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What's involved in the initial setup for this app? Will it search my hard drive and discover all the files in whatever random folders they live?

No, you have to import the files into Stock Keeper's library.

Copies your files to one huge database. Worthless for anything over a couple of gigs. The review really needs to mention this!

DavidDabney, on 07 July 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

Dude, my iPhoto database is over 35GB and it's a single database and it copies everything in so how is this any different?

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The difference is, instead of having 35GB taking up your harddrive, you have 70GB taking up your harddrive. Now of course this can be adjusted.

For instance my "stock meda" folder is 32GB once I import the files into Stock Keeper, I have my files in their current location, then I also have one large database at (as one would assume approximately the same size) 32GB. Effectively taking up double the hard drive space. Now I realize I could backup these "main" files and just use the database. But the database is one file, uneditable outside the app. So accessing the files *requires the app* On the other hand iPhoto, you can access the individual/original files within the iPhoto database.

I'd have to agree, this is a disadvantage - it is sort of the iTunes effect (iTunes copies & organizes you files into its own folder) It'd be nice to have the ability to "import" but keep the files in their original locations.