Now that you know how to access metadata with ExifTool and generate feedback in Alfred workflows, let’s put them together to quickly view metadata in Alfred.
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Usage:
Select a file and call the EXIF Data workflow with the et keyword. Map the four Hotkeys to bypass the main menu and execute options directly.
Select an item from the View in Alfred option to copy the tag’s information to the clipboard.
Select one or multiple items from the Choose from list option to copy the tag and its information to the clipboard.
Select the Export to file option to save metadata to a text file in ~/Documents/metadata/ using ExifTool. One or multiple files may be processed with this option. If the selection is not a supported file type, you are given the option to use mdls to view available information.
Select the Export mdls to file option to save metadata to a text file in ~/Documents/metadata/ using mdls. One or multiple files may be processed with this option.
System Modifications:
A metadata folder is created in Documents to archive the text files created by the Export to file and Export mdls to file commands.