Download ExifTool 12.84

Phil Harvey has released version 12.84 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are third party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. New versions are released regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta banner. This update is also referred to as a development version; the latest stable release is version 12.76. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 12.84

• Added ability to read speed and accuracy_horizontal when geotagging from OpenTracks GPX files
• Decode a few more Apple tags and a new CanonVRD tag
• Enhanced Geolocation feature with the ability to return any number of nearby cities
• Fixed long-standing bug in Windows version that didn't properly handle dates older than 50 years when writing FileModifyDate or FileCreateDate
• Fixed API TimeZone option to work in Windows
• Fixed problem where the SetTags helper function didn't properly copy tags which have print conversions
• Fixed problem where a new subregion couldn't be added through a user-defined Geolocation database entry
• Fixed problem where the API GeolocFeature option didn't work for some features if a user-generated custom database was used