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ADOBE BRIDGE - KEYWORDS on MULTIPLE COMPUTERS

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June 30, 2025
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I notice that keywords are not automatically synced across my various computers. Will I be able to find images that have the same keyword applied on one computer as on another? For example:

The keyword DOGS has been manually added (not import/export) to COMPUTER A as follows:

KEYWORDS

- 2025

-- ANIMALS

--- DOGS

The keyword DOGS has been manually added (not import/export) to COMPUTER B as follows:

KEYWORDS

- 2025

-- DOGS

I applied the keyword DOGS to IMAGE 3456 on COMPUTER A. Will I find that same image on COMPUTER B?

Correct answer Erik Bloodaxe

Bridge is a stand alone application. It doesn't sync with other computers I'm afraid. The only way you are going to see any edits, including assigning keywords, on a different computer is if you physically copy the files by some means from one to the other.

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bluebrad

Community Expert

Have the preferances and user data save to your adobe cloud file location.
i have reqested that the preferances and settings can be exported | importe | synced for over 15years now.
also before upgrading have preferances, scripts, addons & bookmarks backup automaticly before the app updates so if there was an update error you can just reinstall than resync from backups.

Illustrator is open almost 24/7 and just about the same for Bridge and Photoshop

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bluebrad

Community Expert

Still broken and thumbnails are SLOW

please update the order of operations and thumbnails should be last.

https://youtu.be/b_U7c9bX7P4

V15.1.2.737

Illustrator is open almost 24/7 and just about the same for Bridge and Photoshop

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

As a file browser, Bridge metadata is stored in the image file, so yes, it travels with the image and can be searched for on another computer which has access to the image file.

The keyword panel is different, as previously mentioned it's local to a particular install, but it writes to the selected image files:

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2016/11/bridge-restoring-lost-keyword-xml-file.html

Lightroom metadata has to be explicitly written to the file, as it may only be written to the local catalogue/database (depending on settings).

Erik BloodaxeCorrect answer

Legend

Bridge is a stand alone application. It doesn't sync with other computers I'm afraid. The only way you are going to see any edits, including assigning keywords, on a different computer is if you physically copy the files by some means from one to the other.

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joannlaureenAuthor

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The files are on an external hard drive that I plug into different computers.

gary_sc

Community Expert

"The files are on an external hard drive that I plug into different computers."

Why did you think it was not important to tell us this in the first place.

The Keywords panel in Bridge stores a separate list of keywords that are used for managing and organizing your keyword library. This list is stored in an XML file called "Adobe Bridge Keywords.xml". This file can be backed up, exported, and imported to transfer your keyword list between different Bridge installations or to share with other users.

Do a search on that and manually transfer that to all computers needed.

Peru Bob

Community Expert

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Bridge forum so that proper help can be offered.

Scroll down here to see a list of the forums:
https://community.adobe.com/

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