What does she hoard? Non sense tiktok videos, if these are research paper. It's not only smart it's awesomely genius to hoard on digital intellectual. The mind of genius

Don't ask if it's wrong, ask how is it wrong

I read that many young people have no concept of a folder or directory. They search. I search. You can keep the old drives as emergency backups.

Anything in frequent use can go to or stay in the customary home tree.

This is how I clean my dresser drawer.

1. I really need this. 2. It goes in a box. Repeat.

The worst deal for me is photos. After infinite years[0], Apple has really ludicrous image search. There should be free or cheap Image Categorization on desktops, safe from Google and others. and not locked in some file tree where leaf nodes are dates, or database. (Rant deleted)

Sorting and finding would be infinitely easier, like those files and emails above.

I am sorting books, because, like a bookshelf, I prefer to go somewhere and browse rather than search. Collections are pretty static and 1:1, so tags, which allow multiple values per file, are not really needed, but photos tend to be re-grouped from time to time and tags would be fine. If automated.

In a bit of irony, I am replacing purchased tree books with digital, preparing for a move. The books were perfectly organized but very heavy. My book directory re-org starts with them, because they were/are priority, worthy of shelf space, earned just before the previous move.

[0] It only FEELS like infinity.