Re: Photos: apply keyword to multiple selection
Re: Photos: apply keyword to multiple selection
- Subject: Re: Photos: apply keyword to multiple selection
- From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 09:27:23 -0700
On May 10, 2016, at 08:12 AM, 2551phil <email@hidden> wrote:
Hmm, does anyone know how this might be done?
I see from the dictionary that ‘keywords’ are not r/o, and the wording (“to associate”) suggests they should be writable:
keywords (list of text) : A list of keywords to associate with a media item
However, I’m having difficulty figuring out the syntax. If I get my selection like this:
set myList to {} tell application id "com.apple.Photos" repeat with i from 1 to count of selection set end of myList to filename of item i of (get selection) end repeat end tell
What verb/command should I use to add a new keyword like “Wedding” to the keywords list of every item in the entire selection?
Hi Phil,
I started with the code from Michael and tweaked it. The version below does 140 photos in 1-2 seconds. Working in our favor is the fact that Photos won't add duplcate keywords. If a keyword is already associated with a photo, trying to add it a second time does nothing. So there's no need to check if a keyword already exists. Also, the trap for error -1700 will detect if NO keywords are associated.
set newKeywords to {"Wedding"} -- list may contain multiple keywords tell application id "com.apple.Photos" set selectedPhotos to selection repeat with i from 1 to (count selectedPhotos) tell item i of selectedPhotos try set keywords to keywords & newKeywords on error number -1700 -- photo has no keywords set keywords to newKeywords end try end tell end repeat end tell
Enjoy,Stan C.
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