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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
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi,</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.
Make sure to write ALL wanted metadata from the database to
the images:</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.1.
Go to Tools -> Maintenance</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.2.
In the "Common options", select "Whole albums collection".</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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>
<div class="gmail_default"
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>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">1.5.
Click "OK" to run the sync.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">2.
Remove your three collections.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">3. Add
the root folder for your desired one collection.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
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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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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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