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mlk51 Author

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I just noticed that the Description field in Photos is no longer being populated with the IPTC Caption (description) field in Catalina. I've been writing captions in the IPTC field since I got my first digital camera in 2000 and prefer to still do so since the info remains with the file. Albums are nice but my memory no longer retains all the details of some of these photos. Especially the ones I scanned in from my parents and grandparents photos. And while they're at it, please make an option to add the description below the photo when I'm leafing through an album!

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 21, 2019 5:29 PM

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léonie

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Posted on Dec 22, 2019 1:51 PM

As to the main problem you reported: When I import a photo with an IPTC description tag, it is shown in Photos 5.0 on Catalina in the Info: When the Preview.app can see the description, Photos will be showing it as as well. For example: I just imported this tagged photo and the description is shown.

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