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Watched folders and SD cards

Put the card in and the photos process themselves, without a single click. This guide shows where it is switched on and what to watch out for.

The recording is narrated in Czech and the on-screen app is in Czech. The written guide below covers the same ground in English and is the primary version here — an English recording is planned.

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What the guide covers

Written guide

  1. Open the automation settings

    Watched locations are managed under Settings → Automation. It lists everything the app is watching, so what will start on its own is visible in one place.

  2. Add an SD card or camera

    The card is remembered by its serial number, so it is recognised even under a different drive letter. By default the whole card is taken; if you also carry other files on it, the wizard lets you pick a single folder. That choice is stored relative to the card, so it survives a drive-letter change.

  3. Or watch a folder on disk or the network

    An ordinary folder can be watched the same way — the one a camera writes to over Wi-Fi, say, or one somebody else copies photos into.

  4. For watched folders, switch on the backup of originals

    This is the one place it can be set up wrongly. A watched folder needs the backup of originals switched on — otherwise the folder never empties itself and the same photos are processed over and over. The app warns about it. SD cards do not need it: with backup on, originals are removed from the card, and without it the app remembers per card which files it has already processed.

  5. Check it, and switch it off whenever you like

    Once it is on, put a card in or drop a photo into the folder and watch the batch start. Automation can be turned off at any time and the settings are kept for next time.

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