rExif

rExif is the metadata editor for photos and videos on your Mac: fix the capture date, add a location, rename files, and set author, copyright, and keywords, on one photo or thousands at once. Every change shows up in orange as a preview before it's written to your files.

THE RIGHT DATES, EVEN IN BULK
• Shift every date by an interval, for example when the camera clock was an hour behind.
• Correct a camera's clock from one photo whose exact time you know.
• Get the date from the file name (IMG_20230514_123456, WhatsApp, screenshots, Pixel…), the folder name, or Google Takeout JSON files.
• Assign dates in sequence, fill in missing ones from their neighbors, change the time zone.
• Align file creation and modification dates with the capture date in one click.

LOCATION ON THE MAP
• Drag photos onto the map to set their location, or search for a place by name.
• Take the location from the photo closest in time, from a GPX track (Strava, Garmin…), or from Google Takeout.
• City, state, and country from the coordinates.
• Before sharing, export copies without location or personal data.

TEXT, KEYWORDS, AND NAMES
• Camera, lens, description, author, and copyright.
• Templates with placeholders such as "© {year} Jane Smith", plus find and replace across every item.
• Keywords and star ratings, also read by Lightroom.
• Batch rename with a template, for example "{date}_{nnn}".

WORK FAST
• A table with customizable columns, search, and quick selection: no date, no location, suspicious dates, by camera…
• Copy metadata from one photo and paste it onto others.
• Undo and redo every change; Quick Look with the space bar.
• Export and import metadata as CSV to fix it in a spreadsheet.

EVERY FORMAT
• JPEG, HEIC, PNG, and TIFF: metadata rewritten without recompressing the image.
• MOV, MP4, and M4V videos: metadata rewritten without re-encoding.
• RAW (CR2, NEF, ARW…) and AVI, MKV, MTS videos: the file stays untouched and metadata goes into an .xmp next to it, read by Lightroom, Bridge, and Premiere.
• Photos library: change the date and location right in Photos, or export the originals.

PRIVATE AND NATIVE
• No account, no tracking: your photos never leave your Mac.
• Open photos and folders by dragging them into the window or onto the Dock icon, or with "Open With…" in Finder.
• Reopens your previous session; light, dark, or automatic appearance; interface in English and Italian.