Apply metadata to unlinked photos, then sync MD when files available

I share my master catalog between a desktop and a laptop. The desktop has all the master files (on RAIDs, archived drives, etc.), so all I have access to when I use LR3 on my laptop are the previews of my files. While I know I obviously can't edit (develop) missing files, what I'd love to be able to do is annotate on my laptop, then when I copy the catalog over to the desktop, it will sync this metadata to the actual xmp sidecar files. As it stands now, one can only apply metadata when the linked files are attached.

So, what the camera writes, the Exif metadata, is inside the photo file, or in another hidden file for each photo?
It’s “inside” the file.
How come then it happens that sometimes the date changes after you've written the pictures on a CD, and imported them from that later... shouldn't the metadata stay with the file? It happens mostly with early camera phone pictures...
A photo can lose the metadata in imperfect copies, or - in the case of early camera phones - there may have been none at all. In which case iPhoto uses the File “Date Created” instead.
I have a lot of pictures whose dates I really had to change because they were wrong - I just hope this work won't go down the drain further down the road... perhaps when importing into a new Mac, or when using a different program altogether...?
In the case of moving to a new Mac:
Simply move the Library to the new machine. That will get all the data, metadata, originals, edited versions and so on.
In using a different application:
1. If it understands the iPhoto Library (like Aperture, for instance) then you will have no issue
2. If it doesn’t, then you export the Pics from iPhoto (File -> Export) and check the box at Title and Keywords. This will mean that your Titles, Keywords +and Descriptions+ (though not explicitly mentioned) will be written to the IPTC data.
Regards
TD

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Editing metadata with masters offline, then syncing XMP

I love LR (and Aperture for that matter) for the ability to reference a large collection of external masters and keep previews and metadata locally on a MacBook. I usually edit the metadata in LR -- rating, rotating, etc. In continuous XMP export mode which I'd set, and the external harddrive is mounted, the sidecars next to the masters get updated immediately.
However, when I edit away from my external harddrive, and then plug it in, I don't see LR noticing and updating the XMPs in need of updating -- those next to the masters of the images whose metadata I touched offline. I have to manually select the "suspect" images and do Sync XMP on them. So in order not to write down an exact list of all the images I touched every time offline, I select a whole shoot and run Sync XMP on it -- fortunately, that updates only those XMPs which indeed need updating.
In LR Beta 4.1 I'm using now, I don't see a way to manually Sync XMP for the whole library easily -- how can you select all photos and run Sync XMP on them?
And for those lucky previewers with 1.0 -- is it smart enough to sync those XMPs which need syncing on its own, or you still have to manually initiate the sync after reconnecting the masters with their sidecars?

We've discussed it with John Beardy at The Dam Book's forum:
http://thedambook.com/smf/index.php?topic=1664.0

I have applied a description to photos in iPhoto. When I burn the CD, the description is not included. I used to do this with an older version of iPhoto. Am I doing something wrong?

I have been organizing my photos in iPhoto and have written descriptions for them. In the past, with an older version of iPhoto, I would burn a CD. When I would put the CD back in my computer, the description would also be on the CD. Now, I am burning the CD's and there is no record of the description. This is very important as I want the information stored with the photos, both for my own reference, but also if something would happen to me my family would know who are in the photos and what the occasions were. Is there some way I can do this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Ok, sorry! I created an album with the photos I wanted to burn. I gave them new titles, sometimes using batch change when appropriate, otherwise individually. I then clicked on info and in the area labeled description I gave each photo a brief description. When I was done, I went to Share and clicked on burn. When prompted I inserted a blank CD-R in my external CD/DVD burner (which I need to use as my internal one has been replaced twice in less than a year and I was sick of spending $150.00 each time). When it was loaded I clicked the burn button at the bottom of iPhoto. When it was completed I reinserted it into the external CD/DVD burner/reader to see if it was successful. The photos all came up with the new title in my iPhoto library. When I click on info button, there is no description. The information about the date and place where the photo was taken is there, just not the description that I personally included.
I have not tried exporting the photos to finder and then burning as they suggest doing if you want the CD to be readable on Windows program, but I never had to do that with my old iPhoto program, so did not know if that would make a difference.
I can't think of any other information you might need, but if I missed something let me know and I will try to include it. Thanks for your interest in helping!

