VERSION 3.9 — AI PROVENANCE (IPTC 2025), SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARE, TWO-WAY DATE SYNC & PRIVACY PRESETS • IPTC 2025 AI Provenance: Record Digital Source Type, AI System Name, AI System Version, AI Prompt, and AI Prompt Writer in your images, saved as standard XMP so other tools can read them. • Tag as AI-Generated Quick Action: Pick an AI tool preset and the values are staged into the property inputs, already checked, so you can review them before saving. • Wide Format Support: AI provenance fields persist in JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, DNG, HEIC, and AVIF files. • Smart Cloud Music Tag Retrieval: Upgraded online audio database cascading across iTunes and MusicBrainz with automatic Cover Art Archive download. Smart sanitization strips track numbers, remaster tags, and video noise, while intelligent filename parsing extracts artist and title directly from filenames even when audio tags are completely blank. • Accelerated AI Tagging & OCR: Instant digital text extraction for native PDFs bypassing slow OCR, plus dual-pass Vision ML confidence filtering for more accurate photo keyword tagging and tuned sound analysis. • Side-by-Side Metadata Compare: Select 2 or more files and compare every tag in a grid, with differing values highlighted in yellow and missing values in red. Turn on Only Show Differences to focus on what changed. • Two-Way Date Sync: Copy the EXIF capture date to the file creation and modification dates, or the other way around, for one file or a whole selection. • Pro Date Time Picker: Redesigned visual date adjuster with exact date and time-shift modes, quick date presets, and live formula preview. • Granular Privacy Scrubber Presets: Choose Social Media Safe, Clean Technical, or Full Wipe, then fine-tune options such as maker notes, lens calibration data, and camera owner name. • Extended Media Formats: Native metadata editing for Apple Core Audio (CAF), MKV, WebM, OGG Vorbis, AIFF, iPhone Ringtones (M4R), 3GP, AMR, AC3, and BWF files. • macOS & iOS Toolbar Parity: Unified tool button layout across platforms (Save, Batch Edit, Apply Preset, Undo, History, Tutorial, Manual, Settings, Inspector). • Localized Privacy Scrubber: Full multi-language localization for all preset names and scrubber options. • Performance Boost: Long property lists scroll smoothly on Mac, file selection no longer re-reads every file in the list, and duplicate loading overlays and redundant reloads are gone. • Refreshed Interface: Every popup now closes with the same X button in the top-right corner, toolbar buttons highlight on hover, the toolbar collapses gracefully in narrow windows, and Metadata Compare is redesigned for iPhone.

VERSION 3.8 — MULTI-CATEGORY FILE TYPE FILTER, FILTER-AWARE BATCH ENGINE & QUICK LOOK • Multi-Category File Type Filter: Filter your loaded files in 1 click by All, Photos, Audio, Videos, or Documents with live count badge capsules on macOS and iOS. • macOS Segmented Filter Bar: A clean segmented filter control above the file list allows instant switching between file categories. • iOS Filter Capsules: Scrollable horizontal filter pills with category icons, titles, and live count badges. • Filter-Aware Batch Processing: Batch Edit, Scope Selection (Selected vs All), Batch Metadata Export, and Batch Metadata Import now dynamically target only the active filtered files. • Filter-Aware Selection: Select All / Deselect All and Invert Selection operate strictly on the visible filtered set. • Filter-Aware Deletion: Removing selected items with the minus button only deletes items in the current filtered view. • Quick Look Previews: Press Spacebar or ⌘Y on Mac, or choose "Quick Look" in the right-click context menu and Quick Actions sheet to instantly preview photos, audio, videos, and PDFs. • Empty Filter Placeholder & 1-Tap Reset: When 0 files match a selected category, a clean empty state with a 1-tap "Show All Files" button lets you reset immediately. • Category Filter Keyboard Shortcuts (macOS): Jump directly between categories using ⌘0 (All), ⌘1 (Photos), ⌘2 (Audio), ⌘3 (Videos), and ⌘4 (Documents).

