How to remove EXIF metadata from images on macOS

In this episode, we explore how to remove EXIF metadata from images on macOS.
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  • @aldizrod6136
    @aldizrod61364 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, looking forward to the subseries.

  • @vetherz
    @vetherz3 жыл бұрын

    WOW, this is amazing! Thank you for making me code for the first time.

  • @hugobduenast5740
    @hugobduenast57403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your video. Yes, we have to understand what really happens to our info in internet. Please make more videos from the begining to expert levels.

  • @lauracatalinalpz9827
    @lauracatalinalpz98272 жыл бұрын

    Such a great video. Thanks. Amazing content 😎

  • @taylor9110
    @taylor91104 жыл бұрын

    Great vid, Id be interested in watching that subseries

  • @marie3729
    @marie37292 жыл бұрын

    thank you !! great content 👍🏽

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the push Marie!

  • @Cyriljayant
    @Cyriljayant3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice video Sun I like to see other videos too. Thank you for the share!!

  • @RajKumar-qi4td
    @RajKumar-qi4td Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot !

  • @sirw369
    @sirw3693 жыл бұрын

    Late to this video, but, as per question at the end, PLEASE DO IT! Like you stated, Technical and Privacy literacy is extremely imperative these days. You got a sub from me. Keep up the great work!! Cheers,

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the push!

  • @tbdrosa8542
    @tbdrosa85423 жыл бұрын

    this was very helpful !! thank you. do you have a video on doing the exact step process but with videos?

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pleasure! Please see Grave Bandit’s comment.

  • @paarker
    @paarker Жыл бұрын

    This is important stuff.

  • @algerieinfo788
    @algerieinfo7883 жыл бұрын

    Hello bro i have a probleme while tryine to delet the function color type RGB i want to remove it completely but it wont I will try ur tick to see thanks

  • @mf4039
    @mf40394 жыл бұрын

    HI Sun thank you for making these videos they literally introduced me to the field of privacy and security - so thank you again for doing this it means a lot and is greatly appreciated! I am very interested in looking into to the things you mention towards the end, though I am completely new to all of this! Would you talk about routers and what to be aware of regarding them at some point - if that makes any sense

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am so happy this research is helping others think about the privacy implications of using technology. I tend to not trust anything beyond the computer-layer so my privacy and security stack is portable. What aspects of routers are you interested in?

  • @mf4039

    @mf4039

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sunknudsen Hi Sun thank you for your reply. I get a bit insecure about the router and the wireless network whether that is easy to hack into. The question is very basic probably - how to understand the the function of the router and how to secure the router and the wireless network? When you find your IPS, they provide you with router, then you plug it in, write in the code and then it works. Is there something to be aware of with the router beyond that, when it comes to privacy and security? Thank you for taking your time to answer the questions greatly appreciated!

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. Adding routers and Wi-Fi to my content backlog. 🤓

  • @iZiitoN
    @iZiitoN3 жыл бұрын

    is it possible to drag multiple pictures in the terminal and delete all the exif on all of them at once? And als do I have the problem after hitting enter with the code and the file added, the terminal writes "no file specified" what am I doing wrong?

  • @mikewhite5039
    @mikewhite50393 жыл бұрын

    I'm down! I don't even use a Mac, but you're great at explaining complex ideas. And being entertaining on camera is not something many people do well at all.

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the push Michael!

  • @luv.matters
    @luv.matters2 жыл бұрын

    doesn't work anymore on bigsur

  • @tonyisreal6820
    @tonyisreal6820 Жыл бұрын

    Why does it keep saying no such file or directory

  • @tonybud9187
    @tonybud91872 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sun, I am happy I found this video and channel :) I am wondering if the metadata from images can end up on big social media sites like twitter for example? Say I uploaded a picture to twitter, can someone determine my location/device? Or can a website remove the data similar to homebrew?

  • @DanielVargas-fs3ek
    @DanielVargas-fs3ek2 жыл бұрын

    I have a question So my canon lens 25-105 f/4 sum has been stolen I know there are some websites that notify you if the lens is being used With that being said Is it possible nothing has popped up because they are removing the EXIF info which usually tells you what gear you use including lens and lens serial number

  • @DSRVN
    @DSRVN2 жыл бұрын

    how to do the same with pdfs?

  • @r.xo_
    @r.xo_2 ай бұрын

    can we change the exif data a photo? i want to change the date.. :D

  • @SciFiStory
    @SciFiStory3 жыл бұрын

    Can I do the same thing for the contents of a folder, disk, partition or computer? What about an entire network or even wider reach?

