Use iPhoto 5's Get Info panel to manage keywords

Aug 25, '05 09:04:00AM

Contributed by: sharakan

We all know how iPhoto 5 has made keyword handling more difficult. While being a big fan of Ken Ferry's Keyword Assistant, I found another way to access a usable keyword list in iPhoto itself. This is such a simple hint that I thought for sure someone else would've already mentioned it, but a search turned up nothing.

Doing a Get Info (Command-I) in iPhoto brings up a three-tab window, and the third tab is Keywords. It's a normal, scrollable list of keywords, with checkboxes next to each keyword. I find this much better for simply adding keywords to a photo than trying to use the little window in the lower left corner.

[robg adds: This is a somewhat obvious hint, but many folks may have overlooked the Get Info functionality within iPhoto, so I felt it was worth sharing. The window is dynamic, so you can simply leave it open, and its contents will update as you select different photos. It even works with multiple photos selected. Unofortunately, the window is not resizable, so if you have more than 17 or so keywords, you'll have to scroll to reach them all ... which is why I still find myself returning to Keyword Assistant for working with keywords.]

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