Adding and removing

Adding keywords

You can add keywords by:

  • Using the Metadata > Jot Keyword menu command (⌘J) to type a keyword

  • Clicking a keyword on the keywords bar (View > Keyword Buttons), or using its corresponding hot key from the Metadata > Add Keyword menu

  • Typing a keyword in the Keywords field of the Info inspector

  • Dragging and dropping a keyword from the Keywords panel (Window > Keywords menu item)

Copying keywords to other items

Select the item that has the keywords you want to copy, then use the Metadata > Pick Metadata menu item. In the Pick & Paste window, you can remove keywords that you don’t want to include before pasting onto other items.

Pick & Paste with a keyword selected to remove

Removing keywords

Remove keywords by:

  • Hold down the Shift key and click the keyword on the keywords bar, or use its corresponding hot key from the Metadata > Remove Keyword menu

  • Deleting the keyword in the Info inspector

  • Use the Metadata > Remove Keyword > Remove All Keywords menu item