VERSION 3.7 — SMART PRESET WORKFLOW, EXPANDED LIBRARY & MKV TAG SUPPORT • Apply Preset from Single File View: A new Apply Preset button in the file detail toolbar lets you instantly apply any saved preset to the current file with full formula support, undo history, and on-screen confirmation feedback. • Apply Preset Stages Changes: Applying a preset now stages changes in-memory first — a banner confirms the result and invites you to Save. No more silent auto-writes to disk. • Apply Preset from File List Context Menu: Right-click (Mac) or long-press (iOS) any file in the list to instantly apply a preset without opening the detail view, for rapid single-file metadata updates. • Batch Edit Selection Scope Toggle: When a subset of files is highlighted, a new segmented control in Batch Edit lets you target only selected files or all files, enabling precision batch operations. • 65 Built-in Presets: Major library expansion — 27 new presets spanning Music, Video, PDF, Photo, and Basic categories, all with smart formula support and localized descriptions. • Smart Preset Category Filtering: The preset menu now shows only relevant presets — Music for audio files, Video for video, Photo for images, PDF for PDFs, and Basic presets on the Basic tab only. • Manage Presets Sheet: Tap "Manage Presets…" to open a full-screen preset manager with category tabs (All, Music, Video, Photo, PDF, Basic), live search, reorder, edit, and delete — all in one place. • MKV/WebM Full Tag Support: Matroska video files now expose a complete tag set — TITLE, ARTIST, ALBUM, DATE, TRACKNUMBER, DISCNUMBER, COMPOSER, COPYRIGHT, ALBUMARTIST — fully editable and preset-compatible. • Video Copyright Atom Fixed: The "Video: Add Copyright" preset now correctly writes to the dedicated cprt atom instead of the comment field. • Preset Sanitization on Save: Saving a preset automatically removes unchecked template keys, keeping presets clean and free of stale ghost values. • Preset Undo History: Every single-file preset application is logged in the persistent undo history as "Apply Preset: {Name}" for complete reversibility. • Unified Action Toolbar: The file detail view now has a single persistent toolbar with Save, Batch Edit, Apply Preset, Undo, and History for faster one-tap access. • Persistent Toolbar in Landscape (iOS): The action toolbar stays fully visible when rotating to landscape on iPhone and iPad — no more disappearing buttons on rotation. • Batch Edit Count Badge: The Batch Edit toolbar button now shows a live badge with the number of files in the current batch, so you always know your operation scope. • EXIF Uncheck All Fixed: The "Uncheck All" toggle for EXIF tags in Batch Edit now correctly deselects every EXIF property checkbox.

VERSION 3.6 - METADATA ENGINE & PRODUCTIVITY SUITE • Lossless Verification & Partial Property Preservation: Upgraded metadata engine with exhaustive on-disk validation, ensuring untouched tags remain 100% intact and empty properties are cleanly removed without ghost tags. • Advanced Array & CFA Pattern Validation: Added support and smart validation for multi-byte array structures (CFAPattern, ComponentsConfiguration) with flexible delimiter support (including full-width commas). • Format-Specific Tag Isolation & Orientation Rules: Segregated camera-specific tags (such as DNG UniqueCameraModel) from standard image formats to prevent incompatible tag injection, and added live range validation (1-8) for EXIF Orientation. • Dynamic Variables & Sequence Presets: Added [%TotalFiles%] and [%FileIndex%] formula variables along with new 1-click presets for fractional track and chapter numbering (e.g. 1/12, 01/12). • GPS Coordinate Copy & Paste: Easily copy GPS location from one photo and paste coordinates onto any single or batch selection of files. • Global Batch Find & Replace: Search and replace text patterns across all active metadata fields simultaneously in batch edit mode. • Productivity Suite Ecosystem Integration: Seamlessly explore and switch to companion productivity apps (BatchRename, BatchOptimize, Klipra) directly from Settings and Quick Actions.

