If an image has Caption-Abstract, ImageDescription and Description, it seems iPhoto (and the cmd+i window in Finder) prefers them in that order.
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Move JPG metadata keywords into description field and then strip keywords. For importing to iPhoto. Preserves the info in the keywords but doesn't introduce them into your own keyword space.
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| # Pick values from other desc fields if only those are present. | |
| exiftool '-ImageDescription<Description' -if 'not $ImageDescription' -overwrite_original . | |
| exiftool '-Caption-Abstract<ImageDescription' -if 'not $Caption-Abstract' -overwrite_original . | |
| # append keywords to desc | |
| exiftool -if '$keywords' -overwrite_original -f '-Caption-Abstract<${Caption-Abstract} (Original keywords: ${keywords})' -keywords='' . | |
| # list various descs | |
| exiftool -keywords -description -ImageDescription -Caption-Abstract *.jpg |
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