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iPhoto Exif Cleaner

iPhoto Exif Cleaner - 1.0

clean photos of extraneous exif data

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Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2005-12-30
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 3,731
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Product Description:

Digital cameras attach information to each photo you take. This information - called EXIF data - contains the time-stamp, aperture and shutter time amongst other things.

However some brands of cameras also attach a lot of (arguably) extraneous data. This is inconvenient for a number of reasons, but most of all the fact that iPhoto caches all this data in it's Library file resulting in slower operation after each new import of photos. Affected camera brands include: Casio, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Nikon and Pentax - amongst others.

This application will seamlessly clean your photos of extraneous exif data prior to importing into iPhoto.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

  • Digital camera photos with EXIF data
  • iPhoto (optional)

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iPhoto Exif Cleaner ReviewFantastic! - Version: 1.0, 1/7/2006 03:01PM PST

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nschneble (Nicholas J Schneble)
This little application is incredible.

I have been using iPhoto Buddy for as long as I can remember to manage my iPhoto libraries (over 6,500 photos) because iPhoto 5 would simply crawl whenever it contained over 1,000 photos.

Now I find that my Casio Exilim EX-S2 digital camera is the culprit behind the slow loading speeds! (still, fabulous camera though) :)

Once I exported my (five) iPhoto libraries, ran iPhoto Exif Cleaner on the photos and then re-imported them into an empty iPhoto library, the speed increase was absolutely amazing!

My iPhoto library is now loading in a few seconds, where before it would take several minutes. I think now I can finally uninstall iPhoto Buddy and use a single iPhoto library for all my photos!

And as if this weren't enough, iPhoto Exif Cleaner can automatically clean your photos as they are imported from your digital camera onto your computer! What more could you ask for? For FREE?

To see if your digital camera is behind the slowness of your iPhoto library, check out the developer's homepage, as well as Eric Lindsay's page, which goes into some detail on how and why this slowness in iPhoto 5 occurs.

http://www.msephton.plus.com/exifcleaner/
http://www.ericlindsay.com/apple/iphoto5slow.htm

The developer has done a great job on this application, and while I do not have any complaints, I do have a couple of feature requests that may or may not be really easy to do:

(1) For existing libraries, it would be easier if you could simply pick a folder you wanted to clean, rather than having to name it 'DCIM' and put it in the same folder as iPhoto Exif Cleaner

(2) Display real progress as you clean the photos, even if it is only the filename of the current photo, similar to the output of the read-only version

Thanks again for the great app!
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iPhoto Exif Cleaner Developer NoteWhat this actually does... - Version: 1.0, 12/31/2005 05:28AM PST

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msephton (Matt Sephton)
This utility does not delete all exif data, just the extraneous MakerNote section and any blank sections. The remaining, standard exif data is left intact.
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iPhoto Exif Cleaner CommentaryJust my $0.02 - Version: 1.0, 12/30/2005 07:45PM PST

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kornball
I can see that this might be useful in a certain way (and any software developer who offers his creations for free always deserves praise) but-- I have reservations about wholesale deletion of EXIF data.

Do not scrub your photos of EXIF data unless you consider it to be absolutely necessary.

Provided that you set your camera's clock accurately, EXIF data are extremely useful as a permanent record of the manner, time, and even place* where the photograph was taken. (*The EXIF spec includes fields for GPS data. While there are very few cameras with built-in GPS antennae, you can add this information later using the great freeware app GPSPhotoLinker.)

These data are generally not altered unless removed in their entirety, and can be an invaluable reference when you need to confirm the date and time when a photo was taken but (because of moves, copies, edits, or whatever) the name and dates associated with the file (visible in the Finder) have changed. Other data (such as shutter speed, f-stop, etc) are generally more esoteric, but can be critical as well.

If you value your photos at all as records of events or occasions (or, Jove forbid, you think you may ever need to present them as evidence in court) then don't dump the EXIF data.

Apologies to the author <(__)>
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