Dear all,
I’m really impressed by how DT works, and as time passes I realize that I’m only using a small percentage of its possibilities…
In the very beginning of my use of DT (I own DTPO) I merely created databases instead of the folders I would have created in Documents, using tags, groups etc instead of sub-folders and spotlight searches.
So I find myself with 24 different dBases, half of which I use on daily basis for my research. The remaining dozen is just a “reference-in-case-I-need-that-old-doc”.
So, here I am with my “next step” question. I would like to be able to find/index/group/or-what-else images (JPG, PNG) that are now stored in those 24 dB’s. As all these dB’s weight more than 130 Gb I don’t even think about opening each dB, scroll through all folders/groups looking for the “Images” folder and then copy/move to a new “images-only” dB. Or at least: I would do that only if you guys tell me that there is no other way to index and sort all images.
What I tried so far is Spotlight (searching for .jpg in the folder I keep my DT dB’s in), but no result (and I’m sure all of those dB’s are Spotlight enabled…).
I tried DevonSphere, but, again, no luck.
Any hint?
PS: the reason because I would like to have all images centralized is because I frequently use images in my lectures and/or conferences. When it comes to explain something, I often remember that I used an image, say, in a speech, but of course I can’t remember when and/or its title. As I usually save all related materials to my presentations with the presentation itself in a “conference” dB, I would like to be able to search within those materials without having to manually open the dB. I don’t mind if all material stored in the conference dB needs to be moved in a new dB: what I want is to have a bullet proof system for cataloguing my images.
Thanks!