Parergon 1.7.0 (Build 59)
October 2026, Build 59
MetaScope is now Parergon
Only the name has changed. This is the same app: your subscription, libraries, templates, custom fields and settings are exactly where they were, and there is nothing you need to do.
Parergon (πάρεργον) is ancient Greek for “that which is beside the work”: not the image itself, but what accompanies it.
This update adds no new features. It changes the name, and only the name, so that everything you rely on keeps working exactly as it did.
What You Will Notice
- The new name everywhere. The app, its menus and windows, Settings, in-app Help and the license agreement say Parergon. The subscription is called Parergon Pro, and what it includes is unchanged.
- Exports name Parergon. Exported files and reports name Parergon as the app that made them.
- New links. Support, privacy and license links now open parergon.io.
- Your Photos import album. New users’ imports go to an album called “Parergon Imports”. If your library already has a “MetaScope Imports” album, imports keep going there.
- Creator & Copyright Stamp. The built-in template now writes Software = Parergon. If you changed that value yourself, your version is kept.
What Stays the Same
- Your subscription
- Your libraries, templates, custom fields, vocabularies and settings
- The metadata already in your files, including your custom fields
- Photos you have already stamped or imported
- Your folder access and permissions
- The license agreement’s terms: only the app’s name and its privacy-policy link changed, and you are not asked to accept it again
Requirements
- macOS 15.4 or later
- Mac with Apple silicon
Download
Available on the Mac App Store.
Requirements
- macOS 15.4 or later
- Mac with Apple silicon
