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How-to guides
Get the metadata job done.
Short, focused answers to the metadata jobs people actually need to get done on a Mac, each one a single pass in Parergon.
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Quick answers
Step-by-step how-tos
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Edit a photo's date on Mac, without losing the rest of its metadata
Wrong camera clock, scanned prints, or files that imported with today’s date? Fix the capture date and keep everything else intact.
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Remove GPS and location data from photos on Mac
Photos quietly embed the exact spot they were taken. Strip that out before you post, publish or hand them over.
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Batch edit IPTC copyright and creator on Mac
Put consistent copyright, creator and credit on a whole shoot, not one file at a time.
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Correct time zones on photos and videos on Mac
Crossed time zones or shot on a camera with the wrong clock? Shift every timestamp at once, video included.
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Remove all metadata from photos on Mac
Camera details, location, edit history and captions travel with every photo you send. Strip them out before the file leaves your Mac.
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Change a video's date on Mac
Clips that sort to the wrong day, show up hours off, or land at 1904 or 1970? Fix the date the video itself carries.
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Add keywords to photos on Mac
Keywords only help if they travel with the photo. Write them into the file itself, where every app can read them.
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Find photos by describing them on Mac
You remember the picture but not the file name or the date. Type what was in it.
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Add GPS location to photos on Mac
Scanned prints, cameras without GPS and photos sent through messaging apps have no location. Add it to the file itself, so maps and searches can place them.
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Export Apple Photos keywords and captions to the files
The keywords and captions you add in Photos live in its library, not in your photos. Here is how to take them with you.
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Add alt text to photo metadata
Write the description a screen reader needs once, in the photo itself, instead of again on every page that uses it.
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Fix WhatsApp photo dates on Mac
Photos saved from WhatsApp sort by the day you copied them, not the day they were taken. The file name still holds a date: put it back where apps look.
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Translate photo captions and titles on Mac
Keep your caption in your own language and add the translations beside it, inside the file, without sending your photos anywhere.
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XMP sidecar or embedded metadata?
A photo’s keywords and captions can live inside the file or in a small .xmp file beside it. Know which one your apps read before you edit.
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Merge metadata from duplicate photos on Mac
Two copies of one photo, each with half the keywords. Combine what they carry before you throw one away.
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