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A Media filed can be used to store images, movies and sound files. The default behaviour is that when you drag and drop a file onto a Media field you store a copy of the actual file in your Bento database. Obviously this can lead to the database file becoming very large very quickly so an alternative is to hold down the Option (⌥) key when you drag a file onto a Media field. This stores the file’s alias, a link to the file rather than the file itself, which is around 4k in size, almost insignificant.

This tip was submitted by Jon Longworth (aka Jade in the Bento™ forums).

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