Up until Mountain Lion, documents in iCloud were organized completely
flatly; no folders, just one list of files.
Now, you can add one level of folders, like the way you organize apps
on an iPhone. The linked to
article
asserts that very few people can really cope with large hierarchies of
folders, and the paradigm of folders-in-folders is complex.
I agree that, although folders-in-folders was a good solution, it’s a
good idea to look for something simpler. However, restricting folders
to one level doesn’t solve the fact that folders-in-folders offers
more power than no nested folders, so I’m disappointed Apple haven’t
been more ambitious.
With the power of modern computers to index and search, labelling
documents would offer a brilliant way to organise them. Most people
would continue to have a simple, flat list. If you want to group up
documents by project, progress, context, audience etc. start applying
labels. Documents can have multiple labels, and you can have smart
folders, e.g. to list ‘archived newsletters for my photography group’.
Simple; no nesting; but crucially, no loss of power.
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