Optimize your database regularly in ACDSee Photo Manager

Did you know that ACDSee would run even faster and quicker if you did a little maintenance? The maintenance is easy. It’s called optimize the database.

But before I tell you how to do it, I want to tell you a little about what does. Optimize gets rid of extra obsolete info in your database and re-files everything nicely. Part of the extra obsolete info is if files have been deleted and no longer exist and thumbnail info.

Word of caution: If you think you might have moved something outside of ACDSee after assigning categories, you should go verify that you don’t have orphans files (files that no longer exist) To check for this, follow the first 5 steps in this help: Did you move folders outside of ACDSee? How to fix it? If you do find orphans, follow the rest of the steps to correct the issue. If you are positive that you haven’t moved files you can skip this step.

How often should I do this?

Weekly. Our digital scrapbooking kits create such a large database that we should optimize frequently.

To Optimize:

1. If you are running External Hard Drives: Connect and start your EHD.
2. Choose Database | Optimize Database…
3. Click Next
4. Select Both Boxes and click Next
5. Click Next and let it run.
6. When done, click on Finish.

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