Metadata searches taking HOURS in Adobe Bridge!

[ryanf6216314]

We have a shared network in our office which hosts about 2TB of images. We are trying to set up a system so I can tag the images with keywords so our designers can easily search for the images they need. However, it is taking HOURS to do one images search. Is this simply because we have so many files? Or is it because it's on a shared network? Is there a way to load the metadata FIRST, so Bridge doesn't have to load all the thumbnails before finding the tagged images? Thanks for your help! We are using Adobe CS6.

[Stephen Marsh]

I’m not sure if there is enough info to know what is going on…

Does each separate Bridge installation have the appropriate volumes; directories; images cached/indexed?

Is this a server, external drive, NAS drive etc?

Can you attach a screenshot of your Find setup in Bridge?

[ryanf6216314]

[ryanf6216314]

I think some of the problem is that every time I disconnect and reconnect from the network, Bridge wants to re-index all the files. I've tried saving the cache in the normal adobe folder on my computer, and I've tried saving the cache on the shared network. Also, I'm using a Mac. I wonder if there is a way to tell bridge not to worry about the 1024 resolution cache or indexing and only load the 256 and data so indexing doesn't take so long and the cache won't get so big.

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

Some further reading:

Multiple Users using same exported cache

Manage your file cache in Adobe Bridge CS4, CS5

Automatically Export Cache To Folders When Possible

Creative Suite * Work with the Adobe Bridge cache

Bridge thumbnail cache shared between multiple PCs 

[PECourtejoie]

HEllo, you could try with a given folder on the NAS and locally, to see if it is the network side of the business that causes issues. Not sure that Bridge was design to work through networks...

[Stephen Marsh]

As an alternative and test, try the following…

Install ExifTool and then in Terminal.app enter the following code:

exiftool -r -if '$subject =~ /searchterm/' -subject 

Notice that there is a word space after the final -subject and that the quote marks are straight, not curly.

Change “searchterm” with the keyword that you are searching for.

Finally, drag the parent/top level folder that contains the subfolders that you wish to search into Terminal and it should populate the path and then press return (example below has the desktop folder dragged into Terminal to populate the path).

exiftool -r -if '$subject =~ /searchterm/' -subject /Users/currentuser/Desktop/

How long does the search take after the final return key is pressed?

[Varun Varshney]

Hi All,

We have released a new version of Adobe Bridge (CC 2019) on 15th October 2018. The new version build number is 9.0.0.204. This version is available to install via Adobe Creative Cloud application.

This Bridge update contains support for centrally managing the Adobe Bridge cache (https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/centrally-manage-bridge-cache.html).

Please check following link to know about all new features in Adobe Bridge CC 2019 - https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html

You may need to update the Creative Cloud application and restart your computer to see the updated installer.

Thanks,

Varun Varshney