Comments on: Tagging iPhoto http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/ Design, Music & Mac Geekery Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: David http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-208740 David Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:50 +0000 http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-208740 Steve, your comment nails my biggest two issues with iPhoto. If I have already entered keywords for about 6K photos in iPhoto, does anyone know of an add-on that will take those keywords (and dates for that matter) and write it to the file metadata? Steve, your comment nails my biggest two issues with iPhoto. If I have already entered keywords for about 6K photos in iPhoto, does anyone know of an add-on that will take those keywords (and dates for that matter) and write it to the file metadata?

]]> By: Luke http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-107517 Luke Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:51:52 +0000 http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-107517 I want to use iPhoto, but tagging just doesn't offer enough structure for me. Instead I have to use the Canon ImageBrowser that shipped with my camera. I'm not usually a luddite, but I just can't get beyond having hierarchial folders for photos: 2004 --Family ----Event 1 ----Event 2 --Vacations ----Destiation 1 ----Destination2 I can't see how to make this work with keywords. Each time I have a new event or a new destination, I need to have a new keyword. Already I'd have a list of about 100 keywords and that would be messy. IMHPO, iPhoto keywords need to be metadata in the photo file, and used by Spotlight. You type them in free text, batch-wise if required, and autocomplete helps you reuse keywords so that you don't invent new ones when existing ones are available. I'm going to check out the Keyword Assistant - perhaps that it is ?? I want to use iPhoto, but tagging just doesn’t offer enough structure for me. Instead I have to use the Canon ImageBrowser that shipped with my camera. I’m not usually a luddite, but I just can’t get beyond having hierarchial folders for photos:

2004
–Family
—-Event 1
—-Event 2
–Vacations
—-Destiation 1
—-Destination2

I can’t see how to make this work with keywords. Each time I have a new event or a new destination, I need to have a new keyword. Already I’d have a list of about 100 keywords and that would be messy.

IMHPO, iPhoto keywords need to be metadata in the photo file, and used by Spotlight. You type them in free text, batch-wise if required, and autocomplete helps you reuse keywords so that you don’t invent new ones when existing ones are available. I’m going to check out the Keyword Assistant - perhaps that it is ??

]]> By: Cibeles http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-14523 Cibeles Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:52:54 +0000 http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-14523 Hi.... is it possible to tell to iPhoto that all my pics are under a desired directory? I mean, i always store my pics under /data/photos, and i'd like iPhoto to look into it, but i don't know how to do it, it seems, that iPhoto uses its own working directory, and opossite to iTunes, i can't change it from preferences menu.... Thanks in advance!! Hi….

is it possible to tell to iPhoto that all my pics are under a desired directory? I mean, i always store my pics under /data/photos, and i’d like iPhoto to look into it, but i don’t know how to do it, it seems, that iPhoto uses its own working directory, and opossite to iTunes, i can’t change it from preferences menu….

Thanks in advance!!

]]> By: tegan http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-12598 tegan Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:24:41 +0000 http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-12598 hey everyone, don't no if you will be able to help me but if you can it would be GREAT! i just recently spent an entire afternoon adding all my photos into iPHOTO with albums ect. Problem is... i then downloaded iPHOTO6 of the apple site and when i went back into iPHOTO all my pictures were gone!! *tear* I don't no how to get them back. Does anyone know how? Thank you hey everyone, don’t no if you will be able to help me but if you can it would be GREAT! i just recently spent an entire afternoon adding all my photos into iPHOTO with albums ect. Problem is… i then downloaded iPHOTO6 of the apple site and when i went back into iPHOTO all my pictures were gone!! *tear* I don’t no how to get them back. Does anyone know how? Thank you

]]> By: divrat http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-7823 divrat Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:27:08 +0000 http://allforces.com/2006/03/07/tagging-iphoto/#comment-7823 I love the keywording feature, but was very frustrated to learn that if you share your library over a local network, the other computers accessing your shared library can't search using the keywords on the host machine. So much for a central photo server using iTunes. Any suggestions? I love the keywording feature, but was very frustrated to learn that if you share your library over a local network, the other computers accessing your shared library can’t search using the keywords on the host machine. So much for a central photo server using iTunes.

Any suggestions?

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