Timeline for Script or App to auto write URL of browser-downloaded files to their respective Comments field (metadata) in the files Get Info sheet?
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 16:59 | vote | accept | Ryan | ||
| Feb 21, 2020 at 7:45 | answer | added | Mockman | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 20, 2020 at 23:03 | history | edited | user3439894 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 23:01 | comment | added | user3439894 |
Ryan, On a files Get Info sheet, if it was downloaded from the Internet, it typically will show in the Where from: field, which is the kMDItemWhereFroms metadata. Are you asking for a way to have that information replicated to the Comments: field?
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 22:55 | history | edited | user3439894 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 22:50 | history | edited | Ryan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 22:47 | comment | added | Ryan | Sorry everyone. I meant comments and have made this change to the post. red_menace's "wherefroms" reveal gives me hope. I'm googling this now in search of ideas. | |
| Feb 20, 2020 at 22:37 | history | edited | Ryan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 21:01 | comment | added | red_menace |
All those browsers should add the com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms extended attribute - if not, how are you downloading the file?
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 20:49 | comment | added | user3439894 |
@ankii, The field a URL is stored in, as shown in the Info Sheet, is Where from: not "from", and at the metadata level its kMDItemWhereFroms and there is no ' "description" area' and why I'm asking for clarification. Yes it's probably the Comments: field, as shown in the Info Sheet, (kMDItemFinderComment as metadata) but the OP needs to be explicit and specific, not ' "description" area' which doesn't exist!
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 20:26 | comment | added | anki | Could be "comments" @user3439894 // some files do carry which URL they came from, in a field called "from".. it is not universal though. | |
| Feb 20, 2020 at 18:20 | history | edited | Ryan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2020 at 18:01 | history | asked | Ryan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |