MetaScope: Metadata Editor

Free to use, no trial clock — view, browse, and export EXIF, IPTC & XMP metadata across 50+ formats including RAW, with five edits a day. Pro unlocks unlimited editing of all 128 fields plus on-device Image Analysis. Powered by embedded ExifTool.

NEW IN 1.5 — ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE (Pro)
- AI photo descriptions: draft a natural caption for one photo, or batch-generate for many in four tones, fusing recognized scene content with location, date, camera, and visible text. Optional Apple Intelligence prose rewrite on macOS 26.
- Smart keyword suggestions: 1,000+ recognizable subjects — breeds, foods, plants, instruments, sports, landmarks, pets, people — as badged, accept-or-reject suggestions, plus a whole-folder Auto-Keyword grid.
- Enhanced Recognition: an optional second on-device model that catches subjects Apple's classifier misses. Bundled and fully offline.
- Everything runs on your Mac: no cloud, no network, nothing written until you confirm.

IMAGE & VIDEO VIEWING
- Metal-accelerated previews; Display P3 color management
- 50+ formats including RAW, JPEG, HEIC, AVIF, and video
- Compare tray; Masonry thumbnail grid with aspect-ratio tiles

METADATA BROWSING
- 128 fields including IPTC Extension and Production & Media
- Five-tab info panel; GPS in human-readable DMS with altitude
- Keyword Inspector — right-click any chip for canonical form, hierarchy, usage, rules
- Per-file Image Analysis status with Analyze Now / Re-analyze

METADATA EDITING
- Inline editing of all 128 fields with type-correct controls
- Template Manager; Batch Rename with Undo/Redo; Date Management with dry-run preview and one-click scenarios
- Copy Metadata with plain-language rescue scenarios
- Strip All Metadata (Pro) and Field-based Redaction (Pro) — recoverable, on RAW, TIFF, and video
- Custom Fields and Profiles editors with automatic quarantine of a misconfigured field

INTELLIGENCE (Pro)
- On-device Image Analysis: recognizes scenes, pets, people, and text — no upload, no network
- AI photo descriptions (single + batch, four tones) with review-before-save
- Vision keyword suggestions and whole-folder Auto-Keyword review
- Enhanced Recognition (optional second on-device model)
- Calibrated accuracy with a More results / Balanced / Higher accuracy control
- Enrich from Descriptions — on-device NLP extracts people, places, organizations
- Apple Intelligence Writing Tools on metadata text (macOS 26)

SEARCH & ANALYTICS (Pro)
- Full-text metadata search with grid/list toggle
- Auto-indexed Libraries refresh while MetaScope is open; per-Library counts, clear, and cleanup
- Analytics Dashboard; advanced filters; Smart Collections that auto-update from saved queries

EXPORT SYSTEM
- Formats: PDF, HTML, JSON, CSV, XML, Markdown, Text, YAML, XMP
- Cover Page Template Manager for catalogue cards (A4/Letter/A5); Document Export wizard

PHOTOS INTEGRATION
- Native Apple Photos browser with album access, iCloud, and smooth large-library scrolling
- Bidirectional file transfer — Photos to filesystem and filesystem to Photos albums

AUTOMATION
- Keyword Rules (Pro) and a 15-action Transformation Rules Engine (Pro)
- Vocabulary Browser: hierarchical trees, categories, synonyms
- Unified Workbench (Tools → Workbench…) — seven tabs ⌘1–⌘7

WORKFLOW
- Finder-aligned folder right-click menus across the browser and sidebar, with an aligned Intelligence submenu
- Edit In… external app handoff; Launchpad; customizable toolbar; per-window footer toolbars
- Four-tab sidebar — Favorites, Libraries, Browser, Photos
- Free: 5 edits/day | Pro: Unlimited

BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS
- Native SwiftUI for macOS 15.4+; sandboxed, on-device; XPC memory isolation
- Liquid Glass styling on macOS 26 Tahoe