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ExifTool for Mac

ExifTool 12.78

  -  4.91 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    ExifTool 12.97

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.9 or later

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  • Author / Product

    Phil Harvey / External Link

  • Filename

    ExifTool-12.78.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    0ab4fe7815e554d2deb99606f9ddccf4

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of ExifTool 12.78.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of ExifTool for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Added new Geolocation feature and write-only Geolocate tag
- Added new config file entry (@Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Arguments) to allow default command-line arguments to be specified
- Added print conversion for TIFF-EPStandardID
- Added ability to delete Nextbase information from MP4 videos
- Decode timed GPS from MP4 videos written by Nextbase software
- Decode a number of new tags from Nextbase MP4 videos
- Decode a few new tags from Garmin MP4 videos
- Extract PreviewJXL images from DNG 1.7 files
- Generate Validate, ImageDataHash and UserParam tags earlier to allow them to be used in UserDefined Composite tags
- Enhanced the -c option so a minus sign in the format specification prints a signed coordinate without a leading "+" for positive numbers
- Changed formatting of some Accelerometer tags for consistency
- Changed behaviour of -ee3 option to do a brute-force scan for freeGPS in the media data even when referenced by 'gps ' atom
- Other internal changes to decoding of timed GPS from videos
- Fixed problem were ExifTool would give up on extracting some types of timed GPS from videos after 100 void fixes
- Fixed bug that could cause runtime error when reading Ogg files
- Fixed issue where some tags from alternate files using the -fileNUM option weren't generated as requested

API Changes:
- Added Geolocation, GeolocMaxDist and GeolocMinPop API options