Finder doesn't show IPTC / Exif data under "More info" for several camera types?

Hello all,


Since a long time I am geotagging and keywording my digital pictures as well as digitized slides and B&W negatives using Houdahgeo. This works perfectly fine for both tiff format as well as older Nikon NEF files. I save all metadata WITHIN the raw file, so not in a side car or xmp-file. All files are non-compressed RAW files.


All pictures are well organised in a tree structure, I therefore don't use any cataloging systems. When I am looking for a picture I simply type keywords in the search field in the finder and thus I can (usually) easily find the pictures I am looking for.


Every now and then I randomly check the meta data of a file by clicking on the "More info" / via right mouse click.


I now discovered that the keywords / IPTC / EXIF data for Fujifilm RAF files as well as for a Nikon Z50 are not shown. And worse: a search on those keywords doesn't give any results.


I tried the trick with exempting the folders from spotlight and then add those folders again, but zero result. Compare, left side the metadata from a NEF file, right side a Fuji RAF file (that does have keywords + geo-information!):



The software I work: Houdahgeo / PhotoMechanic / ApolloOne (last as a viewer only)

Files that work well with keywords and manually added geo-information: NEF (D70s upto D300s), TIFF files.


Does anyone have a clue what is causing this problem with the non-visible and searchable metadata?


Many thanks in advance,

Ger Dijkstra



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Feb 18, 2021 1:31 PM

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Feb 18, 2021 2:03 PM in response to VikingOSX

Hello VikingOSX,


Just tried your suggestion and negative: the file doesn't show any of the desired information if copied to the Pictures folder.


I keep my photo's on several external hard discs as well as in a separate folder on the internal SSD-drive. I could and can perfectly search for older keyworded pictures on all those drives, it is the Fuji RAF and newer Nikon NEF files that are causing problems.

Feb 18, 2021 2:35 PM in response to VikingOSX

Yes, I know the ExifTool by Harvey, but I am not a fan of using command lines.


Furthermore, what is buggering me is the fact that with the older pictures I could simply type in some keywords plus a place name (thus searching in a mixture of IPTC and Exif data) and it would give me results, regardless if the pictures are stored on an external hard drive or on a local hard drive.


This is how it works with those older pictures (but not with the Fuji RAF and newer NEF files, as from the Z50 or Z6):


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