[X4U] Non working Tip from Apple

[Paul Moortgat]

If one first opens the pict in Preview.  This was not mentioned in  
the tip.  Thanks Jim.
All tips are at: <http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/>

Paul Moortgat

On 03 Jun 2006, at 17:46, Jim Warthman wrote:

> Paul,
> At first I got the same result as you - didn't work. Then I  
> realized I had
> misinterpreted the tip, and I got it to work.  The key is to first  
> open the
> image with the Preview application - don't just do CMD-I from  
> within the
> Finder.
>
> Hope This Helps!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
> On 6/3/06 8:00 AM, "Joe Sporleder" <joe at wacondatrader.com> wrote:
>
>> I just saved a photo, taken with an Olympus digital camera, from
>> iPhoto to my desktop, and followed the instructions in this tip and
>> was able to see the EXIF metadata. It worked for me. Running MacOS X
>> 10.4.6.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>>
>>> On an Apple site <http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/exif.html> is a tip
>>> about reading EXIF data.  This tip is not true.
>>>
>>> The tip:
>>> When you take a photo with a digital camera, a boatload of
>>> background information is embedded into the file (called EXIF
>>> metadata), including when the photo was taken, the make and model
>>> of the digital camera, the exposure, shutter speed, lens focal
>>> length, whether the flash fired, and a host of other related info.
>>> Believe it or not, Preview can display all this EXIF metadata — you
>>> just have to know where to look. To see the EXIF data for the
>>> current image, just press Command-I, then click on the Details tab,
>>> and if you scroll down a bit, you’ll see a header for EXIF
>>> Properties, along with the full scoop on your image.
>>>
>>>
>>> One can't see the EXIF data.
>>>
>>> Paul Moortgat