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From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: A good free EXIF removal software for Mac OS X?
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> > Does anyone know of a good free Exif removal software that can do in
> > batch, not lower quality, etc. like IfranView in Windows? This is in an
> > updated Mac OS Xes (v10.5 and up). I am not finding any free ones from
> > Apple's App Store and Google searches don't seem to be showing any good
> > ones.

> I think you need to work on your research skills a bit. ; ) A web search for 
> "exif remove" on MacUpdate shows these results:

> <http://www.macupdate.com/find/mac/exif%20remove>

But those are not free. :(


> There's a handful of command-line utilities to do what you want. Search 
> phrases like "command line exif remove" will yield more results. Here's a 
> simple one:

> <http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Productivity-Sauce/Remove-EXIF-
> Metadata-from-Photos-with-exiftool>

Thanks. I'll have to see if there is a GUI frontend for it.


> Looks like there's even a web-based tool to do it:
> <https://www.toolsrepo.com/privacy/remove-exif-from-image-files>

I don't want to upload the embedded images to an unknown host. I'd do 
that locally first and then upload to the public.
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