Patent ID: 8505010

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one storage management module, wherein the at least one storage management module is configured to manage storage of application specific profiles and is configured to manage storage of corresponding files among multiple storage media, wherein the at least one storage management module distributes the application specific profiles to storage locations of the application specific profiles, and wherein the storage locations of the application specific profiles are separate from storage locations of the corresponding files; and a processor for operating a software application; wherein the software application provides for storage and retrieval of the file and the corresponding application specific profile from the separate storage locations, wherein the corresponding application specific profile is used by the software application for at least a purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application, wherein the application specific profiles are generated by the software application during operation of the software application, and wherein each application specific profile includes user-specific settings used by the software application during editing of each file that corresponds to an application specific profile.