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Beware of the Finder™!
Authored by: alys on Sep 10, '04 08:08:20PM
This hint is talking about using the MP3 comments field, which is a special feature of MP3 files. The comment is indeed permanently stored in the MP3 file itself. You can verify that (if you really want to) by entering data in the "Comments" box in the iTunes "Info" dialog, clicking on OK, and then examining the file on the command line: open Terminal, cd to the directory that contains the file, and type this command:
strings name_of_file.mp3 | less
If you page down a couple of times, you'll see the text you entered in the Comments box. Note that the MP3 comments field is not the same as the "Comments" box in Finder's "Get Info" dialog.

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