Metadata changes and batch editing

Has anyone figured out how to batch edit the photos in your library or change the metadata? Everything is very organized by date and location and if this information is wrong from older photos it REALLY throws everything off. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys for your help!

See this post by léonie:
léonieApr 8, 2015 3:06 PM
Re: can I no longer batch edit photo meta data?!in response to Nickholl
You can select several photos at once and add keywords, but not the same title to several photos at once.
You can copy the adjustments from one photo to all selected photos.
You can adjust the time of several selected photos at once.
But that's it
It is one more reason to keep iPhoto ready to prepare photos before importing to photos.

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