1)   Import your photo / video folders 

● Open Peakto


●  Add a source:

○ Click the + in the left sidebar
○ Or go to File > Attach folder
○ Or simply drag and drop your folder into Peakto

● Peakto analyzes the folder (metadata, image content, faces, audio transcription)
● The folder appears in Sources (Watched Folders):

○ With a green dot if it is connected (Peakto can access the stored files)
○ With a red dot if it is not connected (drive disconnected)

Note

If you add a folder containing subfolders, Peakto will import all subfolders and preserve the structure.

If you import only a subfolder, you won’t have access to the parent folder.

Note

Your folder also appears under Volumes, with information about the disk where it is stored.

The Volume view is also useful for catalogs (Lightroom, Capture One, etc.) that may contain files stored across multiple drives.

Note

If you want to import Lightroom or Capture One catalogs, see here.

   2) Navigate your folders 

● Go to Sources > Watched Folders


● Use Filter by folders, then expand folders to view subfolders


● You can select a specific folder from the left sidebar to browse only its content

 3) Move, rename, add, or delete folders 

Peakto is synchronized by default with your Mac and allows you to move, rename, and add folders directly from Peakto.

● You can check if a folder is syncing in real time:

○ The link icon is blue → syncing is active
○ The link icon is grey → syncing is disabled

● From the left sidebar, under the Structure filter, right-click to:

○ Rename
○ Add
○ Move to Finder Trash

● You can also move folders via drag & drop in the sidebar

Note

If Rename, Add, or Move to Finder Trash options are greyed out, real-time sync is not active.

Click the yellow refresh icon next to your folder in the sidebar to update synchronization.

You can also check that real-time sync is enabled in:

Settings > Sync → “Real-Time Synchronization for Watched Folders”

Note

These actions (rename, add, move) are only available from the sidebar → Structure tab.

Note

You can rename or delete subfolders from Peakto, but not parent folders.

However, you can delete the photos they contain using the Peakto Trash.

Note

Be careful: if you import a parent folder after having already imported one of its subfolders, any annotations or edits made in Peakto may be lost.

   4) Manage synchronization 

If you move folders from the Finder, Peakto will lose synchronization.

To restore it:

● Right-click the folder that is no longer linked
● Select “Relink source”
● Indicate the new location of the original folder

Note

Be careful not to relink at too high a folder level.

● If you frequently move folders → prefer using Relink
● If your structure stays stable → prefer indexing the root folder

More details

>> Synchronisation Modes in Peakto

Next Steps

>> Annotating your images and your videos

>> Working with albums

>> Bins, subclips and markers creation