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I have a project due at midnight and I have been struggling for the past hour or 2 trying to figure out how to get the image portion of the application so I can get metadata on an image.
Option 1: Surely its a simple fix.
votes: 0
Option 2: I hope that I am just overlooking something.
votes: 1
I am looking for the : Camera make; model , Date and time , and if available gps. It is difficult for me to find the file I can download on Mac to run the program through terminal there is none at the home page that I have seen. I did download one but without the ".gz" behind and it was a folder with a number of things in it. Thank you for taking the time to assist me.
The easiest thing may be to use the .tar.gz version and just run "exiftool" from the "Image-ExifTool-13.29" directory after expanding the .tar.gz file.
Alternatively you could use the .dmg version to install exiftool in /usr/local/bin.
- Phil
Thank you Phil. But I open the ExifTool in the Image file and I have to scroll all the way to the bottom and still cannot put in inputs; how do I bypass this? (I am met with a "[END] ) and can't do anything else.
ExifTool is a command-line application that your run by typing the command in the Terminal app. But it doesn't sound like you are running it like this.
To see the make/model and gps info, type this in Terminal then press SPACE then drag and drop the image file onto the Terminal window then press RETURN.
exiftool -make -model -gps:all
Or if "exiftool" is in the "Image-ExifTool-13.28" folder on your desktop, you would type this:
~/Desktop/Image-ExifTool-13.28/exiftool -make -model -gps:all
then drag and drop the image file as before.
- Phil
It sounds like you're opening the file in a text editor. Exiftool is a command line program you run from Terminal/bash. There isn't a GUI.
Open up the Terminal
Type CD and a space
Drag/drop the exiftool directory onto the Terminal and hit enter
type exiftool and a space
drag drop an image file onto the Terminal and hit enter
Exiftool will read the file and output the data.
Thank you StarGeek what you gave me did actually put me a step further. Referring to Phil's recent response when I put in both of those commands I am met with a "no such file or directory". Included is a screenshot of the commands I have been inputting. I would like to be able to figure out how to use the make and model and gps features of this as like Phil said it is a "folder" on my desktop. During this I haven't actually entered the command "ExifTool", it hasn't done any clear help. Again thank you guys for your help in resolving this issue!
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"Image-ExifT001—13.29.tar.gz" is an archive file, the one you downloaded. It is not a directory.
Your second command shows that exiftool is properly installed on your system.
But as the output shows, there isn't any Make, Model, or GPS data in that file. This is common in a lot of files, especially in files downloaded from social media (FB/Insta/WhatApp/etc) and screenshots never have metadata to begin with.
Again I like to express my gratitude Thank you as I just made an account to post here and have gotten help in solving my issue. I appreciate the quick responses from you and meaningful input with the information I have received here I am confident I shall prevail. I wish you the best
-win