Hi Matt, I don't use FB and don't know if FaceBook can handle (IPTC) metadata. The only way you can get Photos out of iPhoto including Titles & Descriptions is by exporting the images. You can export an Event (which includes your photos that you have already titled etc)
I normally create a folder on my Desktop with the same name as the Event I'm going to export. Basically it is: File > Export Kind: JPEG JPEG Quality: Maximum (which will create a large file size) or what you wish to use Include: Title and Keywords & Location information Size: Full Size File Name: Use Title Subfolder format: Event Name Detailed information. How to Export Photos From iPhoto with Titles and Descriptions: “Exporting” your photo out of iPhoto is the trick, but even then you have to select the right settings to make it work. Once the image has been exported, your titles, descriptions, keywords and even location information (if you so choose) is then saved inside the image so you will no longer need the help of iPhoto to access and view this information. Additionally, you can then also email this exported image to someone with whichever email software you choose (not just with Mail) and still maintain the title and description. Something to keep in mind though, some image programs still don’t handle this (IPTC) metadata yet, so you can’t expect universal access to it. But just know, as long you don’t accidentally overwrite this information with another program, your information will always be saved inside of that image you just exported. 1. Select (highlight) a photo or multiple or Event and then click on “File” from the top Menu Bar and then click “Export” from the list. (Optionally you can hit SHIFT-COMMAND-E) If you would like to export a large quantity of photos, I would recommend selecting an entire “Event” full of photos and exporting it to its own folder named the same as your iPhoto Event. 2. Choose the “File Export” tab from the top of this new window. The main thing you’re looking for here is the “Include:” boxes in the middle of this window. You want to put a check mark next to “Title and keywords” if you want your metadata such as title, description and keywords to be “embedded” into your the image that you are about to create in the export. Unfortunately, for whatever reason Apple has, you can only choose this box if you choose “JPEG” or “TIFF” from the “Kind” option at the top. For the “File Name“, you can choose “Use Title” if you would like the new image to be labeled now with the title you gave it inside of iPhoto. Click “Export” and then choose where you would like to save this new image — such as your desktop — and then click “ok.” 3 Click “Export” and then choose where you would like to save this new image — such as your desktop. The filename will default to your given “title” if you chose that in the prior menu. When you are done click “ok.” So now, if you look on the desktop or in the folder where you told iPhoto to export your photo, you should see your image. You can do with it as you please. Understand that this is a duplicate copy. Exporting is not moving, it’s copying. So your original image is still safely saved inside of iPhoto. By exporting, you created another copy of it with the options you chose in the process. Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 > On 19 Jun 2015, at 4:57 pm, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Hi I have just returned from the C2C in England and was putting some photo's > of the walk up on FB from iPhoto when I noticed, that the GPS and the > descriptions that I had added to each photo in iPhoto, did not show up on the > transfer when it reached FB. > > Anyone know how I can ensure that at least the "Descriptions" are shared > along with the photos. > > I have over 1000 so I don't want to manually add descriptions to both iPhoto > and then again add them to the images I send to FB. > > Thanks. > > Matt. >
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