VERSION 3.5 - MODERN IMAGE & EXTENDED MEDIA FORMATS • Direct Photos Library Import: Select and import photos or videos directly from your Apple Photos library with PhotosPicker, preserving full EXIF, GPS, and creation timestamps for immediate editing. • Enhanced App Sandbox Folder Access: Robust security-scoped bookmarks and transparent permissions for seamless batch operations across external drives, SD cards, and photo imports. • Extended Audio & Video Formats: Native container metadata editing and lossless tag preservation for AIFF, OGG Vorbis, Matroska (MKV), WebM, Broadcast Wave (BWF), Apple Core Audio (CAF), iPhone Ringtones (M4R), 3GPP/3GPP2, AMR, AC3, and QuickTime/MP4. • Modern Image & Extended RAW Support: Full metadata read/write support for WebP (lossless RIFF EXIF parser), AVIF, JPEG XL, and extended RAW cameras (CR3, ORF, RW2, RAF, PEF, SRW, 3FR). • High-Fidelity Previews: Enhanced image rendering engine with true pixel aspect ratio preservation for images with custom resolution or non-uniform DPI. • Format-Aware Smart Tag Filtering: Dynamic EXIF and media tag menus automatically adapt to each target file type, offering only compatible attributes and tag definitions. • Partial Property Preservation: Upgraded metadata engine ensures untouched tags remain 100% intact when modifying specific individual properties. • AI Tagging & Sidecar Compatibility: Extended Vision ML keywords and Google Takeout JSON sidecar pairing to all newly supported image and media formats.

VERSION 3.4 - APPLE SHORTCUTS & ALL-NEW UNDO HISTORY **Brand-New Persistent Undo History & Visual Diffs** • All-New Undo History: Introduced for the first time! Every single-file edit, batch operation, and Shortcuts action is now automatically tracked in a dedicated Undo History. • Disk-Persisted Snapshots: Undo operations survive app restarts and crashes, safely stored in a sandboxed database with retained security permissions. • Visual Property Diffs: Inspect granular before/after values side-by-side for all modified metadata tags and restore individual files or entire batches with 1 click. **Apple Shortcuts & Siri Integration** • Apply Presets via Shortcuts: Seamlessly execute batch metadata presets and formula templates directly from Shortcuts, Siri, and Spotlight. • Privacy Scrub Action: 1-click Shortcuts action to strip GPS locations, camera serial numbers, and author tags before sharing. • Shift Timestamps Action: Adjust file dates and EXIF timestamps in automated Shortcuts workflows. **UI & Workflow Enhancements** • Refined Toolbar Layout: Improved button margins and toolbar spacing for a cleaner editing experience on macOS and iOS. (Previous features including XMP Sidecars, Google Takeout Merger, Geocoding Auto-fill, and Formula Engine remain fully supported).

VERSION 3.3 - XMP SIDECARS, FORMULA ENHANCEMENTS & OFFLINE LICENSE PROTECTION **XMP & JSON Sidecar Export** • Export Metadata Sidecars: Easily export Adobe Lightroom-compatible .xmp and .json sidecar files directly alongside your target files. • Seamless Interoperability: Share and import file properties across photo and document management tools. **Location Favorites & iCloud Sync** • Map Location Bookmarks: Save frequently used GPS map locations with custom names ("Home", "Studio", "Vacation"). • Automatic iCloud Sync: Saved map locations automatically sync via iCloud KVS across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. **Enhanced Formula Modifiers** • String Transformations: Chain Uppercase, Lowercase, Title Case, and Trim text transformations in batch formulas. • Zero-Padded Sequences: Format batch index series easily using the 'digits' parameter in NumberSeries (e.g. 001, 002, 0001). **Offline License Protection** • Enhanced Offline License Resolution: Improved entitlement caching ensures seamless feature access without network lockouts when launching offline. *(Previous updates including Grid Batch Preview, Google Takeout Merger, Geocoding Auto-fill, AI Auto-Tagging, and Privacy Scrubber remain fully supported and optimized).*

