Add Comments to Application Listing

neat!

today I found out how to add descriptive text in the comments field of Finder.

Not being an Apple child, the names of applications sometimes are not helpful.

e.g. Superduper. What does this do?


from: http://www.mactips.info/2009/07/add-and-display-file-comments

Add and Display File Comments
Mac Tip #393, 15 July 2009

Maureen added a comment to this MacTip: Show Information in Finder List View:
How do you get the comments into the comment column?? I want to be able to sort by comments, but I can’t figure out where I type the text to show up in the comment column
She was talking, of course, about the Comments column in the Finder List and CoverFlow views.
The Comments column is not displayed by default. Even if it is displayed though, it’s not obvious how to add a Comment to a file.

Add metadata

Metadata is information about a file. For example, I may have a movie of my mum with the cat and the dog. I may also have other movies of my mum, and other movies of cats and dogs.
I could add keywords such as mum, cat and dog, to each file so that when I’m looking at them all in a list in the Finder it’s easy to identify any particular movie.
To be able to sort them, of course, I’d have to be careful to always use the same sequence if there are multiple keywords for a file.

How to display the Comments field

Turn on the Finder Comments Column in the View Options
Turn on the Finder Comments Column in the View Options
The Comments column is not displayed in Finder windows by default, so you have to choose to display it. It will only be visible in List view or in CoverFlow view. To display the Comments column:
  1. Open a Finder window.
  2. Set the Finder window to either List view or CoverFlow view.
  3. Choose Show View Options from the View menu. The View Options window appears.
  4. Check the box beside Comments in the Show Columns section. The Comments column is added to the Finder window.
  5. Close the View Options window.

How to add Comments

This metadata is also used by Spotlight to help find files you need. That’s why you add your metadata to the Spotlight Comments field in the Get Info window:
  1. Select a file in the Finder.
  2. Choose Get Info from the File menu. The Get Info inspector window opens.
  3. If necessary, click the disclosure triangle beside the Spotlight Comments area to reveal the text entry area.
  4. Type your keywords or other metadata into the Spotlight Comments field.
  5. Close the Get Info window. The metadata you entered into the Spotlight Comments field is now displayed in the Comments column of a Finder List or CoverFlow view window.

Watch the video

Remember to watch the video:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dIVj5XjzXM
Note: the next Tip will show how this metadata affects Spotlight searches.
Have you added metadata to a file through the Spotlight Comments area in the Get Info window? How has that worked for you?
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