Raw + JPG: principles and purpose

Dear all,
I have received a few thousand pictures in RAW+JPG.
I understand that I can either view them as separate files (check the relevant option in the preferences and re-sync the folder) or view them as one single entity, then marked by LR as "RAW+JPG" (uncheck the relevant option, re-sync...).
Is it correct that when I am in RAW+JPG mode, where they are one single object, I actually only work on and see the RAW? The JPG is then "useless", sitting in the folder but not modified and not directly accessible?
And the only way to acces it is to swap the preferences as mentioned above, for the whole folder?
Any hint on the principles are welcome!
Thanks,
Olivier.

Olivier,
You are correct, but also note that the switch is not kept by folder but for the LR installation and affects all imports/synchronize folders you perform from then on.
The only "useful" feature I can see in keeping the JPEGs as sidecars is that file system opertions (deletes/moves) will affect both the Raw and the JPEG.
Beat

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