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marchyman / GeoTag

Image geo location editing for macOS Ventura (13) and later. Instructions and a .dmg of the current version are on the application home page.
https://www.snafu.org/GeoTag/
MIT License
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Cannot open photo library "package", like any other directory #37

Closed mrgehring closed 6 months ago

mrgehring commented 1 year ago

I think you mention adding geotags before importing into Photos, however I already have everything in Photos. I have written a Python app that can access the photos in my Apple photo library ( "Photos Library.photoslibrary" ), and I have had no problem just treating it as any other directory. My code can rotate and delete photos. I also use Exiftool to modify the rotation angle metadata. Perhaps this is dangerous, but I have had no problems doing this for a few years. I'm not sure why your app would not work on files inside the photo library - have you tried it, or do you know why it would not work? I have found a paid app called "HoudahGeo that looks like it can do it, but your app should be all I need.

marchyman commented 8 months ago

I looked at doing something like that in the past. I gave up because at that time I found that Photos didn't notice when I made metadata changes to an image. I made the changes using ExifTool as a proof of concept.

Perhaps things have changed.

marchyman commented 6 months ago

You should not change original files imported into photos. However, starting with GeoTag 5.3 you can select and edit images in your Photos Library by clicking on a new "photos" icon in the toolbar. Updated image location data is fed back to Photos when the changes are "saved".