Exiftool is doing nothing!

[cooperm]

Hi I have installed Exiftool on my PC and it's great.  I drop in a JPG or a RAW file over the shortcut and it immediately brings up the data on the image.  I also run a iMac (intel based)v10.6 Snow Leopard.  I've downloaded the correct Mac software from your site, v8.23-dmg and installed correctly, I think.  However when I open up a Terminal window and type ExifTool it just brings up a load of text, Name, Synopsis, Description etc.  I've tried dropping a RAW image into it and all it does it apply the file name to the bottom of the text and does nothing else.  Pressing enter only says Pattern not found (press Return)??

I just want the same ease and functionality as on the PC am I able to get this on a Mac?
The instal instruction on your site doesn't actually give instructions onto actually make the software work?

Thanks

[Phil Harvey]

There are different ways to use ExifTool on a Mac:

1) For drag-n-drop metadata extraction, download the set of three droplets available here on the ExifTool home page, and choose the one you like best.

2) For use in the Terminal, type "exiftool" then SPACE then the directory and name of the file you want to extract information from, then press RETURN.  Instead of typing the directory and file name you can drag and drop a file in the Terminal window, but you must type "exiftool" then SPACE before dropping the file and press RETURN afterwards.

I hope this helps.

- Phil