Title: Usage question…
Last modified: November 1, 2019

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# Usage question…

 *  Resolved [WPWanderer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwanderer/)
 * (@wpwanderer)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usage-question-7/)
 * I think I was a little confused about the message “Files already in Media Library
   will be skipped during import.”
 * This is only AFTER the intial sync and import. Then the files are marked with“
   Already In”
 * If you try and go ahead and import all files thinking that it will skip files
   that are already in your Media Library, it will create duplicate entries. Which
   is bad. I tested this and this is what happens.
 * I kind of thing that the message should read “Files already synced via Media-
   Sync will be skipped during import.” Because the plugin doesn’t actually sense
   what uploads are in the Media Library and what are not when you initially start.
 * I guess it wouldn’t matter for people doing a complete migration. But if you 
   are just trying to add a folder I think there might be some confusion. Does this
   make sense?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [WPWanderer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwanderer/).

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 *  Plugin Author [erolsk8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erolsk8/)
 * (@erolsk8)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usage-question-7/#post-12111390)
 * Hey [@wpwanderer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwanderer/), that message
   is correct because that’s how it should work.
 * Plugin is made so that you don’t have to be careful to select only those items
   which are not in Media Library, but that you can just select all and import all.
   And it shouldn’t make a mess with duplicate files or something like that.
 * But if that’s happening for you, I would need more details on how to replicate
   that issue on my end. Maybe do screen recording showing which files you selected
   and how it ended up looking in Media Library.
 * And to comment on some of your claims:
 * > I kind of thing that the message should read “Files already synced via Media-
   > Sync will be skipped during import.”
 * Nope, because plugin can’t differentiate between files imported normally (with
   Media Library) or with this plugin.
 * > Because the plugin doesn’t actually sense what uploads are in the Media Library
   > and what are not when you initially start.
 * There is no difference between the initial scan and subsequent scans, from the
   perspective of this plugin, it just doesn’t remember that.
 * Maybe if you initially have duplicate files (possibly with slightly different
   names so only 1 shows up in Media Library), then on the first run, plugin will
   import those duplicates, but on subsequent runs, it will know those files are
   already imported.
 * I hope that makes sense and clears some misunderstandings.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [erolsk8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erolsk8/).

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