
Adapted from the 'Photo Summary' Apple's iPhoto Scripts Collection, here's some AppleScript that will set the comment of all currently selected photos at once; handy if you want to enter some common information about a bunch of photos, for example 'Family Reunion 2004 at Mayor's Income, Tennessee'
Be warned that any existing comment text will be clobbered by this script.
iPhoto Set Multiple Comments
set the image_count to the count of these_images
set comment_text to text returned of (display dialog "Enter a comment for the selected images:" buttons {"OK", "Cancel"} default answer return & return & return)
repeat with i from 1 to the image_count
set this_photo to item i of these_images
tell this_photo
set the comment to comment_text
end tell
end repeat
end tell
on error error_message number error_number
tell application "iPhoto"
activate
if the error_number is not -128 then
display dialog error_message buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end if
end tell
end try
on selected_images()
tell application "iPhoto"
try
-- get selection
set these_items to the selection
-- check for single album selected
if the class of item 1 of these_items is album then error
-- return the list of selected photos
return these_items
on error
return false
end try
end tell
end selected_images