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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">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?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/21 10:38 AM, Eduard Zalar
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi,</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">you
            may write the metadata to the images. Then you can remove
            the three collections and create the one you like.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.
            Make sure to write ALL wanted metadata from the database to
            the images:</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.1.
            Go to Tools -> Maintenance</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.2.
            In the "Common options", select "Whole albums collection".</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.3.
            In the section "Sync Metadata and Database", select "From
            database to image data".</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.4.
            Press the "Settings..." button to see which data is written
            to the metadata and adjust to your needs.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.5.
            Click "OK" to run the sync.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">2.
            Remove your three collections.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">3. Add
            the root folder for your desired one collection.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">3.1.
            All metadata which was written in step 1 is read from the
            images and added to the database again.</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div>
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            style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> Eddie</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am So., 25. Apr. 2021 um
            18:48 Uhr schrieb CB-crew <<a href="mailto:ast36@gmx.at"
              moz-do-not-send="true">ast36@gmx.at</a>>:<br>
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            0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
            rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think in your case you
            add new subdirectories to existing directory trees. <br>
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            In my case I want to unite tree existing independent
            collections together<br>
            into one common subdirectory. I start with three collections
            and want to end<br>
            with one.<br>
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