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10.4: Use Automator to batch add Spotlight comments
Authored by: CanMixShots on May 17, '05 03:25:50PM

As far as I know, Finder comments, aka known as Spotlight comments in Tiger, are stored in the invisible .DS_Store file which is in every folder. So I guess backing up to a DVD or CD or another disk doesn't mean we will have to lose them, as long as we don't deliberately delete those invisible files, or choose to ignore them in whatever software we are using to backup or copy. Please correct me if I'm wrong.



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You're wrong.
Authored by: PopMcGee on Jun 13, '05 12:24:24PM

All metadata is saved as part of the file and automatically copied along on HFS+ volumes. Only when using strange filesystems like FAT (MS-DOS), ._ files are created. Unless your backup utility uses nonstandard ways of copying things, all your metadata should be kept intact.

Read more about this here:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/7



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