Work-flow? Project folders' date/time reflect change of contents?

How do y'all organize/find projects by date? This is simple stuff?

I keep each project in "folder" mode, in its own folder and subfolders.

I want sorting by date to work, so when I update say the .logicx file in

a project subfolder, I'd expect the project's parent folder's Date Modified

or Last Accessed to change. That would make sorting/finding by

date very easy.

I think that's how I did it for Cubase on Windows NTFS. I think.

With macOS and Logic the parent folder's date doesn't change,

so puling up say the last 3 sketches I'm working on isn't obvious.

What am I missing here? Is there some setting or script that will

make modification dates propagate up X levels in the finder tree?

How else are people organizing and finding their last modified projects ?

Thanks!

Hi

I have to agree with you.

I don't know if it is just my system but I find the 'Finder>View>Sort By' Function is broken.

I can set it to 'Date Last Opened' 'Date Modified' etc .

But none of these sorts work to find items I have just opened and edited. They are not placed at the top of hundreds of other files...

I rely on two methods to organise workflows:

Within User Hierarchy I set view to columns and sort by 'Name'

Within Program I use 'Open Recent'.

I have set the 'Open recent' Menu to max (50) in System Preferences>General.

You can also type .logicx into the Finder>Search to show a list of most recent documents

Thank you. My question is still how most people manage their projects. Is your approach all we have? The find thing is helpful. Does anybody have any scripts to "touch" parent folders to propagate last modified dates?

It would seem that having a reverse chronological sort is SO fundamental. As in open Logic, open your projects' top level folder and see the most recently worked on projects right there on top. No? Any other tricks?

You could create a "Smart Folder" for the Finder that selects Logic projects...the raw Spotlight query is

mdfind 'kMDItemContentType == "*logicx*"cd'

which will list all of your Logic projects. When I create a Smart Folder I see the projects most recently modified first...

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-or-change-a-smart-folder-on-mac-mchlp2804/mac

Thank you, @facej, that's very helpful, I didn't know about macOS

smart folders. Now if we can figure out how to eliminate dupes,

things like that. Is the finder window the best display space for you?

Are there any other scriptable objects we could use?