I'm looking for recommendations for photography browser apps that might fit my workflow. I keep all of my photos organized in folders, and do not want to use proprietary databases (like Apple Photos). I want to be able to quickly browse images, and color tag selected images to return to, especially one that would sync with Finder color tags for viewing in the Finder. This seems like such an easy thing, but I have not found an app that does this properly. GraphicConverter comes closest, but there is a bug that prevents it from showing multiple color tags on an image, or picking up color tags under certain circumstances. Other apps I've tried either don't allow color tagging at all, don't sync with Finder color tags, or only allow tagging with one color or make the process needlessly difficult. Once color tagged, I return to the photos to make final selections, and it would be nice if the app also allowed EXIF viewing/editing, tagging, ratings, and flagging, and would sync the EXIF with Finder tag colors and keywords where appropriate. This seems so basic and simple, yet I have not found an app that does this well or even at all. As I mentioned, GraphicConverter comes closest, but I've also checked out RawPower (tagging broken with Monterey and doesn't support EXIF or color tags), ACDSee, Photo Mechanic, Xnview, and probably others.
I do use Capture One, which works great for processing, editing, and tagging, but is overkill when you just want to quickly go through a folder of photos and make selections (without having to import them into Capture One's proprietary database and sync back out). I used to use Lightroom, but I really dislike the direction Adobe has been going in recent years and moved away from it. I have not tried Adobe Bridge to see if it meets my requirements, but I'm reluctant to install Creative Cloud just to get Bridge, even though its free. Apple Photos is really worthless to me, as it uses its own database, doesn't allow proper EXIF metadata viewing and editing, and doesn't support color tagging either (nor does it sync with Finder tags, which is strange?).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I do use Capture One, which works great for processing, editing, and tagging, but is overkill when you just want to quickly go through a folder of photos and make selections (without having to import them into Capture One's proprietary database and sync back out). I used to use Lightroom, but I really dislike the direction Adobe has been going in recent years and moved away from it. I have not tried Adobe Bridge to see if it meets my requirements, but I'm reluctant to install Creative Cloud just to get Bridge, even though its free. Apple Photos is really worthless to me, as it uses its own database, doesn't allow proper EXIF metadata viewing and editing, and doesn't support color tagging either (nor does it sync with Finder tags, which is strange?).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
