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Originally Posted by AllynD
Ahem, the same is true for my own true love, iPhoto!
The reason I steered clear of Bridge to begin with was that I thought our Cassie had said that it occasionally wigged out. I would hate to go to all the work of tagging and then lose it. If it works well for you, then I cheer you on! Maybe it has been improved.
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I haven't had any 'wigging' out but even if it did happen, it wouldn't affect the work I've done tagging. The keyword tag is written to the image file itself. Therefore, which app you use to manage or search makes no difference.
I can't stress this enough, the keyword's presence in the metadata is independent of any software app. Use whatever you want.
I personally wasn't a fan of iPhoto primarily because I like my file structure which was lost on import. I also don't like sidecar catalog files. I've gone that route twice before and it has no longevity and its integrity is easily lost.
I also like the freedom of moving my files around at will in any method I like without losing my keywords. When they're part of the file itself, they don't have to stay 'linked' to anything.
Finally, I'm sure iPhoto is fabulous or so many people wouldn't love it...and they clearly do. The trouble is that it can read metadata, but it can't write metadata. I wanted ONE app to do everything i needed and I was more surprised than anyone to discover that Bridge was it....at least for now. I've said in earlier comments that I'm perfectly willing to move along to a better app once it becomes obvious that it is better. But at least now when I move, I won't have to re-tag thousands of image files. That's key!