Importing multiples folders

I transferred hundreds of folders each containing 1 ippod song from my old broken computer to my new one. How do I import multiple folders into iTunes? It only allows me to select one at a time which is soooo painful. Is there a way around this?

I would first put them in the same folder. You could create a New Folder, call it For iTunes. Then move all the other folders to that folder. Then when you import from iTunes you will only be importing one folder.
There is no way in iTunes to import multiple folders at the same time (at least none I've been able to find).

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Hi,
I've just bought a new computer which has come with PE9 pre-installed. It looks like it could be a great program but ...
Two big problems. Firstly, I tried importing all my pictures from "My Pictures". All my pictures are neatly arranged into their various folders so I clicked on "My Pictures" and it imported all 2000+ photos straight away which was great. However, the big problem is that it has copied every picture individually i.e. it hasn't imported the 20 odd individual folders I had those files arranged in. So firstly, and most importantly, how do I import multiple folders at the same time or can't I? Do I need to remove everything and just copy each individual folder across one by one? Because that sounds like an awful lot of work! I'm assuming it should import multiple folders at the same time but, as usual, there's nothing I can find on the forums or the FAQs to answer the question.
Your help and advice would be gratefully received.
Many thanks.

Elements will simply mirror your hard drive making links to each image.
When using File >> Get Photos & Videos >> From Files & Folders
You can navigate to your system folders and then check the box to include all sub folders.

Import multiple folders in one step

I'm new to PSE and have just installed version 10: is there a way to import multiple folders from my hard disk into Organizer in one step? Selecting each folder and then selecting all the pictures in it is tedious (I have about 50 folders to import into PSE).

Hi,
You can import photos from multiple folders.
Just click File >> Get Photos and Videos >> From Files and Folders
Now select the folders you want to import photos from (they should be at same level in the directory, say all folders in My Pictures) using Ctrl+Click, tick the checkbox for 'Get Photos from subfolders' if not already checked and then click 'Get Media'.
Hope that will help
Thanks
andaleeb

How to import multiple folders with subfolders several levels deep

How do I import several hundred subfolders of a top folder into Aperture. Do I have to sit for days importing every single subfolder one by one? or is there any way to automate this procedure?
For export is there any way to macro export muliple folders/projects/albums into a set folder structure, or is it again something that has to be done laboriously one folder at a time?

For export is there any way to macro export muliple folders/projects/albums into a set folder structure, or is it again something that has to be done laboriously one folder at a time?
Yes there is. You can design a folder hierarchy and export into it. See page 490 and following in the Manual.
Regards
TD

How to import multiple folders?

When I want to import a folder with sub folders within it and I drag that into iTunes it does not import the subfolder structure.
Is there a way of achieving this without having to import one folder at a time?
Kevin

While in iTunes, go to File>Add to Library> then select the folder that contains the subfolders of files you want to add to your library.

Can I import multiple folders at once?

I'm pretty sure that Aperture won't support what I want to do...but I thought I'd ask anyway...
I'm converting to Aperture from Photoshop Elements. I've got all my photos arranged nicely in the following structure:
\Photo-directory
\year
\month
\mm-dd-yy some descriptive name for the shoot
When I try to import into Aperture, I have to navigate all the way to "...\mm-dd-yy some descriptive name for shoot" folder. Aperture is smart enough to figure out that I want to store these images in a project called "mm-dd-yy some descriptive name..."
But what I really want to do is this: tell Aperture "Start at /Photo-directory (or even /Photo-directory/year) and import all the images in all the sub-folders...and create projects using the lowest-level folder name as the project name."
Any way to do this? A "batch import folders" feature like this would be really sweet...

You can import whole Finder trees via "File→Import Folders as Projects". Specify whether you want to end up with Folders/Projects, or Projects/Albums. (I always use Folders/Projects.)
There are many things to consider prior to importing your images and setting up your Library. Strongly suggest reading the User Manual chapter (click for link) --
Importing Images
especially the section
Importing Folders of Images from the Finder
You are going to want to fully understand the difference between a Managed Master and a Referenced Master before making the switch to Aperture. Additionally, get ready for the discomfort of moving from a file-manager approach (using the Finder) to an image-manager (using Aperture).
In Aperture, you organize your images -- but your images don't exist as image-format files usable by other programs until you export them.
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How to import multiple folders into itunes at ones

I have 40 gb of music that i have transfered to my new macbook pro, They are in thousands of folders and praying that there is a way/ app to do this. Thanks

Don't move them then consolidate. That won't add them to iTunes.
You can...
File > Add to library and select the top level folder with the music
Drag the top level folder to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/Automatically add to iTunes.
FYI: I keep a shortcut of the /Automatically add to iTunes/ folder on my desktop. Then just drop stuff onto the shortcut to add to iTunes.

