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ExifTool for Mac

November, 18th 2025 - 5.24 MB - Freeware

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Latest Version

ExifTool 13.42 LATEST
Review by

Sophia Jones
Operating System

Mac OS X 10.9 or later
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Author / Product

Phil Harvey / External Link
Filename

ExifTool-13.42.pkg
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44639ab84145233e2a7003c37b7f92aa

ExifTool for Mac is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

Exif Tool for macOS supports many different metadata formats including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3, as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras by Canon, Casio, DJI, FLIR, FujiFilm, GE, GoPro, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Motorola, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.

ExifTool for Mac can Read, Write and/or Create files in the following formats. Also listed are the support levels for EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC_Profile, and other metadata types for each file format.

Features and Highlights

Powerful, fast, flexible, and customizable
Supports a large number of different file formats
Reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, ID3, and more...
Writes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP, and more...
Reads and writes maker notes of many digital cameras
Reads timed metadata (eg. GPS track) from MOV/MP4/M2TS/AVI videos
Numerous output formatting options (including tab-delimited, HTML, XML and JSON)
Multi-lingual output (cs, de, en, en-ca, en-gb, es, fi, fr, it, ja, ko, nl, pl, ru, sv, tr, zh-cn or zh-tw)
Geotags images from GPS track log files (with time drift correction!)
Generates track logs from geotagged images
Shifts date/time values to fix timestamps in images
Renames files and organizes in directories (by date or by any other meta information)
Extracts thumbnail images, preview images, and large JPEG images from RAW files
Copies meta information between files (even different-format files)
Reads/writes structured XMP information
Deletes meta-information individually, in groups, or all together
Sets the file modification date (and creation date in Mac and Windows) from EXIF information
Supports alternate language tags in XMP, PNG, ID3, Font, QuickTime, ICC Profile, MIE, and MXF information
Processes entire directory trees
Creates a text output file for each image file
Creates binary-format metadata-only (MIE, EXV) files for metadata backup
Automatically backs up original image when writing
Organizes output into groups
Conditionally processes files based on the value of any meta information
Ability to add custom user-defined tags
Support for MWG (Metadata Working Group) recommendations
Recognizes thousands of different tags
Tested with images from thousands of different camera models
Advanced verbose and HTML-based hex dump outputs

How to Use

Open Terminal to access the command-line interface

Run exiftool filename to read metadata from a file

Use exiftool -TAG=value filename to edit metadata

Apply batch changes using wildcards (e.g., *.jpg)

Use -overwrite_original to save changes without backup

Type exiftool -h for help and available options

Integrate with scripts for automated workflows

System Requirements

macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
Perl 5.008 or later (included in macOS)
Terminal access
Optional: Homebrew for easier installation

PROS

Supports many file types and metadata tags
Powerful batch processing capabilities
No GUI, pure command-line for advanced users
Highly customizable for automation tasks
Free and open-source with frequent updates

CONS

Lacks a graphical user interface
Requires Terminal or scripting knowledge
No built-in preview or media viewer
Limited support for real-time editing

Also Available: Download ExifTool for Windows

Download ExifTool for Mac Latest Version

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What's new in this version:

Added:
- Added warning if tag arguments come before -csv= or -json= in a command
- Added a new CanonModelID and RFLensType (thanks Norbert Wasser)
- Added ability to read XML as a block from Sony MP4 videos
- Added "EOS" to the R5 Mark II CanonModelID string

- Decode ReEditData in Samsung trailer
- Decode a couple more Sony rtmd tags from MP4 videos
- Tolerate some types of trailer corruption as caused by Samsung Gallery
- Restrict decoding of MetaImageSize to HEIC files only
- Fixed issue writing Keys tags to Sony PMW-EX1R videos
- Fixed behaviour of CSV/JSON import when specifying tags to import into an existing list, or when importing ValueConv values (ie. "TAG#"), or when specifying a group name of "All"