ZenonG                                                  wrote on 5/28/2020, 9:06 AM                                 

Open MAGIX

This PC shows all hard drives (I have 3 internals and 3 externals)

Selecting HD shows all folders with pictures in them.( I want to import pictures from all folders into one file and eliminate duplicates)

Select Import (top left - Camera)  Import box appears with 2 selections.

Destination folder is OK. But shows "no external drives selected"

Options "select unknown device" 

Drop down folder appears  "select a folder on your external device" click OK

All HD drives appear. Selecting HD I need, click OK and it goes back to "no external devices selected in import box.

How can I import photos from all folders on external HD and create ole large folder with all the pictures without duplicates.

This is what I bought the software for!

@ZenonG

First, thank you for reposting this to your original thread!

Second, don't use the Import function. That is for direct importing of photos from a camera.

Third, do the following:

• Make sure you are in Advanced Mode, a tick box at the upper right hand corner of the main workscreen:
  
• Then the left hand column of the workscreen will look like this:
  
• Click on "Folder". This will then open a dropdown that, on my machine, having selected the appropriate drive, looks like this:
  
• Select the folder or folders containing the pictures and let PM index them for its database. (This may take quite some time, depending on how many pictures you have.)

Job done!

HTH

Jeff
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