A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.8
(25 Aug 2025)

New:

• Converted text input for Document Name, Artist, Copyright, Filename pattern, and Camera- and Lensinfo into Combo-boxes, where the last 10 used entries will be saved.
• To speed up startup, paths to the helper tools are now stored, and editable, in the 'Settings....' -> 'Various other settings'
• In the Preview-window, you can now filter on EXIF tags, or their contents, to make it easier to check which ones are present.
• Now also compiled for Linux and Windows.

Change:

• All lists are modernized. With some, the dotted lines would disappear.
• In the Preferences-window, under 'EXIF / IPTC / XMP Tags', the filter on tags has been modernized and improved.
• Thumbnails of movie files are default taken at 4 seconds. Now, if a clip is shorter, a thumbnail at 0.5 second will be taken.
• The default rename pattern has now been set to: '%d-%t-%x.%n', instead of underscores.
• Changed the text 'Finder' into 'file', because of Linux and Windows versions.
• The OS version in the 'About...' window now shows the complete name and version, instead of just a number.
• Unknown tags under 'Other tags' are now printed in red.
• Replaced the Paypal and Paddle buttons with a link to my webshop.

Fixed:

• Thumbnails of files with single and/or double quotes in the name are now also generated.
• Finding the path to the various utilities and not finding them, could result in storing the error message and stop further tries.
• GPS coordinates are now written to movie files. In some cases this was not happening. Tested with .m4v, .mov, and .mp4
• 'Save as preset' would sometimes use the name of another preset.
• Get the correct mime type for files with no extension or with extensions like '.jpg_original' or '.mp4_original'.
• Tabbing through the rows in 'Other tags' is now possible.
• In 'Other tags', the repeated adding of '?' for unknown tags is fixed.
• In 'Other tags', the info text above the table is now correctly displayed in full.
• Image and movie files with '_original' added by exiftool to the file's extension, are now also recognized when dragged onto the grid.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.7
(13 Sep 2023)

Improved:

• - Increased the maximum of the number of days you can add or subtract to -9999 and +9999.
• - Improved error handling when trying to preview a file that is not a media file.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.6
(21 Aug 2023)

Improved:

• - License deactivation process.

Fixed:

• - Splash and Geotag window in Dark Mode.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.5
(25 May 2023)

New:

• - SetEXIFData now supports Dark Mode.
• - Changed the toolbar icon to one that is visible in light and dark mode.

Fixed:

• - Setting Dates/Times via option 1 was broken, and is now fixed.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.4
(03 May 2023)

New:

• - SetEXIFData has been localised for English (default), French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
• - To make room for the bigger words in these other languages, the main window is a bit larger, and some buttons, labels and fields have been widened and/or moved.

Moved:

• - The options 'Remove all EXIF, IPTC and XMP tags' and 'Remove all removable tags' have been removed from the 'Dates and Times' drop down menu, and placed on the first panel, at the bottom, in their own drop-down menu.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.3
(26 April 2023)

New:

• - Added a 'Remove all EXIF, IPTC and XMP tags' option in the 'Dates and Times' drop down menu.
• - Added a 'Remove all removable tags' option in the 'Dates and Times' drop down menu.

Improvement:

• - Added a 'Processing...' dialog to show the app is doing something and to prevent clicking on window elements while it is processing.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.2
(3 April 2023)

Improvements:

• The app now also looks in '/opt/homebrew/bin/' for 'ffmpeg', if it cannot find it in '/usr/local/bin/'.
• The app dialogs at startup telling you about missing 'dcraw' and 'ffmpeg' have gone. This message is now displayed in the preview window, at the top where normally the image thumbnail is placed.

A new version of SetEXIFData is now available:

v10.1
(29 March 2023)

For older version changes, look here

Note:

- Alas, version 10 is a paid upgrade, sorry. To purchase a new serial number for v10, simply click the button 'Buy with Paddle'.

- If you donated after October, 2022, you do not need to purchase a serial number; you will receive a new serial number for free in the coming days; if not, contact me.

- The trial limit of 5 photos or movies has been changed to 0. You can try the app, but it will not modify your image or movie files. You will need a serial number to enable that.

- When you have purchased a serial number, your number of activations is now limitied to 5 computers and checked over the internet. How many activations are left, can be seen in the 'About...'-window. Contact me if you need more activations.

New:

- You can use CMD-W to close a preview window.

- You can select and delete multiple rows from the list. Use SHIFT and/or COMMAND keys to select rows.

- To open a preview-window, you now have to double-click a line.

- To open multiple previews at once, select multiple lines and press COMMAND-O.

- Added Google JSON import for EXIF data. If you drag images exported from Google onto the window, the JSON file should exist in the same folder, as named by Google: '[image-name].jpg.json'. SetEXIFData will use 'description', 'photoTakenTime' and 'geoDataExif' from the JSON file.

- Added the use of 'libraw' as a 'dcraw' replacement. Install 'libraw' via 'homebrew' (https://brew.sh/): brew install libraw. Choose what runs on your system, SetEXIFData will look for 'libraw' tools first.

- Added the use of 'ffmpeg' for generating movie preview thumbnails. Install 'ffmpeg' via 'homebrew' (https://brew.sh/): brew install ffmpeg.

Improvement:

- Added 'x of y' files to the notifications.

- The file list scrolls up while processing, as visual feedback that the app is doing something.

- Updated the version-check to Xojo's latest URLConnection-class.

- Reading of files with special characters (/, ç, ü, etc.) is improved.

- Changed the text field into a listbox.

- Repositioned and changed the 'Presets' popup menus. They now leave the chosen or created preset visible as long as you don't change anything.

- The 'Elevation' is now saved in the 'Geotag preset' too.

- The Preview image now scales to the width of initial width of its canvas. It does not scale when resizing the window.

Fixes:

- To modify the Finder-dates, '/usr/bin/getfileinfo' is now used, when it is installed. If so, it should be kept up-to-date!

- When using 'Retrieve Date/Time from EXIF date', the application would crash on EXIF fields without a time, like 'DateCreated'.

- Reading / writing a file path containing double quotes with 'setfile' and 'getfileinfo' has been fixed.

- Duplicate paths (including the file name) are immediately removed from the file list.

- File names with multipe dots in their names, are processed correctly when used for 'Auto-fill'.

- Creating thumbnails from RAW images with spaces and special characters in their file names has been fixed.

- Adding/Subtracting from ContentCreateDate and CreationDate in movie files has been fixed.