Re: How to reorganize collections

Posted by Jim Dory-2 on Apr 25, 2021; 10:32pm
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I would have just dragged (or moved) all the files into one of the existing folders, deleted the two now empty ones, and renamed the one they are all in. Would that lose data doing it that way?

On 4/25/21 10:38 AM, Eduard Zalar wrote:

Hi,

you may write the metadata to the images. Then you can remove the three collections and create the one you like.

1. Make sure to write ALL wanted metadata from the database to the images:

1.1. Go to Tools -> Maintenance

1.2. In the "Common options", select "Whole albums collection".

1.3. In the section "Sync Metadata and Database", select "From database to image data".

1.4. Press the "Settings..." button to see which data is written to the metadata and adjust to your needs.

1.5. Click "OK" to run the sync.

2. Remove your three collections.

3. Add the root folder for your desired one collection.

3.1. All metadata which was written in step 1 is read from the images and added to the database again.

Regards

 Eddie

Am So., 25. Apr. 2021 um 18:48 Uhr schrieb CB-crew <[hidden email]>:

I think in your case you add new subdirectories to existing directory trees.

In my case I want to unite tree existing independent collections together
into one common subdirectory. I start with three collections and want to end
with one.



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