In the past I have used the Spotlight Comments quite successfully. However, today I encountered an issue which I can not explain:
I was going to organize all pictures in a given sub-folder. The pictures come in a variety of formats. Namely:
So I verified the following:
So I tried to go to ACDSee Photo Studio 6>Tools>Optimize Database then selected the drive on which all my pictures are (including the sub-folder I tried to organize) and let ACDSee optimize it. But the result is the same. The Spotlight Comments do not work.
One more observation: Spotlight Comments which I added in the past to pictures located on the same drive, are shown in my current configuration.
......I was wondering if the issue is that the drive with all my pictures is an external drive which normally is connected to my iMac. Today I connected it to my MacBook Air (as I often do). ACDSee works fine that way, except to create Spotlight Comments. In the past I have often connected my picture drive to my MacBook Air and all worked well. However, I can't remember if I ever tried to write Spotlight Comments in this configuration.
I was going to organize all pictures in a given sub-folder. The pictures come in a variety of formats. Namely:
- .JPG
- .PNG
- .PEF
- .DNG
So I verified the following:
- In Manage mode, I clicked ACDSee Photo Studio 6>Preferences...
- In the Preferences dialog box, under General, selected the Metadata tab.
- On the Metadata tab I verified that the "Enable Spotlight Comments" was selected. It was....
So I tried to go to ACDSee Photo Studio 6>Tools>Optimize Database then selected the drive on which all my pictures are (including the sub-folder I tried to organize) and let ACDSee optimize it. But the result is the same. The Spotlight Comments do not work.
One more observation: Spotlight Comments which I added in the past to pictures located on the same drive, are shown in my current configuration.
......I was wondering if the issue is that the drive with all my pictures is an external drive which normally is connected to my iMac. Today I connected it to my MacBook Air (as I often do). ACDSee works fine that way, except to create Spotlight Comments. In the past I have often connected my picture drive to my MacBook Air and all worked well. However, I can't remember if I ever tried to write Spotlight Comments in this configuration.
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