[X4U] Adding Spotlight Comments to multiple items?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Stroller wrote:

> If I highlight 4 items in Finder and press apple-i I get a separate  
> info pane for each of them and can add Spotlight Comments for them.  
> If I highlight them and press alt-apple-i I get a single info  
> window for all four, but no box to enter comments that apply to all  
> of them.
>
> A Google reveals that I'm not the first person to notice this, but  
> my cursory search doesn't reveal any work-arounds. Apart from  
> copying & pasting the comment into all four boxes (which I'm going  
> to do on this occasion because for so few items it's quicker than  
> searching further) can anyone suggest a work-around, please?

See this article excerpt of mine at Macworld:

http://www.macworld.com/2005/09/features/tigertips2/index1.php

I use this regularly; it's a snap!

Best,


Kirk
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