Keep pix at top level?

[Mary]

I seem to recall that Peter suggests keeping one's photo archive at the top level of the drive -- i.e. in the mac "user's" folder. (in docs file )
Is this still a good idea or does it matter? I tend to keep all my docs and files at the top level. Yet, in the apple store recently, I was told that Apple prefers them in user folder.

Any suggestions?  Mary

[johnbeardy]

Simplicity is the key here. Sometimes you find people with some of their pictures here, some there, and it's only when you're sorting things out that you realise there are 2 or 3 other places where their pictures have been stashed. So you want as few top level folders and as much clarity as you can.

John

[Mary]

to clarify...I meant "not" in the users' folder. Hopefully, it doesn't matter, really.