Keyword Manager

Hope there will have a version for the brand new Apple Photos.

It was an excellent tool. Unfortunately, the developers have decided to discontinue it, for understandable reasons. I quote: "Some of you may remember that we posted a beta version of Keyword Manager 1.6 earlier this year, which was compatible with iPhoto 9.1.1. However, when version 9.1.2 was released, the beta version no longer functioned. This is because a number of the functions that Keyword Manager uses to do its work were removed from iPhoto in that update. "Each version of iPhoto that is released requires us to rewrite the entire interface between Keyword Manager and iPhoto, due to the changes that Apple makes to the internal structure of the program. We'd like to stress that this is not unexpected nor in any way Apple's fault. It is just the nature of writing a plug-in for a program without a supported plug-in architecture. "The economics of keeping Keyword Manager up to date has caught up with us and making the plug-in work reliably in the current version of iPhoto, and then the next one after that, would require a substantial investment in time and resources from our side, and even then it is not certain that we would get Keyword Manager working as well as we'd like." Sorry to hear that - but thanks nevertheless to the developers for all the good work they did and the time they invested.

Following iPhoto 9.1.2 update, Keyword Manager is not working for me. Developer notified.

Has always worked for me. The author works hard to keep up with Apple's changes, but is diligent.

I've been using the beta without any issues that I'm aware of.

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

It's back! This is one of those gems that should be built in by Apple. Keyword Manager is fast, clean and indispensable if you do a lot of tagging - well worth the shareware fee. Now if only Apple could fix all the functions they frustratingly deleted or broke in iPhoto '11...

About bloody time ...

same here, developer please update or offer uninstaller

Same "can't reach the developer any other way" message. iPhoto '11 does not load Keyword Manager as "untested." Removing the Keyword Manager folder from Applications Support, however, does not un-install the plug-in completely, so iPhoto issues the warning every time it's launched. Need a compatible version of KM or to know where all the pieces of it are so I can manually uninstall it.

I see no contact info on the website, and for the forums, we need to be approved to post, and I have not yet been approved, so I'm posting here hoping someone will know... I have iPhoto '09. When I'm in the 'Photos' section, I have it set up so that the Event Title appears; with all the photos showing, they are still split up by events. When we click on the keyword to for it to show us all the photos with that keyword, is there a way for the results to be grouped by event, and for it to show our event title? Just like it would if I were to search the keyword? Thanks.

I would have contacted the developer directly, but I don't see any way to do that on the website, except for the forum that is filled with spam. I tried to install the latest update and it tells me there is "no valid iPhoto version on this system." Additionally, the modification date on the downloaded 1.5.3 installer says March 29, 2009. Is it really an update? Do I have the correct file? Do I even need this update? My current version is working just fine.

Hmmm... The updater wouldn't work with iPhoto '06 (said it couldn't find a compatible version of iPhoto). The previous version had this limitation, and the MU description suggests it still works with '06.

Ahh, that is so nice - back to tagging my photos!

Does anyone know if it's possible to get this version working with iPhone 8.0?

I got it to work in Leopard :) Look in /Library/InputManagers/ and ~/Library/InputManagers and delete SIMBL. Re-download the latest SIMBL from http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php and let it install. Re-install Keyword Manager. If you have anything in ~/Library/InputManagers, move them to /Library/InputManagers. Leopard will only run InputManager plugins from the all-users Library.

Great plug-in. But it won't load in v. 7.1.

The latest Apple iLife update + Leopard install has killed Keyword Manager. It no longer appears in iPhoto. Uninstalling/reinistalling doesn't work. Any idea when it'll be fixed? It has become second nature to me by now, I can't work without it!

Literally a flawless keyword plug-in for iPhoto. Make's iPhoto complete. Look forward to seeing an update for iPhoto 7!

This is an awesome tool, and I am a registered owner. Please release an iPhoto 7.0.1 compatible upgrade so I can enjoy all the KM goodness with iLife '08. Thanks!