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I think you can edit meta data on the command line. Have a look at the md tools: mdls, mdutil, etc. and the xattr command. Also check out John Siracusa's Tiger review on ars technica for some more info.
(Last edited by WJMoore; Jan 24, 2006 at 08:24 PM.
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Most metadata (other than comments) is derived from the contents of the file itself; hence, to arbitrarily alter metadata, you must edit the file. Do check out SpotMeta, which extends Spotlight to allow arbitrary metadata.
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