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File and Folder Operations

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47 12.2 File and Folder Operations Depending on where you are in the folder system, you will have the option to manipulate files and folders. From the main menu, click on Browser. Files that the Gmini™ 500 cannot play will be preceded by the unknown file type icon. Folder Operations File Operations Info Create Delete Rename Create 48 Show file information such as song length, video length, photo size, number of kilobytes used of hard drive space, date file was made, etc. Create a new folder inside the current folder. Delete the file permanently from the Gmini™ 500. (Before it is deleted, the Gmini™ 500 will ask "Delete file: xxxxx ?". Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. For folder, it will delete the entire contents of the folder. It will ask "Delete folder: xxxxx and all files therein?" Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. Change the name of the file or folder to something new. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section Virtual Keyboard in the Browser chapter) to enter the new file or folder name. Create a new folder in the current level of the directory. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section Virtual Keyboard in the Browser chapter) to enter the new folder name. 47 Copy/Copy all files Move Make a copy of the selected folder or file(s) and save it to the other pane. Move the selected folder or file to the other pane. The folder will be deleted from its current location. Copying and Moving Files and Folders By using the unique ARCHOS™ double browser system, you can copy or move files from one location in the file structure to another (1000 files per folder maximum). The double browser can be used in: Photo View Music View Browser View The left panel is the connected USB device (ex: digital camera or hard drive) and the right panel the Gmini™ 500 hard drive contents. The left browser is the Gmini™ 500 hard drive contents and right browser the music Playlist. Two panels to browse two different parts of the Gmini™ 500 hard drive. In the Browser mode, you can jump between the two panels using the Focus on the left/right panel action icon. Where the cursor is highlighting a file or folder, that panel is the source for the copy. The destination folder will be the other panel. For example, we want to copy the file Project info.doc from the Gmini™ 500/Data/Files from Work folder to the Gmini™ 500/Data/Completed projects folder. We must start from the main screen Browser mode. 1) Locate and highlight the file to be copied. Using the action buttons, move to the right pane. 48

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12.2 File and Folder Operations
12.2 File and Folder Operations
Depending on where you are in the folder system, you will have the option to manipulate
les and folders. From
the main menu, click on Browser. Files that the Gmini
500 cannot play will be preceded by the unknown
le
type icon.
Folder Operations
File Operations
Info
Show
le information such as song length, video length, photo size, number of kilobytes used of hard drive space,
date
le was made, etc.
Create
Create a new folder inside the current folder.
Delete
Delete the
le permanently from the Gmini
500. (Before it is deleted, the Gmini
500 will ask
Delete
le: xxxxx ?
”. Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. For folder, it will delete the entire contents of the
folder. It will ask “
Delete folder: xxxxx and all
les therein?
” Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No.
Rename
Change the name of the
le or folder to something new. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section
Virtual Keyboard
in the
Browser chapter
) to enter the new
le or folder name.
Create
Create a new folder in the current level of the directory. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section
Virtual Keyboard
in the
Browser
chapter
) to enter the new folder name.
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Copy/Copy all
les
Make a copy of the selected folder or
le(s) and save it to the other pane.
Move
Move the selected folder or
le to the other pane. The folder will be deleted from its current location.
Copying and Moving Files and Folders
By using the unique ARCHOS
double browser system, you can copy or move
les from one location in the
le
structure to another (1000
les per folder maximum). The double browser can be used in:
Photo View
The left panel is the connected USB device (ex: digital camera or hard drive) and the right panel the Gmini
500 hard
drive contents.
Music View
The left browser is the Gmini
500 hard drive contents and right browser the music Playlist.
Browser View
Two panels to browse two different parts of the Gmini
500 hard drive.
In the Browser mode, you can jump between the two panels using the
Focus on the left/right panel
action icon. Where the cursor is highlighting a
le or folder, that panel is the source for the copy. The
destination folder will be the other panel. For example, we want to copy the
le
Project info.doc
from
the
Gmini
500/Data/Files from Work
folder to the
Gmini
500/Data/Completed projects
folder. We
must start from the main screen Browser mode.
1) Locate and highlight the
le to be copied. Using the
action buttons, move to the right pane.