VERSION 3.2 - ENHANCED BATCH DATE OPERATIONS & STABILITY IMPROVEMENTS **Enhanced Batch Date Operations** • Robust Date Parsing: Batch template operations now seamlessly handle standard localized date formats (yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss), ISO8601 timestamp formats, and custom relative formulas (TimeAdjust formula). • Seamless Batch Time Offsets: Easily shift creation and modification timestamps across thousands of files simultaneously with real-time evaluation. **Batch Metadata Reliability** • Improved Metadata Clearing: Expanded category-based metadata reset engine ensuring complete clearing of basic attributes and file flags when selected. • Comprehensive Test Suite: Added automated unit test coverage for batch property modifications, privacy scrubbing, and date formula evaluations. *(Previous updates including Google Takeout Merger, Geocoding Auto-fill, AI Auto-Tagging, and Privacy Scrubber remain fully supported and optimized).* ---

VERSION 3.1 - GEOCODING, GOOGLE TAKEOUT MERGER, DOCUMENT OCR & ARTWORK OPTIMIZATION **Google Takeout JSON Metadata Merger** • Wizard-based Import: A new step-by-step assistant allows you to select any folder containing Google Photos Takeout exports, scan and match media files with their corresponding .json sidecars, and batch-merge `photoTakenTime` and GPS coordinates back into the files. • Robust Filename Matching: Handles standard and truncated filename matching to ensure maximum recovery success. • Multi-Format support: Restores timestamps and filesystem attributes for images, videos, and PDFs alike. **Interactive Map & Geocoding** • IPTC Reverse Geocoding Auto-fill: Dropping a pin on the map or searching a landmark now automatically resolves and populates standard IPTC textual fields (City, Province/State, Country, and Country Code) and checks them for saving. • GPS Favorites: Star and save common coordinate locations with custom names for quick retrieval. • Search History: Access recent location queries directly via a dedicated clock dropdown menu. **On-Device Document OCR (NEW)** • AI Text Recognition: Instantly run text-recognition (OCR) on the first page of a PDF or document image to automatically extract and suggest the Title, Author, and Keywords. • Direct UI population: Tap the Sparkles button next to document fields to populate details with a single tap. **Album Artwork Optimization (NEW)** • Disk Export: Export embedded album artwork directly to your files or local folder. • Compress & Resize: Reduce large embedded artwork sizes (to 300px, 500px, or 800px) with custom JPEG compression to prevent music player lag. *(Previous updates including AI Tagging, Auto-Fetch Audio metadata, and the Privacy Scrubber remain fully supported and optimized).*

VERSION 3.0 - AI TAGGING, AUTO-FETCH & LOCATION ENHANCEMENTS **Professional RAW Support** • Expanded Binary Patcher: Safely injects metadata tags (Artist, Copyright, CFAPattern) directly into RAW camera formats (DNG, CR2, NEF, ARW) without corrupting image sensor data or proprietary MakerNotes. **Advanced Preset Customization** • Visual Preset Catalog: Explore 26 pre-designed templates across 5 categories (Music, Photo, PDF, Video, Clean) complete with custom SF Symbol icons and descriptions. • Custom Preset Editor: Tap Edit on any preset to customize its title, description, icon symbol, and key-value templates in an elegant grid-and-chips interface. Fully syncs via iCloud! **Privacy, Location, & iOS Gestures** • Trailing Swipe Actions: Swipe left on any item in the file list and tap the indigo "Scrub" button to instantly deep-clean privacy tags. • Context Menus: Right-click (Mac) or long-press (iOS) on any file list item to access instant commands (Privacy Scrub, Clear Metadata, Export, Import). • Interactive GPS Map Picker: Added a visual MapKit interface to easily drop a pin and set exact GPS coordinates instead of manually typing latitude/longitude. • Privacy Scrubber Mode: A dedicated "Deep Scrub" workflow to batch-strip all sensitive metadata (GPS, author info, camera serial numbers) from your images and media. **Workflow & Engine Enhancements** • Unsaved Changes Protection: Smart alerts prevent accidental data loss when navigating away from a file with pending edits. • Focused UI Feedback: Inline loading spinners for AI Tagging and Auto-Fetch let you know exactly which fields are being processed. • Compact Quick Actions: An elegant ellipsis (...) toolbar menu on iPhone offers quick one-tap operations, optimizing the mobile screen. • Adaptive UI: Smarter responsive controls, including an adaptive menu dropdown for batch operations on compact screens to maximize vertical workspace. • Memory Mapped Video Processing: Heavily optimized large file handling via alwaysMapped memory limits. Prevents memory spikes and crashes when batch processing massive 4K videos. • Modern Swift Concurrency: Fully migrated the batch processing engine to async/await TaskGroups. Enjoy safer, multi-threaded CPU utilization and buttery-smooth progress bar updates. **Global Localization** • Multi-Language Precision: Major improvements to technical translations (like Track vs GPS TrackRef) across German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. *(Previous updates including Finder Quick Actions and iOS Share Sheet integration remain fully supported and optimized).*

