Unable to import or export ratings & labels from PC to MAC...HELP PLEASE!

I want to copy my cache files from a PC with windows OS to a mac in order to keep labels, ratings etc visible in my mac. But, I can't manage this transfer successfully even though i've tried through tools>build and export cache. Can anyone tell me how to transfer the cache files from the pc to the mac and so that the cache file are actually legible in the Adobe Bridge in the mac?

Can anyone tell me how to transfer the cache files from the pc to the mac and so that the cache file are actually legible in the Adobe Bridge in the mac?
Assuming you did use Bridge also on PC the labels and ratings should be available after just copy files from PC to Mac, either directly or via external HD. (Mac reads most of the HD formats but not al of them!)
Labels, rating and IPTC metadata are stored in the file itself when using common formats like jpeg, PSD Tiff etc. DNG files have the info also written in the file itself. Only Raw files use a side car XMP file to store this data in.
If you have set the option to save image settings in Sidecar XMP files (on by default in the camera raw preferences in Bridge) all your info is already stored in those files (same filename as the raw but with the file extension .xmp instead of the raw format)
Bridge handles XMP files as hidden so to see if you have them go to the menu View and select 'show hidden files'. When the sort order is at filename you will see the XMP icons next to the image thumb itself.
Or just look in the folder where you stored them on your hard drive.
On your Mac Bridge needs to cache them first so that takes some time but then your rating and labeling should also appear again. ( I don't think it is wise to copy the cache files because the systems are different but that is just a guess, not experience. However new cache build dis not much work and with a lot of files you can do it overnight)
If you have also build a keyword list you should export the list on your PC (use the little wing menu top right of the keyword panel) and import the list again using the same menu in Bridge. The keywords are also still in the file but will appear in italic until you choose to make them persistent with right mouse click. That is however a lot of work and export import of the keyword list will solve that.
And feel free to try, you are only copying the files (and you already had made an extra back up, ain't it...) so nothing bad can happen then

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