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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Maintenance Tool to Synchronize Metadata 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, maintenance, metadata, synchronizer 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _maintenance_metadata: 0012 0013 Metadata Synchronizer 0014 ===================== 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 .. figure:: images/maintenance_metadata_synchronizer.webp 0019 :alt: 0020 :align: center 0021 0022 The digiKam Maintenance Options to Synchronize Metadata 0023 0024 This process synchronize items metadata with database contents. The operation **Direction** can be: 0025 0026 - From the database to files. 0027 0028 - From files to the database. 0029 0030 .. note:: 0031 0032 As synchronization is a time consuming process, especially when metadata are written in files, it's a good idea to restrict the job to certain albums or tags. 0033 0034 The synchronization depends of the settings from :menuselection:`Settings --> Configure digiKam...` and **Metadata** page. All these settings is described in :ref:`the dedicated section <metadata_settings>` from **Setup Application**. 0035 0036 While the metadata synchronizer process is under progress, as the process may take much time and digiKam cannot be used, a non modal dialog appear to make sure that no database corruption occurs. 0037 0038 .. figure:: images/maintenance_metadata_process.webp 0039 :alt: 0040 :align: center 0041 0042 The Metadata Synchronization Process Running in Background