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iPhoto Exif Cleaner

iPhoto Exif Cleaner

clean photos of extraneous exif data

Version:  1.0

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Just my $0.02

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Contributed by: kornball Friday, December 30 2005 @ 07:45 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Recommend Product: NO

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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Just my $0.02 - msephton

Hi there. This utility does not delete all exif data, just the extraneous MakerNote section and any blank sections. Please read the documentation before making a post like you did. Thanks.

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Saturday, December 31 2005 @ 05:26 AM PST