VERSION 2.9 - PROFESSIONAL RAW SUPPORT, ADVANCED PRESETS, MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT **Global Language Support** • Fully localized in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean. • Instant language switching from Settings with no restart required. **Professional File Types Support** • New added DOCX/XLSX/PPTX document tag workflows in the PDF and DOC Editing feature. • New RAW metadata patching for DNG, CR2, NEF, and ARW formats. • Inject Artist, Copyright, GPS, and CFAPattern metadata without corrupting sensor data or MakerNotes. **Advanced Preset Customization** • 26 built-in dynamic presets across Music, Photo, PDF, Video, and Clean workflows. • New preset editor with custom SF Symbol icons, descriptions, and updated iCloud sync. **Workflow & iOS Enhancements** • Privacy Scrubber Swipe on iPhone for fast metadata cleanup. • Compact quick actions and ellipsis menus for streamlined iOS workflows. • Long-press and context menu support for faster file commands.

VERSION 2.8 - PROFESSIONAL RAW SUPPORT & ADVANCED WORKFLOW PRESETS Professional RAW Support • Expanded Binary Patcher: Now safely injects metadata tags (Artist, Copyright, CFAPattern) directly into RAW camera formats (DNG, CR2, NEF, ARW) without corrupting image sensor data or proprietary MakerNotes. Advanced Preset Customization • Visual Preset Catalog: Explore 26 pre-designed templates across 5 categories (Music, Photo, PDF, Video, Clean) complete with custom SF Symbol icons and descriptions. • Custom Preset Editor: Tap Edit on any preset to customize its title, description, icon symbol, and key-value templates in an elegant grid-and-chips interface. Fully syncs via iCloud! Privacy, Location, & iOS Gestures • Trailing Swipe Actions: Swipe left on any item in the file list and tap the indigo "Scrub" button to instantly deep-clean privacy tags. • Context Menus: Right-click (Mac) or long-press (iOS) on any file list item to access instant commands (Privacy Scrub, Clear Metadata, Export, Import). • Interactive GPS Map Picker: Added a visual MapKit interface to easily drop a pin and set exact GPS coordinates instead of manually typing latitude/longitude. • Privacy Scrubber Mode: A dedicated "Deep Scrub" workflow to batch-strip all sensitive metadata (GPS, author info, camera serial numbers) from your images and media. Workflow & Engine Enhancements • Compact Quick Actions: An elegant ellipsis (...) toolbar menu on iPhone offers quick one-tap operations, optimizing the mobile screen. • Adaptive UI: Smarter responsive controls, including an adaptive menu dropdown for batch operations on compact screens to maximize vertical workspace. • Memory Mapped Video Processing: Heavily optimized large file handling via alwaysMapped memory limits. Prevents memory spikes and crashes when batch processing massive 4K videos. • Modern Swift Concurrency: Fully migrated the batch processing engine to async/await TaskGroups. Enjoy safer, multi-threaded CPU utilization and buttery-smooth progress bar updates. (Previous updates including Finder Quick Actions and iOS Share Sheet integration remain fully supported and optimized).

