Please update to new version 12.09 of EXIFTOOL

[travelphoto]

Good day,
May I ask to update the EXIFTOOL to version 12.09 to be able to get more EXIF data for Olympus OM-D E-M1 MK3 images (Tags: StackedImages and DriveMode).
Thanks in advanced.

Bernard

[michel038]

If your OS is Windows, you can download the new version of exiftool ...

Go to the installation directory xnviewmp, and go to the "AddOn" folder
- rename existing exiftool.exe > exiftool.old
- unzip the downloaded exiftool12.09.zip and rename exiftool(-k).exe > exiftool.exe in the same place as the original (...\XnViewMp\AddOn\ )

[travelphoto]

dear michel038, thanks for your information. Unfortunately I've forgotten to mention my OS is Mac OS Mojave. Do you have a solution for Mac as well?
Thanks and best regards,
Bernard

[brianlamb]

You can "manually" update the exiftool in the XnViewMP app bundle on macOS.

Note: I am not sure if there is a better more "official" way to do this, or if there are any unintended side effects.
My guess is since this is just a perl library tool it's actually a pretty simple thing to do this drop in replacement.

Here is the process:
Download the exiftool you want to use as a drop in replacement (the latest is now 12.10)
it installs these into default locations:
(this is the executable)

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/usr/local/bin/exiftool

(these are two supporting folders)

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/usr/local/bin/lib/Image/ 

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/usr/local/bin/lib/File/ 

Then, open the app package for XnViewMP.app



Copy the exiftool file/folders from the above locations and paste them inside this application bundle.


You don't even need to restart the XNViewMP app although you might as well just in case.

Again, I don't know if this is supported behaviour and the XNViewMP app may soon have the updated exiftool embedded anyway soon.

Perform at your own risk!

~Brian

[travelphoto]

Dear Brian,

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your suggestion. It is working now! Nevertheless will install the newest XnView version as soon as available
Best regards,
Bernd