• linearchaos@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Last move, I collected all cables in a one HUGE box.

    After the majority of the unpacking (like I’ll ever finish that) was completed, I sat down with the box and sorted out all the cables.

    I kept a sane amount of each cable, at least one and trashed the rest.

    I now have half a dozen labeled sterelite dollar store organizers with the cables in them.

    add it to your bucket list…

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      2 months ago

      I organized all my cables into like types and put them in gallon sized plastic bags to prevent all that intertangling, at least nominally. I still hardly go into that box though. It’s still a pain in the ass, just less of one.

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        2 months ago

        LPT: intertangeling only happens when cables are looped. Just put them together linke you would crumble a piece of paper and put them in your bottles. No more intertangeling

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      2 months ago

      Same, except I kept all of each kind that have potential use, and set aside any that are technologically obsolete by over two decades so I could throw them out.

      That box is still on the shelf as well …

    • wia@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      I store all mine in a closet door shoe keeper. Each pocket is 1 type. And I keep as many as will fit in that pocket except for a few special things I keep a ton of. PC power cables, Current USB, HDMI/DP