XnView Software

So "Import folder..." is the right way if I want to scan all the library at once?

As is is a very long process, can a progress bar be implemented?

Sorry, are you asking about my OS?

I use Mac, I can run Windows in a virtual machine, but I would prefer to minimize that...

I see that the Windows version has that functionality. Is there any particular difficulty implementing that in the Mac version?

I see that I can directly add a folder using "Import folder..." button in the Preferences window. Also, a folder is added when I navigate to it and wait until it is scanned. I am wondering:
1. Is there a way to set up background monitoring/scanning of certain paths?
2. What is "Base path of your ...

This works great! However I cannot find EXIF data in HEIC files. The corresponding tab is simply missing for HEIC files, featuring only ExifTool, that has the corresponding fields named differently. HEIC files are just not searchable using Exif:TakeDate expression. The same applies to MOV videos. Is ...

Thanks, but the main thing for me is to keep organization of files as is. I want only to find photos in their original locations.

you would like to search files by specific EXIF date?

Yes, exactly.

I need to scan the entire photo library, extract the original date from EXIF and find photographs by a specific date. Is XnView MP capable of doing that?

Well, thats great, though I have a few points here:

1. I tried it with a wire connection, but I did not notice any significant difference in performance, the lags remain huge and UI is glitchy.

2. Like I said earlier, other file browsing applications (including ones that show thumbnails) work ...

Sounds great. Please let me know if I can assist you.

That's quite correct.
Sent a personal message to you.

Any updates here? Maybe it is possible to enable some logging/tracing to find out what the application is doing?

Unchecked the folder box, but it did not help unfortunately, same symptoms...
Other suggestions?

FYI, these are my current settings:

Pierre, what exactly setting are you referring to? I mentioned one in the initial post. If you meant another one, could you please post the exact name and location in settings?

If you mean the top-level folder, there is only 1 file (JPEG photo).

Well, there are just ~300 directories on the top level. If you mean subdirs too, then yes, many... Why?