Typically I use Adobe Bridge to keyword on my Mac. I have a huge list of saved keywords in the keyword panel and I just search for the ones I want to use and select them from different categories.

I realized today that as I go from category to category selecting prewritten keywords, sometimes all previously selected keywords would get wiped out from the metadata of those selected files. The difficult part is that this glitch isn't repeatable. It just randomly happens on different files and I have no idea why. I can even go through the exact same steps of choosing keywords on the same files and it won't repeat. But I've seen a bunch of different files lose all previously entered keywords.

I'm using Adobe Bridge 2020, so I downloaded AB 2019 and saw the same glitch happen there. Again, not repeatable by following the exact same steps a second time.

Clearly at this point Bridge is not trustworthy. What are my other options for keywording on a Mac. I had a look at xpikes but it doesn't seem to allow a pre-saved list of keywords to choose from. I don't want to use any software that requires me to do a search on shutterstock/adobe stock and then select a bunch of similar files and then manually choose which keywords I want. I just want to presave keywords in the software and then select from it as needed, just like I can do in Bridge.

BTW I don't seem to want to use lightroom to keyword. I've taken a look, I don't seem to like their interface. It doesn't seem to be anywhere near as easy to use as Bridge.

Also I've looked at the mac software on this page
https://shuttermuse.com/best-digital-asset-management-software/
that suggested DAM software, then I went to youtube and search for videos on each mac software's keyword features and they all look incredibly time consuming to use. Thus all inferior to presaved keywords in Bridge that I can quickly search and select.

Thanks.

What about this?
https://mac.softpedia.com/get/Graphics/Exif-Editor.shtml

What about this?
https://mac.softpedia.com/get/Graphics/Exif-Editor.shtml

Might be interesting. Has anybody here tried this?


EDITED TO ADD: I just checked it out. Not confident anything downloaded from this Romanian site is safe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softpedia

https://www.mywot.com/scorecard/mac.softpedia.com

https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/mac.softpedia.com

https://www.quora.com/Is-softpedia-com-safe-to-use



I think I'll stay away.

Go to the source:

https://exifeditor.com/

Thanks for sharing that. I did just take a look.

Seems interesting, but I stumbled a bit when I came upon this:

Typical problems that the program solves

    Modifying author�s name and copyright

Why would a legitimate creator ever want to do that?

Quote from: marthamarks on February 17, 2020, 21:23

Typical problems that the program solves

    Modifying author�s name and copyright

Why would a legitimate creator ever want to do that?

Because the author neglected to fill in the information in the first place.
Or because he or she didn't change the copyright date with the new year.
Or because of a typo.
Or because of an assignment of copyright.

Haven't had a cause to use the last case, but the others are personal experience.

OK. That makes sense. Thanks!