<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I move the photos to a temporary directory, scan that photo, then rename the pictures file name by date and time they were taken and add a unique number if somehow there is a duplicate photo (burst mode). Then I wrote a simple script to move them to a directory of year-month (YYYY-MM). <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 20, 2021, at 18:43, David Prellwitz <dprell@pacbell.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Sorry if this has been requested before – I just couldn’t find any references. I need to consolidation 20+ years of photos from myself, family and friends.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My configuration:<o:p></o:p></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">I have Windows 10Pro with:<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1"> i7 3200 Processor; 32Gb Ram; 500GB SSD boot drive; NVida 2060 GPU;.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1">(5) hard drives; 100Gb to 2Tb.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">Each hard drive is from a different CPU, and each has different directories with various types of photos and videos. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">I’ve established a 680GB disk to accept all of the images for my use.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-15.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">I’ve installed digiKam 7.3.0 for Windows.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt">My problem is how to get these into a common library/location for easier management! (or, should I even do that?) <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">1: Can I use digiKam to find and consolidate those photos and videos?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> If yes, how?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">2. If no, any suggestions on how to get this done?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank You!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">/David<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>