MacOS Finder Exiftool extension

[greybeard]

Would there be any interest in an extension that runs Exiftool directly from the MacOS Finder?

See attached screenshot of the Finder in gallery view which shows a preview of an image. When the ExifAction icon at the bottom of the Finder display is clicked Exiftool runs and displays the results in a separate window.

The basic principles are:
- runs from any Finder view (list, column, gallery or icons)
- select one or more image files and click the ExifAction icon within Finder to run Exiftool and display the results
- default or custom Exiftool commands (for example with/without unknowns, sort/no sort tags, short or descriptive tag names etc etc)
- does not require that Exiftool be installed on the computer
- allows user to keep control of when a new version of Exiftool is used
- access to the Exiftool output as a text file
- in its basic form does not require any knowledge of Exiftool syntax or the use of the MacOS terminal
- sandboxed and notarized by Apple to avoid any special installation techniques

[wywh]

Would there be any interest in an extension that runs Exiftool directly from the MacOS Finder?

Yes! Sounds very interesting and useful.

- Matti

[greybeard]

Would there be any interest in an extension that runs Exiftool directly from the MacOS Finder?

Yes! Sounds very interesting and useful.

- Matti

I would appreciate your opinion - will send a link to the application and a pdf description via pm

[blue-j]

since you are local in macOS, you could access extended attributes too that tend to be stripped in transfer!  that would be cool..  : )

- J

[greybeard]

since you are local in macOS, you could access extended attributes too that tend to be stripped in transfer!  that would be cool..  : )

- J

yes - all the attributes that Exiftool reports in the "MacOS" group are accessible

[MacOS]        File Creation Date/Time        : 2020:12:16 15:28:55+00:00
[MacOS]        KMD Item Display Name With Extensions: DSCF0102a.RAF
[MacOS]        MD Item Content Creation Date  : 2020:12:16 15:28:55+00:00
[MacOS]        MD Item Content Creation Date Ranking: 2020:12:16 00:00:00+00:00
[MacOS]        MD Item Content Modification Date: 2024:06:25 16:42:24+01:00
[MacOS]        MD Item Content Type            : com.fuji.raw-image
[MacOS]        MD Item Content Type Tree      : com.fuji.raw-image, public.camera-raw-image, public.image, public.data, public.item, public.content
[MacOS]        MD Item Date Added              : 2025:01:29 08:54:13+00:00
[MacOS]        MD Item Display Name            : DSCF0102a.RAF
[MacOS]        MD Item Document Identifier    : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Content Change Date  : 2024:06:25 16:42:24+01:00
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Creation Date        : 2020:12:16 15:28:55+00:00
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Creator Code        :
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Finder Flags        : 1036
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Has Custom Icon      :
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Invisible            : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Is Extension Hidden  : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Is Stationery        : 1
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Label                : 6 (Red)
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Name                : DSCF0102a.RAF
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Node Count          :
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Owner Group ID      : 99
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Owner User ID        : 99
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Size                : 29414064
[MacOS]        MD Item FS Type Code            :
[MacOS]        MD Item Has Alpha Channel      : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item Interesting Date Ranking: 2025:01:29 00:00:00+00:00
[MacOS]        MD Item Kind                    : Fujifilm Camera Raw file
[MacOS]        MD Item Logical Size            : 29414064
[MacOS]        MD Item Orientation            : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item Physical Size          : 29417472
[MacOS]        MD Item Pixel Count            : 0
[MacOS]        MD Item User Tags              : FUJIFILM, Canon EOS R3, Red
[MacOS]        X Attr Finder Info              : Type='' Creator='' Flags=CustomIcon Label=6 Pos=(0,0)
[MacOS]        X Attr Resource Fork            : (Binary data 509296 bytes, use -b option to extract)
[MacOS]        X Attr MD Item User Tags        : FUJIFILM, Canon EOS R3, Red.6
[MacOS]        X Attr Quarantine              : Flags=0082 set at 2023:03:08 17:40:40 by ExifTags