multiple folders to open them and search for files was a normal routine, because I didn't pay to much attention to it.
Yesterday, looking for my son's passport details I finally realized how time consuming it is and thought – this is it 😃
After short research I came to a structure recommended by ChatGTP
01_Personal/
IDs/
Igor/
Passports/
Residency_<country-code>/
Family/
<wife-name>/
Passports/
Residency_<country-code>/
<son-name/>
Passports/
Residency_<country-code>/Each file has certain tags: legal , me , family , ru , es , travel , freq.
A bunch of smart folders which helps access the most frequently accessed documents and couple of Alfred keywords (which I'm still learning) following this tutorial: https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/3-ways-to-use-osx-tags-for-better-search/