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Is there a way to copy the Metatags into the Spotlight comments for every file in a folder?

e.g. for each file in a folder, copy the Metatag values and paste them into that file's Spotlight comments field.

Thank you.

Scott C.

Which metatags are you referring to? In general, you can add any Spotlight attribute as a comment. Just drag the "other..." token into the pattern and select the Spotlight attribute you want.

I apologize for being so vague.

I've assigned metatags to hundreds of files over the past year or so using a feature in DefaultFolder.

I want to copy the values of these metatags and paste them as text in the Spotlight comments area for each file.

I know I could this individually but I was wondering if there was a way for Hazel to do this automatically using a custom rule.

Thanks.

Scott C.

Are you referring to DefaultFolderX? I believe it uses OpenMeta, which means you just mean "tags". As I mentioned before, if the tags show up in the Spotlight attribute list, you can use those to enter them into the comments.