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    I confirm you can do the following for folders "exiftool -all= -overwrite_original -r /path/to/folder". This will override originals so be careful.

  • @luckyw769
    @luckyw7695 ай бұрын

    Not a fan of installing and maintaining a cli package manager to install a single cli utility from a third-party repo. kind of surprising this is necessary when macOS has had a native application repository through the App Store. It's worth explaining how to use verify the integrity of a downloaded package file with the SHA1 hash (using the built-in cli utility) and then bypassing all of the flags from macOS. There IS an uninstall script so you can uninstall both the tool and the package manager when you're finished using them thankfully.

  • @sagetajr
    @sagetajr2 жыл бұрын

    i tried it but no gps coordinates shown in the results

  • @sarafox8588
    @sarafox85883 жыл бұрын

    When I upload my RAWS into LR, it says there is no exif info. How can I change this? Id like to see the exif info to check my settings once in LR!

  • @Cyriljayant

    @Cyriljayant

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think exif in PS and LR are relatively different than Sun is explaining. They are based on your camera Brand and the lens and other technical INFo to support your processing of the photo. Unless you used a GPS mode ( some cameras are equipped with this, so this Google spy exif will be intergrated. If you use a iPhone / iPad shot photography or other brand phones with GPS and process them in LR or PS definitely they are there in your photos as spy exif. These are the Mac iOS exif ( Spy exif ) that's permanently and he is talking here. If I am wrong please correct me.

  • @gravebandit6763
    @gravebandit67634 жыл бұрын

    Linux tutorials sound interesting, is the EXIF metadata stored in videos/audio recordings as well?

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great question! Just shot a short video on my iPhone after temporarily enabling location services and allowing the Camera app to use my geolocation. Result: YES!

  • @mikeydouglas9086
    @mikeydouglas90864 жыл бұрын

    Question Sun: I know Tinder tracks the photos we upload to make it difficult to renew an account. Do you think they do that by storing the EXIF data? How else would they be able to recognize a previously uploaded image?

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mikey, my gut feeling is Tinder uses image matching or face recognition algorithms. I don’t think EXIF would be useful in this use case unless a user uploads the exact same image.

  • @mikeydouglas9086

    @mikeydouglas9086

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sunknudsen Yeah that's what I am thinking too. I really do not like them using facial recognition, but I also like the app. Do you have any idea how to circumvent a facial recognition algorithm or image matching?

  • @user-dl6tb3ck9z
    @user-dl6tb3ck9z Жыл бұрын

    Thanks ... your way is too hard for me. Is there a more simple way to remove the metadata? Perhaps with iPhoto or iMovie - without having to install 3rd party softwares and doing codings ? Thanks

  • @blossomlightdancers
    @blossomlightdancers3 жыл бұрын

    Dude! You are so awesome thank you for this video and you are so right about the digital literacy thing to gain our sovereignty back. If you can explain it in a way that we can understand I believe intelligent people would jump at the chance. Tbh, this is the first video of yours that I have come across and I am so impressed. However even this video went a little fast for me...you may have to dumb it down even more...just for the fundamentals. Really the fundamentals are so important, they need to be drilled in. i.e...how to get my command line again without looking at one of my bookmarks to find the lesson on that? When you don't use it all the time it drops out of memory. Perhaps you could do a fundamentals set of lessons so that we can navigate these damn machines without the frustration, so it becomes the norm. Im very interested in privacy as a human right and do what I can, vpn private browsing, disabling what I can.. but really its not enough.

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing your feedback. Finding the right level and speed for this content is a challenge. I will take your feedback into consideration.

  • @sophiahaxton8369
    @sophiahaxton83693 жыл бұрын

    Can you give some advice on how to remove this from videos on Mac?

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Sophia, have you tried using the same approach? It appears to work for iPhone videos.

  • @sophiahaxton8369

    @sophiahaxton8369

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sunknudsen I haven’t. Thank you for the reply and sorry for the late reply. I binge watched your videos over the holidays and have a lot of work ahead of me !

  • @sammynilsson7150
    @sammynilsson71503 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone confirm if this is still working on images taken with IOS 14? For me this is not working on any images taken with the latest IOS version....

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    I haven't upgraded... would also love to know. My gut feeling is the same logic would apply to iOS 14.

