From addbdf0d7e3a5c338fde15373a63418c39e471d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rhet Turnbull Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:38:28 -0800 Subject: Updated README to add reference to osxmetadata --- README.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 597d830..0619277 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ and Linux 2.6+. Experimental support is included for Solaris and FreeBSD. Note: On Linux, custom xattr keys need to be prefixed with the `user` namespace, ie: `user.your_attr`. + +Note: If you need to read or write Spotlight metadata attributes on macOS, +see osxmetadata_ which provides a native macOS means to do so without +directly manipulating extended attributes. osxmetadata also provides access +to other macOS metadata attributes and extended attributes via xattr. + +.. _osxmetadata: https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxmetadata -- cgit v1.2.1