Re: "scan for new items" always scans the entire collection
Ronald ORENSTEIN <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jul 2026 22:19:30 +0200
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I find that if I disable scanning at startup and only refresh any changed albums the program does so quickly.
Ronald Orenstein 1825 Shady Creek Court Mississauga, ON L5L 3W2 Canada ronorenstein.blogspot.com
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> On Jul 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM, <Rainer J.H. Brandt (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
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> Diego writes: > In our case (no faces involved), "scan for new items" should only scan > new items; without this option checked, it should scan the entire > collection. The problem reported here (for DK 9.1.0) is that regardless > of whether you ask to "scan for new items" or not, it will scan the > entire collection. This is not the expected behavior. I use the "Refresh" item of the album context menu, in the album tree opened from the left edge controls. That only scans the selected album for new items. Does that work for you? Cheers, Rainer
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wrote:<br><br></div><div><pre class=3D=22edo-pre =22>Diego writes:
> In our case (no faces involved), =22scan for new items=22 should onl=
y scan =20
> new items; without this option checked, it should scan the entire =20
> collection. The problem reported here (for DK 9.1.0) is that regardl=
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> of whether you ask to =22scan for new items=22 or not, it will scan =
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> entire collection. This is not the expected behavior.
I use the =22Refresh=22 item of the album context menu, in the album tree=
opened
from the left edge controls. That only scans the selected album for new
items. Does that work for you=3F
Cheers, Rainer
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