Yes, I’ve read the documentation AND a third-party book AND scanned a number of topics here.
I started out very concerned about DT keeping things in a “database,” due to my less-than-ideal experiences with other tools. Once I found out that the database is only for the metadata, and the files themselves are stored in a custom file tree, I was less apprehensive. Still, I opted for indexing as opposed to importing, for a couple of reasons:
- I often want to open the file directly, even if DT isn’t running, and doing that through the regular file system is easier.
- I’m still a little skittish about using an app to be able to get to my files, even if they are still actually “there” inside the file tree. At this point, if something happened to DT, I would lose some functionality, but I wouldn’t have a multi-day process to put everything back into some sort of reasonable filing system.
I may, at some point, choose to import most or all of my data. For now, I’m simply exploring how to incorporate DT into my workflows, and learning more about its capabilities.
Thanks to all for your help!