Metapho
Metapho is a photo metadata utility for macOS that lets you view, edit, and remove EXIF details from images and videos before sharing or organizing them.
What is Metapho?
Metapho is a native Apple-platform photo utility that helps users inspect and manage metadata stored in photos and videos on macOS. It is designed for photographers, privacy-conscious users, and anyone who wants more control over EXIF details such as capture date, location, camera information, and other embedded file data. The app can open photo files and folders, show detailed metadata, and present location information on a map when available. It also supports editing tasks such as changing dates, adjusting location data, removing metadata, and exporting cleaned copies for sharing. Metapho works with iCloud Photos workflows as well as regular files, which makes it useful for both library-based photo management and direct file handling. Zininworks publishes Metapho for Apple devices, including Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Key features
- View EXIF and other embedded metadata for photos and videos
- Open image files or folders and inspect detailed file information
- Edit capture date and time metadata
- Add, change, or remove location metadata
- Remove personal metadata before sharing photos
- Batch edit metadata for multiple items at once
- Work with iCloud Photos libraries and regular files
- Export cleaned copies or replace originals after editing
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Metapho is a legitimate photo metadata tool, and access to your photo library or selected files is normal for its purpose. Because it can read and change embedded location, date, and other metadata, review edits before saving or replacing originals so you do not unintentionally remove information you want to keep. If you use it for privacy cleanup before sharing, verify the exported result contains only the details you intend to keep.
Recommendation: Keep Metapho if you regularly check, clean, or edit photo metadata on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing the app is generally reasonable, but you may lose a convenient way to manage EXIF details and prepare privacy-friendly copies before sharing.
Common paths
/Applications/Metapho.app
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