Has anyone successfully used this function?
The watch folder, intended to automatically add new files placed in that folder (and, theoretically, any subfolders) to the library, does not appear to work as expected.
I am using the latest version on a MacBook Pro with an M1 chip, and despite troubleshooting, it still fails to function—unless there’s a step I’m overlooking.
Hi @CrateDigger, it should work for all sub folders. This feature uses spotlight to find new files, so it could be the volume spotlight index is not working. You can check this by:
mdutil -s /Volumes/your_volume_name replace your_volume_name with the relevant name e.g. “Macintosh\ HD”The output should say something like “Index is enabled”. If not then you may want to try rebuilding the spotlight index - Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
Hello! It’s been more than a week since my last reply. I’m going to consider this topic completed for now so I can focus on others. However, please feel free to respond and we can definitely revisit this. Thanks!
Hello,
I have checked, and it appears to be an external drive. When testing it via the terminal, it confirms that “Indexing is enabled.” However, new files (I tested with just a couple to ensure quick indexing) are definitely not being indexed correctly.
Could you please advise on the next steps?
Best regards,
Hi @CrateDigger, thanks for the follow up. Does the watch folder work as expected if you select a folder on your internal hard drive?
Hi again @CrateDigger, can you please clarify your above statement?
Will test and get back to you.
Hello! I am having no luck with the watch folder. I am not finding anything in the “My Collection” section despite me pointing it to the right folder. Any help?
Hi,
I experienced the same issue for months with no support available. I asked ChatGPT, which suggested running a few command-line instructions on my Mac, and everything is now working perfectly. In my case, the problem was that the external hard drive was not included in the folder and file crawling process.
Hope this helps!
Hi @CarneWest, please refer to the linked FAQ below regarding the Auto Import folder feature and let me know if this helps:
Hi all,
I finally got this function to work properly!
It seems that Djay only adds files that are newly added to the assigned folders. So, even if a folder within the Watch Folder already contains 100 music files, those files won’t be added automatically. Only music files added after the folder is assigned to the Watch Folder will be recognized.
Hope this helps many of you!
Btw; this is the same topic:
Would be helpfull to add this to the article as well;
Thanks @DJ_Big_Blender, this is very helpful. I have already passed this onto the team for addition to the FAQ.
Thanks for that @Slak_Jaw ! Since they’re looking into this, could you also mention that this note isn’t very clear to me?
“Note: djay will not show songs in subfolders of (primary) folders you have already selected for auto import in djay’s settings menu.”
It still leaves me with question marks—what exactly does it do or not do? What do they mean by 'djay will not show songs". Do them mean ‘import’?
Let them give an example.
