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Copy Exif data from one photo to other photos on Mac

We often receive feedback about missing photo exif data. For example, after editing with PhotoShop and other photo editor software, some exif data of photos have been lost. Or after transferring the photo from the network storage to the computer, the exif data of the photo is lost. If we have some photos with same camera device and lens, title, keywords, description, shooting date and more exif data, how to copy the exif data from this photo to other photos that have lost the exif data? In this article, we will provide a way to copy Exif data between photos on Mac.

photo exif data on Mac

First we need to download and install Photo Exifer on you Mac, it supports macOS 10.7 ~ the latest macOS Big Sur.

Run Photo Exifer, and then import the photos contains the exif data into Photo Exifer, click the Edit Exif data feature, it will display the exif data such as Title, Artist, description, copyright, keywords, comments, camera make, camera model, camera date, lens make and lens model, GPS location. You can change and edit these exif data, and click Save as template button. It will save these information into a plist file in Finder.

view and edit exif data on Mac

It will save these information into a plist file in Finder. We can open and view the these exif tags in the plist file.

open photo template file on Mac

Click the import button -> choose “Clear photos on the left and Import photo(s)……” to import photos that have lost the exif data, select them in Photo Exifer, and click Export/Import feature -> Import the template file to the selected item(s), then choose the saved plist file in Finder. And it will copy the exif date in plist file to those photos.

import template file to photos on Mac

 

 

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