MetaLume: Photo EXIF Viewer

Metadata & GPS Inspector

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

See the hidden tags your photos carry — GPS, camera, time — free, no limits. Optional one-time unlock: clean export. Every photo you take quietly records where you were, what you shot with, and when — and that data travels with every share. MetaLume is a free EXIF viewer for Mac that shows you all of it, without limits. And when a photo has to leave clean, one optional unlock adds Traceless Export — every export is verified before it ever reaches your disk, and if anything beyond basic image properties survives, the export is stopped. FREE METADATA VIEWER • Drag and drop any JPG, PNG, HEIC, or TIFF to see the embedded EXIF, TIFF, and IPTC tags — camera, lens, timestamps, GPS coordinates, and more. • Key tags are explained in plain language — GPS, serial numbers, owner names, timestamps — each with a privacy-impact rating. • GPS coordinates open directly in Apple Maps for verification. • SHA-256 hashes computed automatically for file integrity (MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-512 included). • Spoofed-extension detection — flags files whose contents don't match their extension (magic-byte signature check). • Viewing is 100% free and unlimited. No account, no trial, no ads. OPTIONAL: TRACELESS EXPORT • Export a clean copy with every EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, and maker-note tag removed — only basic image properties remain. • MetaLume checks its own work — every export is re-read and verified before it ever reaches your disk. If anything beyond basic image properties (dimensions, orientation, resolution, color profile) survives, the export is stopped — an unclean copy is never saved. • Your original file is never touched; the clean copy gets its own SHA-256. • Lifetime Unlock: pay once, keep it forever. No subscription. ZERO TELEMETRY • No analytics, no crash reporting, no accounts. MetaLume never uploads your files. • The only network traffic MetaLume generates is Apple's StoreKit connection to the App Store. No crash logs, usage data, or file metadata are ever transmitted to ProfWorkBench — we operate no servers that could receive them. • Runs entirely within the macOS App Sandbox. NATIVE macOS APP • Reads metadata with Apple's own ImageIO engine — what MetaLume shows you is what macOS itself sees. • Localized in 15 languages. Light and Dark themes. Download it free and see what your photos have been saying — before anyone else does. If you don't like the answer, the fix is one purchase away. Once, forever.

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MetaLume is back, rebuilt around the promise that matters most: what you export carries nothing you did not choose to share. FIXED • Every export is re-read and verified BEFORE it reaches your disk. If anything beyond basic image properties survives, nothing is written at all and your original is untouched. • 10-bit and 4:4:4 HEIC photos are no longer incorrectly flagged as having a spoofed extension. • .tif files are now recognized alongside .tiff. PRIVACY • MetaLume reads only files stored on your Mac. • Coordinates are handed to the Apple Maps app and nowhere else. • Zero Telemetry, unchanged: no analytics, no crash reporting, no accounts, and no servers that could receive your data. THROUGHOUT • All 15 languages now cover the whole app — the metadata table, the privacy guarantee and every status message. • Table headings and values no longer truncate in longer languages. • Clearer results: the forensic verdict row now reads properly in every language.

Version 27.0

The developer, ProfWorkBench, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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      • Dark Interface

      • Differentiate Without Color Alone

      • Sufficient Contrast

      • Reduced Motion

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    Information

    Seller
    ProfWorkBench, LLC
    Size
    6.5 MB
    Category
    Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 14 more
    • English, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 ProfWorkBench, LLC
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