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organize files by date put in folder

capo | Aug 31 2007

> * Is there a way to organize a particular folder so that it can
> present the files in that folder (in list view), by the date that I
> put the files into that folder, not the date the file was created or
> modified?

‹ Is my Address Book missing something? I have a lot of hard drives I use for backup... ›
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The best way I can...

Submitted by noodle on August 31, 2007 - 6:01pm.

The best way I can think of is to have create a Folder Action which prepends the current date to the filename when you add files to that folder. Then you can sort by name.

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