[X4U] Non working Tip from Apple

[Jim Warthman]

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, you¹ll see a header for EXIF
>> Properties, along with the full scoop on your image.
>> 
>> 
>> One can't see the EXIF data.
>> 
>> Paul Moortgat
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