To manually index your folders, go into the Search for images section (PC) and/or under the input field in the Source Browser:
1. Click on Analyze a folder (PC) or on the + folder icon that precedes the label “Scan a folder” (Mac). 2. In the dialog box, select the volume (hard drive) or the folder to index (the sub-folders will be indexed as well). 3. Click on OK (PC) or on Open (Mac). 4. An animated bar will display within the Search for images section. The indexing is finished once the animated bar disappears (the duration depends on the size of the chosen volume and its contents).
All I have in Search for Images section is the text ‘+ Index a Folder’ and a Search Box. Clicking on the text doesn’t appear to do anything and certainly no progress bar or Analyze a folder or anything that the user manual indicates.
Underneath the text a a blue progress bar appears as the folder is being indexed. I have noted that a number of people have indicated that clicking on + Index a folder does nothing. Clearly this is an issue that needs to be addressed by DxO. I know its a pain, but you may need to create a support ticket as some others with the same problem have done.
It also does nothing for me in PL5 (v5.5) as well as nothing in PL6. But I definitely know that it worked previously as I indexed an SSD drive in the first week of September. From what I can see, it looks like v5.5 came out in the second week of September. Maybe that is when something changed. In case I didn’t mention it earlier, I am on a Windows pc (Windows 11). I am not sure if Mac users are having the same problem.
I still haven’t had any response to my support ticket I placed a few days ago.
