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Originally Posted by HarryT
There have a been highly successful platforms in the past, which also lacked a conventional file system. Most notably the Palm, which simply had one internal database into which all files were "merged". It can be argued that file systems are things that are no concern of the user, but a "system" issue.
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I work that way now with, iPhoto, iTunes and Calibre and of course iPhone.
It certainly took some getting used to and initially I actually went in and changed the settings so I manually managed my files but realised after a while i dont actually care about that!
I just want access to my photos and music HOWEVER there is a potential negative to this.
The software can stop this being a good system in iPhoto for example the fact that i can set it to open the image in photoshop when I click to edit means I dont need to get access to the file in the old way, I can also choose to export selected files to a disc or send via email all from within the app. When it works this way I have no need to open finder and actually touch the file, I love it... BUT if the iPhoto software wasnt this good and flexible I wouldnt like this system...
the iPhone/iPad for me are still missing that central store for all files that all apps then point at(although it does exist for photos and music) they need to do this for all file types imo.