Getting started
Add your photos, look around, make a first edit and save it.
Add a folder of photos
- Click + Import Folder… at the bottom of the folder list, or choose File ▸ Import Folder… (⌘ O).
- Pick a folder. ExifXplorer reads every photo inside it, subfolders included, while you carry on working. A small counter shows how far it has got.
Nothing is copied or moved: ExifXplorer builds an index of the photos where they already are. You can add as many folders as you like, from any disk.
Look around
- The folder list on the left mirrors your disk. Click a folder to see its photos, or ⌘-click several to see them together. include subfolders decides whether photos in subfolders count.
- The grid shows the photos. The slider at the top right sets the thumbnail size.
- The views along the top switch between Library, Map, Compare, Stats and Checkup.
Open a photo
Click a photo to open its panel on the right: date and camera settings, lens, location, title and caption, rating, copyright, keywords and the camera’s maker notes. Press Space for the full-screen view, and the arrow keys to move to the next photo.
See The photo panel for what each part shows.
Make an edit, then save it
Click any value in the panel, type a new one, and press Return. The photo is marked as changed (a dot on its tile) but nothing is written to your files yet. That happens when you save:
- Save changes in the photo’s panel saves that photo.
- Save all in the bar at the bottom saves every changed photo at once.
- Discard throws the change away and goes back to what’s in the file.
Where a saved edit goes, a separate sidecar file or the photo itself, is your choice. How ExifXplorer changes your files explains both.
Find anything quickly
Press ⌘ K and type: “rename”, “export CSV”, “sort by ISO”, or part of a filename. Every action in the app is there. ⌘ / lists the keyboard shortcuts.