Metadata Pro
View metadata in your files
Only for Mac
$9.99
Mac
Read the metadata within your files, extract assets such as video and audio streams, and strip potential privacy compromising data for your online safety.
Metadata Pro is a metadata editor for Mac. You can open almost any file using Metadata Pro and it will tell you information about it, such as when it was created, where it was made, which device or software produced it, whether it contains GPS data, hidden thumbnails, document properties, email headers, embedded assets, privacy risks, routes, camera details, and other metadata stored inside the file.
Features Include:
- Open almost any file and inspect the metadata inside.
- View a clear human-readable summary of each file.
- Search metadata fields and values.
- Copy metadata as text.
- Export metadata reports as text, JSON or XML.
- Compare metadata between loaded files.
- Detect privacy risks such as GPS data, creator names, device identifiers, thumbnails, software history and hidden document data.
- Perform a privacy cleanup before sharing files.
- Create clean copies of photos without modifying the original.
- Browse embedded assets such as thumbnails, artwork, media streams, app icons and bundle images.
- Export selected embedded assets.
- Inspect macOS app bundles and extract images/icons.
- Preview GPS coordinates and routes on a native map.
- Decode DJI drone route metadata.
- Export DJI routes as CSV, GPX, KML or GeoJSON.
- Inspect video and audio streams, codecs, duration, frame rate and bit rate.
- Export supported raw or converted media streams.
- Detect equirectangular / 360 video projection.
- Extract Matroska subtitles and tracks.
- View vCard contacts.
- Inspect SQLite databases, schemas, tables and row counts.
- Support many legacy, forensic, archive, image, scientific and data-container formats.
Metadata Pro is designed for photographers, researchers, archivists, developers, investigators, privacy-conscious users, and anyone who wants to understand what a file says about itself before it leaves their Mac.
Metadata Pro provides the most extensive support for file formats available on the Mac App Store, examples include:
- Images: JPEG, PNG, GIF, HEIC/HEIF, AVIF, TIFF, RAW, Photoshop, BMP, ICO/ICNS, JPEG 2000, PCX, TGA, DDS, EXR, HDR, QOI, Netpbm, XBM/XPM, SVG - camera data, dimensions, EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, ICC profiles, thumbnails, chunks and embedded image resources.
- Audio/Video: MP3, AAC, AIFF, AU, FLAC, Ogg, WavPack, WAV, Windows Media, QuickTime, MP4, 3GPP, Matroska/WebM, MPEG, H.264, Flash, RealMedia, MIDI, playlists - tracks, codecs, duration, frame rate, bit rate, embedded artwork, subtitles, streams, DJI metadata and content credentials.
- Documents: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument, EPUB, RTF, Windows Write, Ami Pro, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 - document properties, authorship, titles, package parts, embedded media, identifiers, fonts, legacy metadata and privacy markers.
- Text: Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, BibTeX, PostScript, CSV, TSV, JSON, GeoJSON, JSON-LD, XML, plist, RSS, Atom, SRT - structure, fields, document summaries, feeds, subtitles and readable metadata.
- Email & Mailboxes: EML, MSG, Mbox, PST - headers, routing hops, senders, recipients, message IDs, attachments and mailbox summaries.
- Archives & Disk Images: macOS apps, DMG, sparse images, ZIP, GZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, StuffIt, ARJ, LHA/LZH, Zoo, CAB, CHM, ISO, CUE - package structure, contained files, disk image details, app Info.plist data and extractable icons/assets.
- Maps and GPS: GPX, KML, KMZ, FIT, TCX - routes, tracks, waypoints, laps, heart rate, calories, timestamps, GPS coordinates and map previews.
- CAD, Design & Creative: DWG, DXF, Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, InDesign - drawing versions, layers, timestamps, package metadata, design assets and privacy-relevant document details.
- System, Network & Miscellaneous: Windows shortcuts, Mac aliases, packet captures, torrents, executables, vCards, Windows Media packages/skins/playlists - shortcut targets, contacts, network capture metadata, torrent metainfo and executable metadata.
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The developer, App Anthology, 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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Information
- Seller
- App Anthology Ltd
- Size
- 3.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © App Anthology
