These option will only work if the destination filesystem The '-xattr-template' option writes additional metadata to extended attributes For example, `-tag ISO` would produce something like `ISO: 100`.Įxiftool must be installed as it is used to read the metadata from media files. When used with -tag, Finder tags will be created in format `TagName: Tag value as the keyword, use `-tag-value Keywords`, which would result in a Keywords` would result in a Finder tag of `Keywords: Travel`. `IPTC:Keywords: Travel` if `Travel` was one of the keywords and `-tag Group name will be output to the name of the Finder tag when used with -tag.įor example, `-tag IPTC:Keywords` will result in a Finder tag named `-tag Keywords` and `-tag IPTC:Keywords` are both valid. Tag names may be specified with or without the tag group name.

Tag names used with -tag and -tag-value may be any tag that exiftool can overwrite-fc Overwrite existing Finder comments (default is to overwrite-tags Overwrite existing Finder tags (default is to append dry-run Dry run mode do not actually modify any Finder exiftool-path PATH Optional path to exiftool executable (will look in Used with -all-tags, -tag-group, -tag-match. value Use only tag value (not tag name) as Finder tag when 'EXIF:Make' instead of 'Make') when used with -all. G, -group Include tag group in Finder tag (for example, Options for use with -all-tags, -tag-group, -tag-match: Works on macOS only.īonus feature: exif2findertags can also use Apple's internal text detection capability to detect text in images and write the text to extended attributes or Finder comments to make it easily searchable using Spotlight.

exif2findertags makes your photo & video metadata easier to work with and makes it easier to find the right image with Spotlight. This is similar to the commercial app evrX but in a free command line tool. For example, you could use this with Final Cut Pro and its 'Keywords from Finder Tags' import feature to allow Final Cut Pro to access EXIF metadata. Read exif metadata from images with exiftool and write to MacOS Finder tags and/or Finder comments.

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