Function: Copies the title and comment of iPhoto images into the Spotlight Comments field of the corresponding image files.
Author: Nick Takayama
Requires: Selected items in iPhoto
Input: (iPhoto items)
Result: (iPhoto items) The iPhoto 4 images will have a Spotlight comments field that uses the Title and Comments from iPhoto.
Notes: The primary purpose of this action is so search queries will work on iPhoto 4 images, which aren’t otherwise recognized by Spotlight. It works on iPhoto 5 images as well. May be very slow, especially when used on hundreds or thousands of images.
Thank you! This is a great little action, it worked like a charm.
It’s too bad that workflows can’t be saved as iPhoto plugins… oh well.
Keep up the good work!
Comment by FarFromSubtle — August 6, 2005 @ 7:20 pm
This Action works correctly, but you have to make sure you have the photos you want commented selected in the iPhoto thumbnail view first.
Comment by Steve — May 9, 2005 @ 6:36 am
I have found a solution for the problem at the following address:
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-121968.html
I did what “adam1185″ proposed and it worked flawlessly (in iPhoto 5.0.2, haven’t tried it in 4):
Anyway, thank you Nick for the effort, it was seriously worthy.
Comment by Anthony — May 9, 2005 @ 5:00 am
Doesn’t work for me either. I have a mixed iPhoto library, most of it was made with iPhoto 4 and a small part with iPhoto 5. It doesn’t work regardless of the iPhoto version era of the photograph. Can you please, please give us the exact workflow steps in case we are missing something? (Mine is: Get selected iPhoto items -> Make selected iPhoto images Spotlightable).
This seems like exactly what I need for my library, if only I could make it work :-)
Comment by Anthony — May 9, 2005 @ 4:29 am
I have the same problem as axcess99. It has not added them to spotlight results. Am I doing all the steps? I’m doing the same two that he is.
Can someone post or mail and let me know?
Comment by Caleb — May 8, 2005 @ 11:45 pm