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From: Ray Fischer on 4 Apr 2010 01:59
Rich <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>On Apr 3, 6:59�pm, John <jwolf6...(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>> I just noticed this. But apparently after I upgraded from Tiger to Snow
>> Leopard none of the pictures that I had imported from my Canon camera
>> show any spotlight comments. I have not touched the camera nor its
>> settings in these areas. Like for example the comments below appear in
>> all shots taken with my Canon when it was connected to Mac OSX Tiger.
>>
>> width/height: 1600 x 1200
>> resolution: 180 dpi
>> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>>
>> width/height: 4000 x 3000
>> resolution: 180 dpi
>> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>
>Is it true that Apple's OS underpinnings are Unix?

Apple's Mac OS is "an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product,
conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the
C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads." So sayeth the Open Group,
owners of the UNIX trademark.

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From: Tom Stiller on 4 Apr 2010 08:39
In article <jwolf6589-47AC27.18593303042010(a)nntp.charter.net>,
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> I just noticed this. But apparently after I upgraded from Tiger to Snow
> Leopard none of the pictures that I had imported from my Canon camera
> show any spotlight comments. I have not touched the camera nor its
> settings in these areas. Like for example the comments below appear in
> all shots taken with my Canon when it was connected to Mac OSX Tiger.
>
> width/height: 1600 x 1200
> resolution: 180 dpi
> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>
> width/height: 4000 x 3000
> resolution: 180 dpi
> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>
> Does anyone know why Snow Leopard stopped these comments from showing?
>
>

Spotlight requires "assistance" modules (e.g.
/Library/Spotlight/AppleWorks.mdimporter) to interpret the contents of
structured files. Perhaps the upgrade to SL removed the module which
interpreted the EXIF data in your photos or, more likely, the module is
incompatible with the OS modifications in Snow Leopard.

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From: Phillip Jones on 4 Apr 2010 14:25
Rich wrote:
> On Apr 3, 6:59 pm, John<jwolf6...(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>> I just noticed this. But apparently after I upgraded from Tiger to Snow
>> Leopard none of the pictures that I had imported from my Canon camera
>> show any spotlight comments. I have not touched the camera nor its
>> settings in these areas. Like for example the comments below appear in
>> all shots taken with my Canon when it was connected to Mac OSX Tiger.
>>
>> width/height: 1600 x 1200
>> resolution: 180 dpi
>> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>>
>> width/height: 4000 x 3000
>> resolution: 180 dpi
>> Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
>
> Is it true that Apple's OS underpinnings are Unix?

OSX is a three level system at the core the kernel is from NextStep.
Then FreeBSD Unix in the middle and the Macintosh Finder (GUI) sits on top.

Originally Apple used the BSD (Berkley systems development) version
which was two restrictive (hadn't been updated by Berkley university in
ages) Plus The had to pay Berkley a "heavy royalty"

With the advent of the Intel Mac's who knows what they might be using.
Might be XFree.

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http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org
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From: Savageduck on 4 Apr 2010 18:07
On 2010-04-04 14:35:02 -0700, John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> said:

> On 4/4/10 3:17 PM, Savageduck wrote:
>> Agreed.
>> I cannot figure out why the "Spotlight comments" panel would have been
>> pre-populated in your copy of OSX 10.4
>> I can only think there might have been a script of some sort running on
>> your particular Mac which copied meta data to that panel.
>> http://developer.apple.com/macosx/spotlight.html
>>
>> All I have been able to find on the subject indicates the "Spotlight
>> comments" panel, is for the user to add comments, keywords and other
>> Spotlight search criteria labels, without screwing with the command line.
>> It is not normally populated with the type of data you are looking for
>> as that is already contained in the Metadata found in the "More info:"
>> panel, and there is little, to no point in duplicating it.
>>
>> With digital photo files all of that data would be found in the EXIF and
>> metadata. My suggestion is if you just want to be able to see what the
>> OS had tagged, just expand the :"More info:" panel and be done with it.
>>
>> For a more detailed view of the image data, use Preview, CS2/3/4, PSE,
>> or whatever.
>>
>> If you are conducting Spotlight searches for image files with particular
>> data attributes, go ahead with the search, the data is there. Otherwise
>> use the "Spotlight comments" panel as intended. To add comments and
>> keywords of your choosing.
>>
>> I don't believe your version of OSX 10.6 is broken.
>
> Expanding the window, opening preview, and typing in the data would be
> extra steps. Wonder why that script is not working in SL. Perhaps this
> is an issue with the Canon camera. I dont know why as I dont use their
> software if they have anything for the Mac. My guess is that the CD
> that came with the camera was for Windows, or that the software was
> very lame for the Mac and so I never took it out of the box.
>
> Well I guess clicking on the more info in the get info window would be
> the best solution.
>
>
> John

You shouldn't have to type in the data in Preview, unless you are going
to add specific keywords &/or notes. All other data should already be
there.

Yup, the Canon SW for Mac might have been lame, but it should have been
on the CD which came with your camera.
Canon has this in their support & download page;
<
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=320&modelid=18138
>

It seems there are 2 updates for the software which came with your A1100 IS.

With your Mac, you should also have a bundled copy of GraphicConverter
in your Applications folder. All of the metadata is accesible with
this. It is also not bad as an image editor if you haven't spent on CS
or one of the more expensive photo editors.
....but if your issue is purely with Spotlight comments, it won't help much.



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Savageduck

From: Savageduck on 4 Apr 2010 20:33
On 2010-04-04 17:24:32 -0700, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> said:

> In article <201004041507007826-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>
>> Yup, the Canon SW for Mac might have been lame, but it should have been
>> on the CD which came with your camera.
>> Canon has this in their support & download page;
>> <
>> http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadD
>> etailTabAct&fcategoryid=320&modelid=18138
>
> Why use that over iphoto?

Agreed, I would use iPhoto before using that Canon SW. I thought we
were looking for reasons you had been able to have the comments panel
auto-populated.

This is the first time you have brought up iPhoto.
iPhoto is just fine and does a reasonable job, but is is also a
rudimentary photo editor, and so so catalogue software. ...but if it
meets your needs use it.

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Regards,

Savageduck

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