How to access missing/hidden files in shared deck

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Hi

Am not tech literate at all so sorry if there is a really obvious answer, but am having trouble adding a shared deck to my anki app. The deck I’m trying to import is latin vocab with audio here https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2017253775 and there should be ~800 cards. When I downloaded the apkg on my phone and added it, it seemed to work but only 45 cards were present when I pressed ‘browse cards’.

I deleted it and tried to add it again with a fresh download. This time I got an error saying “829 notes found in file. Of these, 829 notes already present in your collection”. Under the import details, all 829 are listed as ‘skipped’. But when I went to the deck and pressed ‘browse cards’ again there are still only 45. So I’m pretty sure the complete deck is there somewhere but I can’t find it.

How do I find/see/access the rest of the cards?

I’m using AnkiDroid 2.20.1 (haven’t updated in awhile because it seemed like TTS was going? this may have changed though?) on a MotoG54 Android OS (OS up to date).

When I search for decks using the app, and look at the deck info, it says directly under the download button that “at this time, it is not possible to add shared decks directly to your AnkiWeb account - they need to be added from the desktop the synchronized in Ankiweb.” I have no idea what this means but I’ve tried logging in to Ankiweb via a (very) old MacBook Air and I can see the deck is attached to my account, but I can’t do anything else there. I tried downloading the Mac OS app to see if that would do anything different but my system was too old to install it, and older versions looked like they might have security problems.

Thanks heaps for your help.

j

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Try switching the Card Browser to “All decks” and clearing any search text first. In AnkiDroid, the deck dropdown is at the top left. Then search for a Latin word you know is missing.

The “829 notes already present” message suggests the notes are elsewhere in your collection, though it doesn’t tell us where. If you find a missing word, open its card and check the Deck field.

You can import an .apkg directly into AnkiDroid. You don’t need to get the Mac app working for that.

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tāctum — Why does the very first example there, at the end, sound like “[om]”?

Sorry, this has already been mentioned further down, but it seems it won’t be fixed:

I have one query though - regarding the pronunciation of 'u' (for e.g., in amātum). Forvo pronounces that as 'u' (as in 'fruition') instead of what is present in the deck audio (closer to 'ɒ' as in 'lot'). The deck description says it's the official audio and Wheelock seems like a popular and credible source, hence my confusion as to why this difference exists.

Deck: Latin
Note type: Latin Vocabulary
Everything should be distinct; however, if you already have a deck named “Latin,” you might run into issues. In that case, simply rename your existing deck—for example, to “Latin0”—so that the new “Latin” deck can be created; you can then rename it to whatever you prefer.
I tested this on the desktop version, and all the notes were imported successfully.

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Thanks so much for your help, this worked. It had imported most of the cards into an existing deck and I was able to find the rest of them this way.

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Thanks so much for your help, you were right - I had an existing Latin deck and when I renamed it and imported again, the missing ones were in there.

Re: the pronunciation, it’s not exactly how I learnt it either but it seemed close enough and should work well for vocab practice.