Fix wrong photo dates in seconds: batch-correct EXIF shooting dates, sync Finder sorting, strip GPS data — thousands of files at once, right on your Mac.
File Multi Tool 7 is the ultimate photo date changer and file attribute editor for the Mac: batch-correct EXIF shooting dates, change file creation and modification dates, edit or strip metadata, and fix Finder sorting for thousands of photos, videos and files at once — natively on your Mac, without uploading anything to a website.
FIX FINDER SORTING FOR PHOTOS & VIDEOS
Synchronize file creation and modification dates with the EXIF shooting date so that your photos and videos sort correctly in the Finder, in Photos and in any other software.
CHANGE THE DATE A PHOTO WAS TAKEN
Correct EXIF shooting timestamps (DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized) and video creation dates for JPEG, HEIC, RAW and movie files. Set them to a specific date and time, or shift them by adding or removing time — perfect for fixing an incorrectly set camera clock or compensating for timezone changes.
REMOVE EXIF, GPS & IPTC METADATA
Strip all EXIF, GPS & IPTC metadata from a file before sharing it, remove only GPS and IPTC location tags, or change individual tags. Edit the most common EXIF & IPTC fields: copyright and owner information, camera and lens details, exposure information and much more.
TOTAL FILE DATE CONTROL
Set file creation and modification dates to specific values, add or remove time, or remove them altogether.
USE DATES EMBEDDED IN FILE NAMES
Extract dates embedded in file names — scans, messenger images, screenshots — and use them to set the various file dates. Highly flexible and configurable.
COPY DATES FROM ORIGINAL FILES
Many image and video editors lose your metadata. As long as you keep the originals around, File Multi Tool can transfer file dates from your original files to the processed files of the same name in a different folder hierarchy.
ADD DATES TO SCANNED PHOTOS
Scanned photos often have no date information at all. Start from an approximate date & time and add a small increment for each successive file, so that your scans show up in the correct order in Photos and other image managers.
SET MAC FILE FLAGS, SHOW & DELETE INVISIBLE FILES
Batch lock or unlock files, show or hide file extensions, set Finder labels and force Finder updates. Show invisible files in the Finder and delete invisible files such as .DS_Store that cause problems on non-Mac systems.
File Multi Tool is made by publicspace.net, creators of professional Mac file management and productivity tools since 1996.
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Invaluable for Modern Photo Archives
FidgetyRat
I stumbled upon this application due to necessity. I've recently begun to migrate my numerous folders of photos to modern archiving software to keep it in one place. This typically involves a suite of applications to sort, rename, index, view, etc. The problem is, many of these applications use different rules and dates which resulted in complete chaos. Some use DateOriginal from EXIF, but ignore DateDigitized (from scanned photos) and fall back on file creation date (which is usually wrong due to moving files around on drives). The result of my first pass was a complete jumbled mess of perminantly altered files. Luckily I though to backup the entire collection before moving on.In searching for a means to analyze and set the various dates on photos, I stumbled across this application which was able to do exactly what I wanted. Using it, I load in my photos month by month and analyze whehter they have DateOriginal (and adjust that date if the camera was off a bit) and then force set the creation date and modification date on the files. There are many modes of adjustment, compatability with videos shot from phones (which use their own set of internal dates separate from photos).In the end, with all my photos correctly time stamped, the import into modern applications went successfully.My only complaint is that you need to be really careful. When working with photos and videos at the same time, if you apply a DateCreated of a movie to the DateOriginal, but the photos being analyzed don't have this field, the DateOriginal of the photos is cleared. To work around this, I just work on photos and videos separately and confirm everything before applying.
- full support for file dates before 1972 — date scanned historical photos and archives without limits
- more robust metadata stripping with TIFF support and XMP awareness; fixes metadata stripping for HEIC files
- new action: set creation & modification dates to those of the parent folder
- improved "remove content dates" action
- compatibility with new cameras
- many internal improvements and bug fixes
Version 7.48
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