I am triying to manually add files to my iphone and dont let me. When I check mark on manually manage box on itunes and then apply, itunes said that I already synced my iphone in other computer. I never had use another itunes to synced my iphone. How can

I am triying to manually add files to my iphone and dont let me. When I check mark on manually manage box on itunes and then apply, itunes said that I already synced my iphone in other computer. I never had use another itunes to synced my iphone.
How can I solve these stupid restrictions?

Where are iTunes files located?
No, I do not mean just the music. Copying just the media/music files or the media folder creates problems.

Just bought the iphone 5 and before syncing to my mac i took some photos then finally decided to sync it but it deleted ALL of the photos and videos and replaced them with the old pics i had on my iphone4.. i need those pics please help

just bought the iphone 5 and before syncing to my mac i took some photos then finally decided to sync it but it deleted ALL of the photos and videos and replaced them with the old pics i had on my iphone4.. i need those pics please help

Nope.
Did you fail to import them before restoring from backup? If so, then they are gone.
You should import all photos taken with the iphone to your comuter regularly as you would with any digital camera, most especially before any update or restore.

When I try to sync my I pad it gets to optimising photos then I tunes crashes

When I try to sync my I Pad to goes through to optimising photos then I tunes pops up with a message saying it has stoped working (crashes) you have to close it down then re-open.

Either sync less or delete some media from your iPod. You are trying to sync mor that 3.1 GB to the iPod.

HT1296 My phone is picking up all my photos from my computer when I sync it and then running out of space - any ideas how to stop that?. Want to download not upload!!!

My phone is uploading photos from my computer when I sync it - any ideas how I can stop this and remove what it's uploaded already?? Edit functions on phone won't delete the uploaded albums :-/

Connect the iPhone to your PC/Mac with iTunes open.
On iTunes do this:
- go to summary (left hand side)
- select the option photos to the right
Here you need to decide how you would like to set how your iPhone syncs photos from your PC/Mac. Its is up to you wether you only want to sync selected or all photos. Once you have made the changes select "Apply" to the bottom right.
Hope this helps

TS3322 Hi I moved my photos from my computer and then synced with my iphone. The pictures library on my computer had some pictures on it but they overwrote my pictures on my phone. Can I recover my pictures on the iphone as I have lost my back up on my co

Hi, I deleted my backup of Photos and the only place I had the photos were on my old phone and when I connected to download the photos I synced and the library on the computer is now on the phone and my old photos are gone...Can they be recovered?

Sorry, Photo Library photos are not contained in the iPhone backup so restoring from the backup won't recover these photos. (They aren't backed up because they are assumed to already be on your computer since that's where they were synced from in the first place.) I'm afraid there's no way to get them back unless they were backed up somewhere esle on your computer. (What you experienced is one reason why I have automatic syncing disabled in iTunes. If you want to do this so you have more control over when your phone is synced, go to iTunes preferences, on the devices tab check "Prevent...from syncing automatically".)

HT4236 hello , when i want to add a folder of photo and I select then sync that folder in itune,there will be 2 folder in my iphon :1-in name of photo library 2-in name of photo library . how i can delete photo library folder from my iphone ?

hello , i want to add a folder of photo to my iphon from my comp. i select that folder in itune and sync with my iphone . but i have 2 folder in my iphone .
1-in name of the folder 2-in name of photo library.how i can delete photo library from my iphone but i still have my photo folder?

You can't delete the Photo Library. The iPhone stores photos the same way iPhoto does on a Mac. All photos are synced to your Photo Library. The various albums/folders merely contain pointers to the actual photos which are in your Photo Library, they are not duplicates.

