[Mac] Fresh is like command-tab for recent files
On any given day, I work with perhaps 5 apps and 5-10 important files on my Mac. The way people traditionally organise their computing activities, is that they place their most used apps on the Dock or Desktop, and organise their files in folders in the Finder. Life has been made somewhat easier with Spotlight search, as well as Quicksilver triggers, but not so much for getting to the files that matter most quickly.
Fresh takes you out of that context. Instead of doing a search, you press a shortcut key and an overlay like this appears:
The top-bar simply lists the most recent files that you used. Sometimes those files are irrelevant and you can block that file, that extension, that folder, etc. Very simple, very effective. The bottom bar is your shelf where you can place often used things. You can also tag files in Fresh, though I haven’t yet figured out how that, in any way, increases productivity.
Fresh is payware, costs $ 9 (€ 7), but is worth it if you’re into making finding files quicker. Sure, Quicksilver is fast, as is Spotlight, but sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for, just that you used it recently.
I’m not paid for saying this, but I highly endorse this app as another evolutionary step in Mac productivity. You can get it here.
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