7 Replies Latest reply: Jan 15, 2011 2:27 AM by margieannejulie RSS

    prohibitory sign prevents applying description

    margieannejulie Community Member

      These are individual descriptions that I want to apply, I have done that succesfully months ago , so what am I forgetting now?

      i am, of course, in the IPTC core and I want to apply them to the metadata panel

      thanks

        • 1. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
          Omke Oudeman Community Member

          You probably work on files that are locked, is there a small icon with a lock on top of the thumbnail?

           

          Select one problem file and with right mouse click menu see if you have the option to unlock the file.

          If so choose unlock and your problem should be solved.

           

          If not you might check the drive the files are on and check if you have read and write permission for it.

          • 2. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
            margieannejulie Community Member

            Unfortunatly they are not locked, do you mean by checking the drive they are on, going to file info?

            • 3. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
              Omke Oudeman Community Member

              Unfortunatly they are not locked, do you mean by checking the drive they are

              on, going to file info?

               

               

              Yes, on your desktop select the HD you are sure the files are on and with

              the icon selected check get info. At the bottom of this window should show

              read and write permissions for system and admin. To change it you must have

              admin priviliges for the system you are working on.

              • 4. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
                margieannejulie Community Member

                I haven't seen the HD in a long time, I wrote it in the search field and the path gave me just a slash forward bar. Do you have an idea where it might be?

                I am very anxious to find what I have to change, if that is the problem, then it's no problem, because I am the only owner and only administrator of this computer!

                Thank you very much for all the help so far!

                • 5. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
                  Omke Oudeman Community Member

                  I haven't seen the HD in a long time, I wrote it in the search field and the

                  path gave me just a slash forward bar. Do you have an idea where it might be?

                   

                   

                  Try it in Finder not in Bridge. It is an OS thing to check owner

                  permissions.

                   

                  But I don't understand the quote have not seen the HD in a long time? Do you

                  mean it does not show in the favorites panel or the folder panel?

                  That could be easily solved by checking the computer option in the Bridge

                  preferences General section, you see this at the bottom in Favorites.

                   

                  Personally I prefer the folder panel to navigate through the disks on my

                  system and the HD should certainly show in this location if the disk is

                  active.

                   

                  If I use the path left in the Bridge Path bar (don't have a use for the

                  search field in here but it seems a lot of users working on servers have

                  great benefit of it) the first of the path shows "computer" if i select this

                  my content window instantly shows me all the disk attached to my system.

                  • 6. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
                    margieannejulie Community Member

                    I found the HD with the help of the apple forum, it was in the main tab of

                    Finder, I just checked show

                    HD on desktop, and there it was. Everything looks ok with my permission to read

                    and write, like I said, I am the owner and sole administrator of my computer.

                    In the meantime, I had a  total crash of the OS in my mac book pro, i am now

                    borrowing a pc.

                    It may take a few days to fix. I am not too worried about my data because i had

                    the apple and the wheel

                    spinning, then a blue screen, period.

                    The time I lost my data I had an interrogation point on the screen, I havent

                    seen the technician yet because they are closed until monday because of the

                    holidays. Hey, This is Italy, give them a chance!

                    • 7. Re: prohibitory sign prevents applying description
                      margieannejulie Community Member

                      After loosing my OS, I had to redowload PS and Bridge, my description is now nice and easy, I think it was related to a problem with Bridge itself