Bridge crashes when applying metadata

I'm seeking guidance, but let me preface this post with some information:
CS6 via Creative Cloud
All applications up to date via Adobe Application Manager
All Windows Updates applied including drivers.
Currently running Bridge 5.0.2.4
Computer is:
Win 7 Pro (64 bit)
Core i5
12 Gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 310
I have used CS6 for months prior to this issue starting without incident.
I have tried moving the data to different drives.
I have checked/cleared/reset file permissions.
I have run drive error checks.
I have uninstalled/CC cleaner/reisntalled all Adobe products multiple times.
I have run Bridge in 32-bit and 64-bit modes.
I have tried to reset preferences and other "Ctrl" startup options.
I have tried to reset preferences and other "Ctrl" startup options after selecing "Run As Administrator".
I manually deleted the ".BridgeCache" and ".BridgeCacheT" files from the folder of photos.
Prior to this crashing problem I had already sorted and begun to apply ratings to files (Reject and Start ratings) in this folder without incident. I even applied metadata (Keywords) to a portion of the 1,321 photos in a folder without incident. The problem started when I came back the next day and started up work again. There had been no updates or restarts to the computer. The only thing that I think updated was Adobe Acrobat, but I cannot be sure. When I opened Bridge and began to apply Keywords to files the program simply locked up and immediately crashed. The Windows dialog box did not have any information or options for a crash report.
This is a normal workfolw that I utilize on a regular (weekly/monthly) basis and why the crashing is happening is beyond me. I have attempted to troubleshoot many different ways. Of particular note I when to a different folder of photos that had never been worked on before with Bridge and was able to apply the same workflow without incident.
Here is an excerpt from the Windows Event Viewer:
Faulting application name: Bridge.exe, version: 5.0.2.4, time stamp: 0x50d9a019
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec4aa8e
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c40f2
Faulting process id: 0x12d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce461c31a0ba90
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CS6 (64 Bit)\Bridge.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 60e3cf2b-b210-11e2-834c-f04da2db0ae0
At this time I cannot difinitively confirm that the files themselves are causing the issue but I will attempt some additional troubleshooting. At this point I'm not overly impatient because I've already lost the revenue opportunity for selling these photos to customers because the error first started several days ago (4/28/2013 09:31:35 PM was first crash). However, at this point I am will not entertain the wasting of time by uninstalling all Adobe products, running CC cleaner, and re-installing the products I use.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try for resolution or troubleshooting?

I'm wondering if it could be the SD card? Mine was a cheap brand and I wonder if the invalid handler could be the issue.
No experience with all of this, use a Mac, Canon and a CF card that I place in a Card reader and use import via Adobe Photodownloader.
But here is my question, what do you do you with the SD card when your files are copied to the system?
My workflow is to import the files (including convert to DNG and back up original Raw to second disk, renaming and copyright template)
But when I have checked my files are OK on the system and I need the CF card for a new job I always put the card back in the camera and use the camera menu itself to format the card.
I long ago stopped using the delete all function because this used to build up certain data files and that is not the case when you use format.
I do so every time and while I have used a lot of CF cards (from 128 MB in 2001 to current 32 GB Sandisk Extreme Pro UDMA 7) The only problems I had was losing them.
Never managed to break one down (not even in the washing machine…) and from about 2003 I always have used the format method for every time I needed to remove the files from the card.
I don't know much about the difference between inferior manufactures and the superior brands, I find it hard to believe that this would cause your problem alone (If you did not format I would try that first).
Having said that I would never choose to use other then top quality cards like Lexar and Sandisk and also the fastest or the nearly fastest.
If you have a cheap compact camera (but then you probably would not visit this forum…) I can image (but do not approve) you include a cheap SD card also. But spending up to 1000 dollar or much more for a nice dSLR and save money on a cheap card instead of using a trustful medium to write your precious files on is not the best workflow.
CF cards and SD card are very cheap nowadays.
To compare, the 128 MB in 2001 was about 600 dollar, the super fast and reliable Sandisk Extreme Pro 32 GB was around 200 dollars.
You can do the math yourself but on my calculator this means three times as cheap while 256 times more space…

Photo albums sync incorrectly

Hey all,
When I open photo/select album/select an thumbnail image= I get wrong image from another album. Example: Albums A,B,C. I select image 13 of Album #A and get image 5 from album#C.
The ONLY images that show correctly are from my camera roll. All the other albums show the wrong image.
info:
•iphone 4s/iOS5
•backed up from previous back up.
Thanks!
Dooki

FIXED!
Okay, I had tech help stumped! He'd never heard of this problem.
Solution:
- I had to connect my 4s to iTunes.
- Select photos tab and then click on: Select sync photos/ Select albums and events, but DON'T SELECT ANY ALBUMS.
- Then sync/apply to iPhone. This sync the photos with no albums selected. After sync your phone's photos should only the camera roll, no albums showing.
- Then reselect a couple of albums, sync, check photos on iPhone to make sure they display correctly. Then load the rest.
Hope this helps someone in the future!
-Dooki

File names in Assignments Panel change when applying metadata

I have just discovered that when you apply metadata through the "User Content Info" window, whatever title you place in the "Document Title" field changes the name that appears in the Assignments panel. The problem with this is that we have asked our users to apply metadata using this window and to put the Product Title in the Document Title field. I had no idea that this would affect the Assignments panel. Yikes!

