GraphicConverter "Execute custom ExifTool Command"

Last modified: May 11, 2026 9:35 AM
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I almost always use GraphicConverter to check and edit image and movie metadata instead launching exiftool via the Terminal to do the same task.


https://www.lemkesoft.de/


https://exiftool.org


But GC menu items can't cover ALL possible and esoteric metadata tasks.


GraphicConverter 12.5.2 added command "Exif Metadata > Execute custom ExifTool Command..." so you have best of both worlds (only direct calls to exiftool. No piping, grep etc, though).


Use or fine-tune example commands or write your own command to a text file in '~/Library/Application Support/GraphicConverter/ExifTool'.


Select desired images or movies in GC Browser. Leave 'exiftool' off from the usual Terminal command and use '@filepath' as filename as follows:


-a -G1 -s -api QuickTimeUTC=1 -FileCreateDate -FileModifyDate -DateTimeOriginal -OffsetTime* -QuickTime:CreateDate -Keys:CreationDate @filepath


...so the same Terminal command is as follows. '-fileOrder5 FileName' keeps APFS filesystem output in alphabetical order (GC Browser takes care of sorting). Terminal might need * wildcard and characters like $, filename spaces etc to be quoted as follows:


exiftool -a -G1 -s -fileOrder5 FileName -api QuickTimeUTC=1 -FileCreateDate -FileModifyDate -DateTimeOriginal '-OffsetTime*' -QuickTime:CreateDate -Keys:CreationDate .


But make a backup before any write commands until you are sure your workflow works as desired.


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