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EXIF Date Change.workflow for macOS

Right click file(s) or folder(s) to perform an EXIF Date Change on one, or many files.

using EXIF Date Change

POSSIBLY USEFUL: I have also authored an EXIF Date Read.workflow for macOS


Prerequisites

  1. Install homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
  2. Install exiftool with homebrew: brew install exiftool
  3. Users not running macOS 10.15 Catalina will need to install zsh with homebrew: brew install zsh

Quickstart

  1. download and unzip EXIF Date Change.workflow.zip
  2. open EXIF Date Change.workflow with the default application: Automator Installer.app
  3. right click any folder(s) or file(s) and click Quick Action > EXIF Date Change

Installation

Choose an installation method:

Option A: zsh

unzip =( curl https://github.com/rajannpatel/EXIF-Date-Change.workflow-for-macOS/raw/master/EXIF%20Date%20Change.workflow.zip -L ) && open EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow

Option B: bash

curl https://github.com/rajannpatel/EXIF-Date-Change.workflow-for-macOS/raw/master/EXIF%20Date%20Change.workflow.zip -L -o workflow.zip
unzip workflow.zip
rm workflow.zip
open EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow

Once this installation completes you can remove EXIF Date Change.workflow using this command:

rm -rf EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow

Option C: git

git clone -n [email protected]:rajannpatel/EXIF-Date-Change.workflow-for-macOS.git --depth 1
cd EXIF-Date-Change.workflow-for-macOS
git checkout HEAD "EXIF Date Change.workflow.zip"
unzip "EXIF Date Change.workflow.zip"
open EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow

Once this installation completes you can remove the EXIF-Date-Change.workflow-for-macOS directory using this command:

cd ..
rm -rf EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow

Approve the installation

Installation Prompt

Confirm Installation Succeeded

If you don't see EXIF Date Change in System Preferences > Extensions > Finder just like the screenshot below, you may need to run the open EXIF\ Date\ Change.workflow command again, or double click it to run it.

confirm installation in System Preferences > Extensions > Finder

Usage

Using Finder.app you can right click on any file(s) or folder(s) with images to change the EXIF Date. Your original files will be updated with the new date:

choose a date and time through a native macOS prompt

You can press ESC to exit without making any changes. If you enter an incorrect date, you will be provided an error message:

native macOS invalid date and time notification

If the date validation step passes, when the date changing task begins, you will get the following notifications:

native macOS task begin notification

native macOS task end notification

The notifications panel will retain a history of your edits:

native macOS notification history