VERSION 2.7 - SEAMLESS SYSTEM INTEGRATION & BINARY INTEGRITY **Seamless iOS & macOS Integration** • New: One-Tap Share Sheet Action (iOS): Edit metadata directly from the Photos, Files, Safari, and Mail apps. No more manual file adding—just tap Share and select "Edit Metadata". • New: Intelligent Data Handoff: Implemented a robust, session-aware handoff engine for iOS that ensures fresh data is passed every time, even when sharing the same file multiple times. • New: macOS Quick Actions: Edit properties directly from the Finder Preview pane or right-click "Quick Actions" menu. • New: Pro View Management: Extensions now feature "Session Tracking" with timestamps and IDs to ensure you're always working on the most recent share attempt. • Expanded Activation Rules: The extension now appears for Images, Movies, PDFs, and Web URLs across the entire iOS system. • Robust Sandbox Access: Implemented security-scoped bookmarking to ensure the app maintains full read/write permissions for files passed from extensions on all platforms. **New: Surgical Binary Patching & Persistence** • Guaranteed TIFF Persistence: Resolved a long-standing framework limitation where Artist, Copyright, and ImageDescription tags were being silently dropped by system libraries. These tags are now surgically patched into the binary EXIF IFD0 segment for 100% persistence in JPEGs. • Binary IFD0 Reconstruction: Re-designed binary offset shifting logic to maintain full EXIF/GPS sub-IFD integrity even after structural tag injection. • Native Binary Reader Fallback: Added a custom binary parsing engine to "see" and recover metadata tags that standard system frameworks often hide or filter out. • Intelligent Artist/By-line Sync: Sequence-aware mapping to prevent truncation and circular data loss. **Pro UI & Workflow** • Improved Workflow: Files opened via external triggers (Finder/Share Sheet) are now automatically selected and focused in the list for instant editing. • New: One-Click Metadata Reset: Added a "Clear Metadata" quick action to instantly strip all editable tags from selected files. • Optimized loading speed for files with complex EXIF/XMP structures. • Enhanced verification pass during save to ensure data matches user input exactly. • Improved stability for batch operations involving technical metadata groups.

VERSION 2.6 - SMART VALIDATION & PRO DATA INTEGRITY **New: Advanced Tag Support** • Expanded EXIF & IPTC: Full support for ISO Sensitivity groups (EXIF 2.3+), GPS metrics (altitude, speed, direction), and comprehensive camera lens metadata. • Professional Media Tags: Added ISRC, musical key (TKEY), and detailed content ratings. Expanded support for Podcast-specific tags (PURL, EGID, TV Episode). • TIFF Structural Tags: View and edit TIFF-specific properties including TileWidth and DocumentName. • PDF Enhancements: Added support for the Trapped attribute (ISO 32000). **Smart Validation & Data Integrity** • Real-Time Input Validation: Instant feedback for dates, coordinates, and orientation tags against industry standards. • Auto-Formatting EXIF Dates: Say goodbye to lost date tags. The app automatically corrects user-entered hyphenated dates into the strict colon-separated EXIF format. • Native Binary Media Payloads: Track numbers, disc numbers, and BPM are now written as native 8-byte binary structures for flawless Apple Music/iTunes compatibility. • Native ID3v2.4 Serialization: Rock-solid MP3 persistence for advanced tags like Initial Key, BPM, Language, and Original Album. • UI State Persistence: Pending edits are preserved during list scrolling. • Data Integrity Guard: Prevents saving malformed data with helpful hints for valid ranges. **Pro UI Refinements** • Improved Accessibility: High-visibility states for all controls and better spacing across universal targets. • Optimized saving performance for large batch operations.