[digiKam-users] digikam not writing tags to file macOS Catalina

[Mark Simon]

Digikam scanned all my files and read tags. Now I have added tags to some images in digikam and want to write the tags to the files.
I select the image or a group and select Item > Write metadata but nothing happens. I also tried adding a tag in Finder and selecting Item > Reread metadata but the tag does not show in digikam.

I am running digikam 6.4.0 on a MacBook-pro running Catalina
I am using QMYSQL DB with 45k items stored on a USB external drive.
I have granted Digikam Full Disk Access in the Security settings.

I don’t know what to try. I want all my info stored in the image files if possible.

[Remco Viëtor]

On mercredi 20 mai 2020 16:23:32 CEST Mark Simon wrote:

> Digikam scanned all my files and read tags. Now I have added tags to some
> images in digikam and want to write the tags to the files. I select the
> image or a group and select Item > Write metadata but nothing happens. I
> also tried adding a tag in Finder and selecting Item > Reread metadata but
> the tag does not show in digikam.
>
> I am running digikam 6.4.0 on a MacBook-pro running Catalina
> I am using QMYSQL DB with 45k items stored on a USB external drive.
> I have granted Digikam Full Disk Access in the Security settings.
>
> I don’t know what to try. I want all my info stored in the image files if
> possible.

Normally, if you have indicated that you want to write metadata to files in
the settings dialog, they are written as soon as you add tags (either trough
the apply button, or by changing the image selection). So in that case, "write
metadata" has nothing to do

Remco