Picasa Mac client behavior?

June 1, 2009 11:24 AM

Picasa for Mac: is there a way to limit the Mac client's initial scan of the entire HD for images, and either restrict it to just scanning designated folders or prevent it from scanning excluded/private folders?

When I launch the Picasa Mac client, the first thing it does is scan my HD for ALL images. I'd really like it to just scan my iPhoto folder, as not every photo on my HD is intended to be shared. Ironically, Google is failing me and seems unable to provide an answer to this question.

posted by plowhand to computers & internet (3 comments total)

http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=11511

Does this apply to both platforms?
posted by lalas at 12:19 PM on June 1

On initial scan, just choose Documents/Desktop/iPhoto/Pictures, then use the Folder manager to add/remove the folders you don't want from your Picasa library. I dont believe theres a way to bypass the initial scan.
posted by wongcorgi at 12:26 PM on June 1

Thanks, that does it. And no, there is no way to prevent the initial scan, only to remove those folders after it has occurred.
posted by plowhand at 4:10 PM on June 1