When we take photos with a digital camera, the camera device automatically records a large amount of photo metadata photo information, date and time, camera model and lens aperture, camera shutter speed, shooting location, and more. We can use them to organize and edit these photos with Lightroom and other photo software. After importing photos into Photos application on your Mac, we can see some exif metadata in the Get Info window, but how to export exif metadata and other metadata from photos on my Mac?
Export IPTC as XMP in Photos
When we export photos on our Mac, we can select an option “Export IPTC as XMP” in Photos File Menu -> Export export -> Export unmodified Original Photos. Then there is an xmp file with IPTC metadata information, such as the creation date, title, GPS location. But this is just part of the photo metadata information, how to export exif metadata and all other metadata from photos on my Mac? Such as file name, size, type, artist, camera production and model, lens production and model, description, copyright, width DPI, height DPI, etc. That's what we need to do.
Export all photo metadata from Photos
As we known that Photos uses its own database to record and manage all photo metadata information, we need a software can read these data from the Photos.sqlite. and Photos.db. We recommend using Photo Exifer to read and export all photo metadata from Photo, it is a photo metadata editor, which can read and write photo metadata in Photo Library.
Download and install Photo Exifer on the Mac, run Photo Exifer and click Photo Library to access and scan photos in Photo Library. Click a photo in Photo Exifer, it will display photo metadata of original photo and photo metadata in the Photo Library database. Because when we made some changes in Photos, it did not change the original photo and original photo metadata. It causes photo metadata in the Photo Library database may be different from photo metadata for the original photo.
Once the scanning is complete, you can select all photos or some photos in Photo Exifer, and click Quick Action -> Export original photo metadata for selected photo(s), or Export photo library metadata of selected photo(s)
It will write all photo Metadata tags of selected photos in a plist file, including exif data, IPTC data, GPS data and other all photo metadata.
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