Unable able to add Properties > Comment to a jpg

DEVONthink
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I have a jpg placed in to Devonthink and am unable to add anything to the Properties - Comment section. Not too sure why.

Looks like I can add Finder Comments.

Using 3.9.8

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Is this only a single .jpg or is it all .jpgs?

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Properties aren’t available for all file formats (and yes this is documented). Finder comments are.

Is the JPEG locked? Look at the Data > Mark submenu.

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Interesting. I can add comments in the Info->Properties->Comment field on jpg files here.

There is more than one kind of jpeg format, so maybe that’s the difference.

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Editing of properties of RTF(D), PDF and images requires a visible preview pane in case of main windows.

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File is not marked as being locked. Interestingly a jpg in the same database folder is able to be edited.
Fixed the issue by removeing the jpeg from the database, changing its colour profile to sRGB and resaving with a new name. Adding it back to Devonthink seems to have fixed the issue.
On Mac OS 13.7

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What was the color profile previously?

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uRGB. I had moved the file from facebook directly in to Devonthink.
Strange profile I have never heard of. That may have caused the issue.

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I doubt that. The color profile is just a string as is the comment, stored in the EXIF part of the jpeg. That a certain value in one field should prevent setting a different field seems improbable.

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