  • @polgzz
    @polgzz3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, Sun, maybe you want to pin this comment so people get this other more advance tool for viewing/removing metadata from other type of files (I suppose it could be installed the same way on Mac as you showed) It's "mat2" (metadata removal tool). Write each command followed by the filename or path/to/filename: - To view metadata: mat2 -s /path/to/filename - To erase metadata: mat2 -V filename (This creates a copy of the file "name.cleaned.file" without any metadata There is another option to remove and overwrite the file, but I won't put it here so nobody does that by error 🤣. You'll be surprised how much info there is in any .doc or .pdf file you create. Even username... wich in case of an attack you already have de username to start forcing passwords or whatever. You should never send/publish on web any important corporate/Gubernative/personal document without removing the metadata before!!

  • @polgzz

    @polgzz

    3 жыл бұрын

    And btw, if you use adobe reader, yes, all that metadata in any PDF you open is send to adobe 😌. After you do mat2 -s to a few of them you would be so mad to adobe for all it has gathered about your readings 🤣

  • @polgzz

    @polgzz

    3 жыл бұрын

    It also integrates with Linux file explorers. I don't remember if its a different package, though. But if I right click on a file on Nautilus (GNOME files) there's an option to "clean" the file

  • @derJackistweg
    @derJackistweg Жыл бұрын

    Nice but this does not support video. Is there something similar to video? I just want to see if my videos that I shot are H265/4, resolution, framerate. The SIMPLEST THINGS on planet. I just went nuts the last 2h because I shot some video in 4k, 6k, 4k120 and FHD 300fps. I cannot make sure what it is!!! I am a 20 year windows user and it takes 2 keys to get this info if it is XP or newer: ALT + ENTER. When I come home and I have 50 videos to go through I need a 2-3click process. And I also cannot load Davinci, open a new Project, load the videos into that, than close, delete the project. I dont know how MAC user can say that they can "work" on such a machine. Everything takes 20 steps and 5 payed programs.

  • @DrRAHOU
    @DrRAHOU4 жыл бұрын

    Hi, is there a way for removing EXIF metadata on the phone?? And please go ahead and dive deep into the proxy thing hhhh keepup the good work.

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Morning, yes! As mentioned in the episode, disabling location services will remove geolocation which is the nastiest metadata. To remove all metadata, you can send the image to yourself using Signal. That being said, if a macOS alternative is possible, I like that using exiftool, we can confirm metadata has been removed instead of blindly trusting an app.

  • @HiltyC

    @HiltyC

    4 жыл бұрын

    As of iOS 12, there's a built in way to do this when sharing as well. 1) Find and select the video/photo(s) you want to share without metadata 2) Near the top of the screen, select "Options" on the photo information line. An example is "2 Items Selected; Location included; Options" 3) Options to include/exclude location metadata and all other metadata are available.

  • @mryes8184
    @mryes81844 жыл бұрын

    Fucking don't stop making videos! No, nothing is advance coz you make things simple af. So make those videos, i'm waiting for em and i'm sure the others are too

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the push! 🤓

  • @computerfachmann4278
    @computerfachmann42784 жыл бұрын

    You must watch this video : kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4uqtcZ7ZcnNp5M.html Here you can see why we must use firefox

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. I can’t believe Microsoft would import data from Firefox without user’s explicit consent. Not OK!

  • @computerfachmann4278

    @computerfachmann4278

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sunknudsen I had the same problem since the new edge was there with update 2004 and he knew a fireox bookmark folder that hasn't existed for a while... That shocked me The problem is that people are happy when microsoft saves their data because they think then I can use edge right away.... I hope that there will be Firefox even longer you will see what the other browsers do

  • @user-lk9wy7hi1d
    @user-lk9wy7hi1d2 жыл бұрын

    canadian

  • @nic6680
    @nic66803 жыл бұрын

    jesus fucking christ, wanna be a millionaire? make an app that i load a photo to that deletes my fucking meta data

  • @bennettd2501
    @bennettd25013 жыл бұрын

    Trumps campaign could have benefited from watching this video. (LMAO)

  • @sunknudsen

    @sunknudsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha... true

  • @lv8pv
    @lv8pv3 жыл бұрын

    Not to advanced. Please go more advanced. Its abort widening the Horizonte for people lacking the knowledge and sharpening for the more advance

  • @lv8pv

    @lv8pv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mobile spelling...

  • @Nikolinemusic
    @Nikolinemusic3 жыл бұрын

    Can you show how to delete metadata in videos too?