Brian
Yes that would be a pain if you had to do it. The good news is you don't. There a plenty of ways to get to the pics:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
To upload to MySpace or any site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use THIS
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Also, for 10.5 users: If you use the extended Open or Attach dialogue (with Column View) you can scroll to the bottom of the Shortcuts and find the Media browser there. Select any pic you want from there.
Regards
TD

Apple IE DEV has stopped working! My Photos wont sync

Hello folks,
I keep getting a box pop up when ever I start up my computer.
It says 'Apple IE DEV has stopped working'
My my Photos wont sync throu icloud. I have tried doing a search through google to help but nothing is coming up. I dont even use Internet Explorer, i use Chrome.
Can anyone help me please
Many thanks.
Hope to hear from somone soon.

Well I think I may have kicked this into life.
Here are the steps that I followed:
[Important] Backup your bookmarks, I use IE, so I exported them to a bookmarks.htm file for safe keeping. (I also deleted my Cookies and temporary Internet Files, just for good measure)
Uninstall iCloud control panel
Reboot your PC
Once rebooted. Go to your user profile area, Favorites. Delete all your bookmarks under Favorites. (C:\Users\<yourusername>\Favorites\..)
Download the latest iCloud control panel from Apple. v3.1.0.40 was what I downloaded. Save the exe, don't run it yet.
Right click the iCloudSetup.exe and Run As Administrator.
Reboot
Login, open the iCloud Control Panel. Sign in with your apple ID.
I am only syncing Bookmarks. So tick Bookmarks. Options->tick Internet Explorer. Click OK.
Click Apply.
If you then browse (using Windows Explorer) to C:\Users\<yourusername>\Favorites\.., within seconds you should see your Bookmarks appear, downloaded from iCloud. Check with your iPhone/iPad to see if they match up.
This has worked for me so far, and there are no AppleIEDav errors (yet).
WARNING: if you currently sync your photostream, AND you sign-out of iCloud Control Panel, or if you uninstall it, I'm not sure what effect it will have the photostream on your PC. So please be cautious.

HT4236 I can not enable selected photos to sync to my iphone 5. It is greyed out. I do not want to sync my entire iPhoto library.. help!

I can not enable selected photos to sync to my iphone 5. It is greyed out. I do not want to sync my entire iPhoto library.. help!

Guys, I found another user and what he said to do worked!!! I have copied the information below:
This was 1 of the things that happend to me too, the other one was that at the bottom of the itunes page were it says all the memory info, it marked that I had over 3gb of other memory wich I didn't.
Anyways what I did was to unmark the calendar, contacts etc. ( so that they wont sync with the computer ), pressed apply, then I marked all of them again, apply again and for last I pressed Sync wich is at the bottom right coner by the apply botton.
I'm not sure that had anything to do with it but it worked, my music appeard both of my itunes playlists and the ones I bought in itunes. Also the other memory dissapeard and it's all good.
I'm not sure this will help you but thats my 5 cents, if the problem continues its better to call customer service and ask for a technician.
Hope your problem gets solved. Have a nice day.

Photos is syncing all photos to my Macbook, how do I delete them ?

I just bought a new macbook that only has 128gb storage so I don't want all the photos from iCloud downloaded to the macbook.
I just noticed that 800+ photos have been downloaded to the macbook (only 500MB so not a huge deal so far) but once I upgrade my iMac to the 10.3 and sync those photos (to photos) then I'll really run into a problem.
I did select optimize mac storage but like others have commented, I can't adjust how much storage and I don't want to use a large amount of space for photos on my macbook.
The weird thing is, when In go into my photos folder into the photos library (on the macbook) and try to delete the photo from my macbook it gave me a warning that "THESE PHOTOS WILL BE DELETED FROM ALL OF YOUR DEVICES" so it seems like I can't delete photos from my macbook without losing them completely?
Hopefully I'm wrong about my assumption but if that is the case I need to turn off photo syncing with iCloud completely in Photos because I don't want these photos on the macbook (Unless I manually download one to the laptop).
Is this case? or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks

Ijust told you how to delete them off your ipod.
Open itunes, connect ipod, go to photos tab, select whatever you want, sync.

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