Don't think you need exiftool at all. You should be able to do it entirely in a shortcut.
https://thenextweb.com/news/how-to-remove-metadata-from-your-photos-on-ios
Don't think you need exiftool at all. You should be able to do it entirely in a shortcut.
https://thenextweb.com/news/how-to-remove-metadata-from-your-photos-on-ios
I don't have an iPhone, though I understand the shortcuts of Mac os are supposed to be compatible with iOS so maybe there's a possibility the instructions could work on my Mac. I don't want to convert the images though just strip that metadata.
The other thing is, I kind of want to do it this way because there's something of an ulterior motive here where I want to learn to make simple applications and buttons that work with various command line apps I use frequently on my computer, like a crude form of home made GUI. I find that there are often such apps where I only use one or two commands and use just often enough to need an easier way but infrequently enough not to remember the syntax of what to type.
I don’t want to convert the images though just strip that metadata.
FWIW the Convert Image action can be set to "Preserve Input" and still has a checkbox to clear metadata.
However I think image format handling is bugged, at least on iOS when importing from Photos, since I used it recently and it converted screenshots (which are PNG) to JPEG when used in my shortcut, even with "Preserve Input", and I had to explicitly convert to PNG to keep the format, so I don't know how much that will actually do for you.
There is also a Run Shell Script action in Shortcuts on macOS which should help you if you want to do it with exiftool.
Here's a small example shortcut that opens a file dialog and uses it in a shell script: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a1d29c165ba14b7a910de0a603443b3a
I thought back in the day, Metadata couldn't be modified which is what led a lot of things to be evidence in courts. Like, timestamps of photos and geo data
no it's very easy to modify. I just wanted not to have to open up terminal and try and remember what the commands were every time I upload something to the internet
Neat. My knowledge is based on data from a long time ago since I haven't really messed with stuff for a while. Got caught up in life and all.
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