Browsing Using the Folders Pane

The Folders pane displays a live directory tree of all the folders on your computer, connected USB devices or CDs/DVDs, and shared network places. The Folders pane also displays your iCloud Drive as a node, allowing you to navigate your cloud content like any other folder. In order to see your iCloud Drive, it must be turned on in your System Settings.

To access files from the macOS Photos app in ACDSee Photo Studio 11, you will need to export the files from Photos to a folder. Then when you navigate to that folder in ACDSee, you will be able to access your files.

Note that the Folders pane shows you your computer folders system, not everything in your ACDSee database. To add a folder's contents to your database, you will need to browse its files, or begin the cataloging process.

Viewing Multiple Folders

To view multiple folders, do one of the following:

  • To select a group of folders, press Shift and click the folders you want to view.
  • To select specific folders, press Command and click the folders you want to view.
  • Select the Easy-Select bars to the left of each folder with contents you want to display in the File List pane.

Creating and Managing Folders

You can use the Folders panes to create, delete, rename, and move folders on your hard drive to help organize your files.

To Manage Your Folders:

  1. In the Folders pane, browse to where you want to add, delete, move, or rename a folder.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To create a folder, click File | New Folder. Type a name for the new folder and press Enter.
    • To delete a folder, control-click on a folder and select Move to Trash.
    • To move a folder, select the folder and drag and drop it into its new location.
    • To rename a folder, select the folder you want to rename and select Edit | Rename. Type a new name for the folder and click Rename.
 

You cannot rename a drive or any folder on a read-only file system, such as a CD-ROM.

Show Item in Finder

You can view the location of your file in Finder.

To Show an Item in Finder:

In the Folders pane, control-click a folder and select Show in Finder.

Managing Items in Favorites

By default ACDSee Photo Studio 11 displays Pictures, Desktop, and your user name.

To Add an Item to Favorites:

Drag and drop items on the title "Favorites" or anywhere within the Favorites section. You can also change the order of the items by dragging and dropping files.

To Remove an Item From Favorites:

To remove an item from Favorites, control-click the item and select Remove from Favorites.

 

Adding anything from Removable to Favorites is a temporary action. Upon closing the application or ejecting the volume, the item will disappear from Favorites.

You can use Favorites to navigate to a folder containing your images.

To Browse in Favorites:

  1. In Manage mode, in the left pane, click Favorites. The folders Pictures, Desktop, and a folder with your user name are displayed.
  2. Click on a folder to display its contents in the File List pane.
  3. In the File List pane, navigate to the folder you want to view.

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