Q: Unable to write IPTC metadata to JPG files
I tried to write IPTC metadata to JPG files and I got
No original files were modified
Aperture was not able to modify one or more original files because they have a format that does not permit modification.
i found some old posts saying this was broken in Lion.
Anyone have any ideas?
Posted on May 29, 2016 5:22 PM
Well, it's not very satisfying, but I now have my test library of 208 images into a state where I can repeatedly apply IPTC data without a crash. After doing that 8 times in a row I think the problem is fixed.
Not satisfying because I threw every metadata change at the images Aperture can do. I removed location data. I changed time 1 sec and wrote to original. I used "add metadata from: EXIF and iPhoto" (not sure what that does!) and filled out all the fields.
Oh, and I ran database repair to make sure I found the _temp files left over when Aperture crashes during an IPTC update. These files seem to create problems until they are complete deleted.
I'm going to have to write this up in a blog post. Wish we had an Aperture engineer to examine the zipped test library (still will crash, unfixed) for the real cause. At present it looks like current version of Fujitsu ScanSnap writes metadata that, when run through Aperture JPG version export process, produces JPEG files that crash Aperture when try to "Write IPTC metadata to Originals".
The fix is to apply every metadata update Aperture has ...and be sure all _temp files are gone.
Posted on Jun 1, 2016 1:36 PM