[X4U] Program to remove personal info tags

[Michael Elliott]

The only files that I can see have the information (which is under  
the "more info..." disclosure triangle in the item's Get Info window)  
are .pdfs printed via OSX's print-to-pdf function.  I've checked .jpg  
and .gif files produced by GraphicConverter (which is registered  
under my name) as well as .png files generated by screen shots, and  
they don't have any identifiying information visible...at least under  
the Get Info window.

I know that Word files usually contain all kinds of information in  
the file format...including what they used to refer to as the GUID  
(global user ID??) (I think) that included some information about  
your computer's MAC address.

Are there other, specific files that you see that have yo down as  
"author" in the Get Info window?  I think this is an interesting  
topic, and wish there were more responses!

Michael


On Nov 10, 2005, at 7:39 AM, DZ-Jay wrote:

> Hello:
>     When you create a document, whether a PDF, image, or word  
> processor, when you check the file's property they usually contain  
> information on who wrote it.  This is not necessarily a Bad Thing,  
> except that I at least haven't found a way to opt out of this feature.
>
>     I believe this information is taken from either the System's  
> Address Book, or from the specific application's registration  
> information.
>
>     I would like to remove this information from my already created  
> documents, and if possible, prevent it from being inserted in  
> future ones.
>
>     dZ.

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