Writing metadata back into photos without exporting each file

I am most likely going to be switching from PC to Mac. I currently use Adobe Photoshop Elements to organize my photos. I like iphoto, but it is lacking a lot of the features I enjoy in Elements.
One feature that I use a lot in Elements that I can't seem to find in iphoto is writing of keywords, descriptions, and GPS data back into the metadata for the file. In Elements, you click a button and the data is written into the original file. But, how do I do that in iphoto? Do I have to export it? That seems strange to me.
-Debbie

You can do it with the demo version ofMedia Expression. But you only have about a 20 day window to use the application. Follow the first 8 steps of Old Toad's Tutorial #1 - Recovering Keywords and Rolls From a Damages or Crashed iPhoto 6 or 7 Library for a New Library.. It applies to iPhoto 8 also.

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