Importing entire Mac Documents folder

[selrak]

Sorry if these questions are answered elsewhere – couldn’t find them, so

1. I just tried importing my entire Mac documents folder, which is a mess. EF crashed part way into the import. Not sure why, but I eliminated some “unusual” files in Docs, in case they were at fault.

In order to complete the import should start the process over, in a new library? Or is the proper approach just to try to add the whole Docs folder again, because EF will eliminate the duplicates?

2. Once I finish the import, can I rename the EF created directory to Documents, and Get rid of my original documents folder? Or will that cause problems?

thanks

[Michael_Tsai]

@selrak

1. I just tried importing my entire Mac documents folder, which is a mess. EF crashed part way into the import.

I don’t believe that I received a crash log from you. Did the EagleFiler crash reporter come up?

@selrak

In order to complete the import should start the process over, in a new library? Or is the proper approach just to try to add the whole Docs folder again, because EF will eliminate the duplicates?

EagleFiler will eliminate the duplicates, but it’s probably easier to start a new library because then you won’t have to merge two folder hierarchies.

@selrak

2. Once I finish the import, can I rename the EF created directory to Documents, and Get rid of my original documents folder? Or will that cause problems?

That should be fine. Just make sure to close the library before renaming it.