jekins

Thanks for everyone's thoughtful answers. As it turns out, I'm using a Mac and I found the database folder, which has all embedded attachments (all my PDFs) in their original format in subfolders, so I'm definitely able to fish them out of their if something unforeseen happened.

I have found Evernote to support everything necessary to be a next-generation file system with tagging and document organization I would prefer to store all my documents (PDFs, etc.) in it to be seamlessly integrated with typed notes. But, I'm nervous about storing all my personal documents without knowing for sure there will always be a way to access the underlying PDF files, etc. Where are those files stored? Besides dragging them out of the note onto - for example, a desktop - is there a system location where copies of all the PDFs or other attachments are hiding? Thanks,