Import 800K photos (many duplicates) into Aperture from multiple folders in one hard drive.

I have a hard drive with 800,000+ photos in it, many are duplicates after I have made multiple back-ups to different drives over the years and then transferred all the photos to this new drive. The photos are located in different folders but are all in the same hard-drive. How do a import the photos in the easiest/fastest way? How will they get sorted, by date? Is there anyway that I could delete the duplicates without losing photos? I have many photos with the same file name (but from different cameras), tumbnails, edited photos etc.
Very thankful for your assistance!

Hi,
You can import photos from multiple folders.
Just click File >> Get Photos and Videos >> From Files and Folders
Now select the folders you want to import photos from (they should be at same level in the directory, say all folders in My Pictures) using Ctrl+Click, tick the checkbox for 'Get Photos from subfolders' if not already checked and then click 'Get Media'.
Hope that will help
Thanks
andaleeb

How would I import multiple Roadrunner emails each with multiple folders and continue to use my Roadrunner email to send and receive?

How would I import multiple Roadrunner emails each with multiple folders into Apple Mail and continue to use my Roadrunner email to send and receive from within Mail?

Try this.. Click the first in the CC field hold Shift, Click the Second Third, Fouth, Fifth and so on... click right Mouse select add to Contacts.

Import images from multiple folders at once?

I know that Lightroom handles this as expected, but I cannot work out how to get Aperture to import everything within a folder including all of it's subfolders. For example, my photos are organised by Lightroom in folders per day, eg. 2006-10-12. It's getting tedious having to go through every single folder to import, but if I try selecting multiple folders, or the folder that contains these then none of the photos appear. What is the solution?

Try File->Import->Folders as Projects... and in the Pop-up menu you can choose Import Folders as: Projects and Albums or Folders and Projects from the drop down. You can also choose the sub folder structure. You should be able to choose multiple folders and have all the folders and sub folders organized the way you want. Give it a test try before committing a large number.
Matt

Search multiple folders and muiltiple files and combine to single file

I want to search multiple folders for muliple files and combine to single file name. The files I'm searching have same format, but where named
differently in each of there processes. Now I want to combine based upon -SearchFor .. I'm having a problem with -Filter $SearchFor
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I think you might want to use -Include instead of -Filter. Your -Include parameter accepts wildcards, i.e. *.docx or *somstr.txt
Your command to actually append the content should be:
Get-Content -Path $File.FullName | Out-File $AppendTo -Append
You had $Files.FullName which might behave unexpectedly, if at all.
Your actual command has several issues.
Search-Files -Locations "\\servera\public\t1\usa\saleshist\","\\serverb\public\t2\usa\saleshist\" -SearchFor "dodetail-cm.txt","somstr.txt" -AppendTo "\\virt1\Saleshist_data_load_files\saleshdr.load.csv"
You had commas following the lists of locations and searchfor terms, did that even work? Without seeing your source files or your target file I can only advise you so much, but ideally you would import-csv and export-csv. Depending on the contents,
you may be able to get away with get-content and out-file though.
I hope this post has helped!

SAP SFTP- PIB2BSFTP - multiple folders in sender

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We are in need of using multiple folders option in sender SAP SFTP adapter.Our existing SAP SFTP patch does not have multiple folders.To what patch or version of PIB2BSFTP we need to update to get multiple folders option? I read in SCN that SAP already released patch to get multiple folders option in sender SAP SFTP adapter
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Batch Process multiple files in multiple folders

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Is there a way to create some type of macro to combine multiple PDFs within multiple folders? Or better yet, I'd like to combine the files into a PDF package with security.
Thanks, let me know if I need to be more clear of provide more info.

