Keyword Problem - I can't remove one!

If not already showing, hit "shift D" to show the control bar at the bottom.
Then if not already showing, hit "D" to show the keyword controls.
Highlight all of the images you wish to remove the keyword from.
In the bottom panel on the right side is a space to enter keywords. Enter the funky keyword you want to remove. Hit shift enter and that will remove the keyword from all images.

At this point the easiest workaround is to get an image with the correct keyword. Lift the information, and then in the stamp dialogue deselect everything but keywords. On the bottom left is a pop up that most likely says add. Change it to say replace. Now have Aperture stamp all of the remaining images. That should do it.

neat idea. I wouldn't have thought of that. there's use for the Replace option after all 😉

Alex,

how exactly did you do that? tag them with , Japan, Tokyo? I'd like to reproduce it and then see if I can write an AppleScript script to remove the rogue keyword.

I'm surprised you can't copy the bad keyword and past it into the bottom right keyword box and do the "shift-return" to get rid of it. Don't forget, you need the exact keyword for this to work, that is why copy/paste shoud do it.

I tried lots of things with AppleScript to delete the rogue keyword but it wasn't possible. Aperture hiccupped every time I asked it to do anything with the keyword other than 'get' it. the programmers obviously didn't anticipate someone creating a blank keyword which is what happened when you placed the comma at the beginning of the keyword string.

I'm going to try UI Elements but I'll need help from PreFab UI Browser to do it. there are too many UI elements in Aperture's interface to guess their hierarchy. I'll let you know how it goes.

Alex,

do all of your problem images have the exact same keyword string? ie, do they all have ", Japan, Tokyo" ?

if they do, or if groups of images have the same keyword string, you can solve the problem (I just tested it) by using Metadata/Batch change....

Aperture will change all of the keyword strings for you.

I'm still working on an AppleScript. it's doable with UI elements. I've already been able to get and set the Keywords using UI (in a known window configuration) but I'm not yet able to move to the next image.

if the Batch Change works, then we won't need the AppleScript 😉