How to Import .FIT Files into Your Cordelia Database

Cordelia isn't available for macOS yet.

To import .FIT files:

  1. Create or open a database.
  2. Choose Import in the navigation panel.
  3. Choose Import Files to pick one or more individual .FIT files, or Import Directory to import every .FIT file in a folder at once.
The Import panel showing Import Files and Import Directory buttons.

To import .FIT files:

  1. Create or open a database.
  2. Choose Import in the navigation panel.
  3. Choose files… picks one or more .FIT or .zip files. Choose folder… imports every .FIT file in a folder.
The Import page, with Import files and Import folder side by side, and the log of an earlier import below.

See How to Obtain Input Garmin .FIT Files first if you don't already have .FIT files on your computer.

Importing individual files

Import Files opens a standard file picker, filtered to .FIT files, with multiple selection allowed.

A file-picker dialog filtered to *.fit files, with four files selected in a FIT folder.

Importing a whole folder

Import Directory opens a folder picker instead. Pick the folder, and every .FIT file inside it is imported. No selecting files one by one.

A folder-picker dialog with a FIT folder selected, showing it contains 56 items.

While it's running

Importing a large folder can take a while. A progress bar appears in the header next to a Cancel button, along with a running "N of M" file count. See the console panel for a running account of each file as it's imported, including any that fail and why.

While an import runs, Import Files, Import Directory and the Export panel's buttons are greyed out, and the Database panel shows none of its buttons, so the database can't be closed or replaced partway through. They all come back when the import finishes or you choose Cancel.

The Import panel mid-operation, showing a partially filled progress bar labeled 20 of 56, and a Cancel button, in the header.

A progress bar across the top counts the files done, next to a Cancel button. The log lists each file as it's imported.

An import in progress: a progress bar reading 14 of 560, a Cancel button, and the log listing each file.

If you close the database during an import, Cordelia asks first. Keep importing carries on; Stop and close stops, and the files already imported stay in the database. Run the import again later and it skips them.

The dialog Stop the import and close?, with Keep importing and Stop and close buttons.

When the import ends, a banner on Home gives the result. If any file failed, What do these mean? explains why.

Home after an import, with a yellow banner: Import finished with problems, 9 of 10 files imported, 1 failed.

Re-importing a file that's already in the database is reported as a duplicate, not a second copy. See Warning Messages for the exact wording.

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