How to Get Picasa 3 to Scan a Computer
Picasa 3 is a complete picture library management tool that is designed to integrate easily with multiple image sources and destinations. You can link Picasa 3 to your Picasa web albums to upload your pictures to the Internet for sharing and storage. Picasa 3 also integrates with your blog so you can instantly upload an image from your library to your blog. In order to ensure that Picasa 3 always has information about the most recent pictures on your computer, you can set it to automatically scan your computer for new pictures.
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Instructions
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Click "Options" in the "Tools" menu if you are using Windows or "Preferences" in the "Picasa" menu if you are using Mac.
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Click the "File Types" tab. Check each file type that you want Picasa to import into your library when it scans your computer. Click "OK."
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Click "Folder Manager" in the "Tools" menu.
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Browse through the folder list on the right side of the menu to find the folders that you want Picasa to scan. Highlight each folder that you want Picasa to scan and select "Scan Once" or "Scan Always" on the right side of the window. "Scan Once" will add any new images found in the folder on the next scan. "Scan Always" will continuously look for new images in the folder.
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Click "OK." Picasa 3 will automatically update your library with the images in the folders you selected.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to scan every folder on your entire computer, select the hard drive icons in the left panel and select "Scan Once" or "Scan Always." Note that scanning your entire will take longer than scanning specific folders.
