Metadata in Bridge

In Adobe Bridge CS6 I downloaded a series of photos from a Canon 5D Mark 2. First I downloaded them to Bridge on a PC running Windows 7. There were no issues. Next, I downloaded them to Bridge on an iMac running OSX Maverick. No metadata appears in Bridge on the Mac platform. If all of the metadata appears properly on the PC platform then the files obviously contain the metadata. Why does it not display in Bridge on the Mac platform?

Hi Rick,
Sorry, but I'm at a loss. I've used Bridge on a Mac since it first appeared in CS2 and I've never had an issue as you describe.
Since the metadata (by definition) is part of the images, it HAS to be there. Why your copy of Bridge is not seeing this, I am not sure.
When you look at an image in PS (on your Mac), do you see the metadata when you go to File (menu) -> File Info?
One other thing to try is to quit Bridge and press Command-Option-Shift while double-clicking the Bridge application to start it. You'll be asked if you want to toss the preferences and click OK. Does that help dope-slap Bridge?

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