Add EXIF header to jpg files that do not have one

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#1

I have a lot of old and scanned photos that have no EXIF data. I am using ‘BetterFinderAttributes’ to copy the files creation date the the EXIF date. If the file has no EXIF data, it doesn’t know what to do with it.

I think EXIF tool may be able to do this, but I can’t figure out how.

Thanks,

Brian

#2

Hi,

after installing exifTool run the following to have a look at the output:

do shell script "exiftool -a -u -g1 " & quoted form of POSIX path of (choose file)

example for writing exifdata to file:

do shell script "exiftool -IFD0:ImageDescription=" & yourString & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of yourFile
#3

It does create an EXIF header, but I still can’t update the date in it. Do you know if there is a way to add the “Creation Date=” parameter within this?

Thanks,

Brian