And now we're kind of coming out the other side, where storage is so large and can contain so many items that organizing it all into a hierarchical structure is a full time job in itself.
MP3s can mostly sort themselves, but your pictures ... and then you have the N-layer-deep "old computer" directories, where you copied all the files from your last computer to your new computer.
These days every desktop environment integrates an increasingly featureful fast search feature front and center because they know you aren't going to be able to keep up.
MP3s can mostly sort themselves, but your pictures ... and then you have the N-layer-deep "old computer" directories, where you copied all the files from your last computer to your new computer.