dirtdorphins said:Nice Rick! always such amazing file photos at your disposal 
Of course, all my original photo files are backed up too, but as I take pictures, there is almost always a representative photo (or 2 or more) from each group of photos of the same subject that I process for use in places like this forum. Each of these is organized into folders and renamed, but still with the original file name, and put in a separate "master" library. So from this easily searchable library, the right pic is handily available, and I can easily find more unprocessed same subject pics with the simple search function and the original file name. I never need to actually search through oodles of original photo files to find what I want. A stitch in time saves nine!
You've prompted me to see how big my processed library is and I was astounded. It really adds up over time:
more than 9000 pics in 400 folders!
Unlike the photo organizing programs that inevitably will become obsolete, I take solace that the basic folder system will always persist.