Thanks!
From what I can tell Process Multiple Files allows input from three places:
1. A folder. 2. Import (like a scanner?) 3. Open files.
So it might be nice if it had a 4th option that would allow files to come out
of Organizer via tags, albums, etc. And if that option was chosen then it
would be nice to save the tags, and create version sets optionally.
But my guess is that from a product design perspective the thinking is
that most people would rather work in Organizer and then perform
actions on a logical set of photos from there. Certainly, that would be my
preference.
What I'd like to do is do be in Organizer, select my images via tag(s),
run QuickFix on them, (all of that I can do), then reduce the file size,
and save the finished product as a version set. Then only thing I can't do
in PSE7 is reduce the file size. Of if there is I don't know how to do
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we are using 3.0.9 portal version content areas. When a item is added, it should be posted or created in two folders. Is it possible? if so Can you explain how?
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Sha

No - playlists are created within iTunes, the only way to get from somewhere else is to Import them (but not the music).
Music files don't import as playlists - they get arranged into Artist / Album sequence. You can import one folder at a time by creating a playlist first, then drag and drop the folder into it. But not multiple folders into multiple playlists.

Import existing folders into iPhoto without copying

It seems like this should be an easy function, but I can not seem to get it to work correctly.
Just got my new Mac today and am still trying to navigate around (too many years of being a Windows user!) and would like to import my photos into iPhoto. I have a TON of pictures already on an external harddrive that are already categorized into descriptive folders. I'd like to import these folders into iPhoto, but want to keep my existing folder locations. Is this possible?
In the Preferences, I turned off the "Copyfiles to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library", but it seems that it is still creating a COPY of the photos in the DATA folder in the iPhoto Library folder. But in the ORIGINALS folder, the shortcut (alias?) is pointing to the original location on my external drive, not inside the Libary folder.
Is this possible? Or do I have to import all my files (essentially creating a duplicate of all files), and then delete the original locations that I have set up?
Thanks for your help!

cohencl
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
ut it seems that it is still creating a COPY of the photos in the DATA folder in the iPhoto Library folder.
These are tiny thumbnails that iPhoto uses for display.
But in the ORIGINALS folder, the shortcut (alias?) is pointing to the original location on my external drive, not inside the Libary folder.
Correct, the alias is exactly what I would expect to find.
Is this possible? Or do I have to import all my files (essentially creating a duplicate of all files), and then delete the original locations that I have set up?
This suggests to me that you've not quite grasped iPhoto, and how it differs from other apps.
It's a photo Organiser, and the idea is simple: do your organisation in the iPhoto Window and let it look after the files. Otherwise, all you need is a file organiser - put files into folders - and an image viewer. The catch with that system is that you need multiple copies if you want a pic in more that one album.
iPhoto works on the basis that where the FILES are is unimportant to you, it's the PICTURES that count. So, it, in the default setting, imports the pics to the iPhoto Library Folder and you can forget about them. Then set up your albums, smart albums etc., in the iPhoto Window. The same pic can be in 5, 50 or 500 albums with no wasted disk space.
You can very quickly recreate the filing structure you have in iPhoto: simply drag the folders of pics to the Source (or left hand) pane and iPhoto will create a new album with the same name as the folder, then create your enclosing folders in iPhoto (File -> New Folder).
Some people resist this because the feel they'll be unable to find their pics should they want them: There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. Show File: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Rolls in the iPhoto Window (View -> Film Rolls) correspond exactly with the Roll Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library Folder. You can move photos between Rolls, you can rename rolls, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Roll Name using the Info Pane, the Roll Folder in iPhoto Library Folder/Originals will also have the new name.
You can run the iPhoto Library Folder from an external HD with no problems, just copy the iPhoto Library Folder there and then hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. Select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. Thereafter that will be the default iPhoto Library Folder.
Finally, if you choose to use iPhoto in the non-default setting, then remember iPhoto will not be responsible for the file management, you are. Therefore, you need to put the pics where they're going to live beofre importing, deleting will also be a multi-stage operation, as trashing the file in iPhoto will not remove it from your filing system. Migrating to a new machine can be more tricky as well. Frankly, I've never seen a good reason not to use the default setting, unless you're using two photo organisers.
Hope all this helps, by all means, post back if you need more info.
Regards
TD

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