Preview Photo EXIF query

[snerkler]

I'm using OS Tahoe, if I open a photo using preview and the click CMD + i to bring up the information is there a way to set it so that the EXIF data shows by default instead of having to click on EXIF every time to expand it please?

 

[!!!]

It should remember the last tab you were on, which is the case for me on Sequoia. If it doesn't, probably another Tahoe bug.

 

[snerkler]

It should remember the last tab you were on, which is the case for me on Sequoia. If it doesn't, probably another Tahoe bug.

Tahoe opens up photo info differently to previous OS's as you can see here, you have to click on EXIF to expand it.

 

[benholt]

same annoyance here since Tahoe. Preview's Inspector got rewritten as disclosure groups per-window and Apple didn't persist the open state across launches — it's a real regression, worth a Feedback report. what i landed on: Metapho (App Store, also has a Mac version now) for a fast popup on single images, or exiftool wrapped in a Finder Quick Action for anything batch. Photos.app Inspector still shows EXIF flat with no clicks if the image is imported, if you don't mind routing through there.

 

[snerkler]

same annoyance here since Tahoe. Preview's Inspector got rewritten as disclosure groups per-window and Apple didn't persist the open state across launches — it's a real regression, worth a Feedback report. what i landed on: Metapho (App Store, also has a Mac version now) for a fast popup on single images, or exiftool wrapped in a Finder Quick Action for anything batch. Photos.app Inspector still shows EXIF flat with no clicks if the image is imported, if you don't mind routing through there.

Thanks, feedback has been sent for what good it will do 👍🏻

 

[adrianlondon]

MacOS 27 (beta) works the same way. It opens the "General" tab each time.

I can't find a way to change that 🙁

 

[!!!]

MacOS 27 (beta) works the same way. It opens the "General" tab each time.

I can't find a way to change that 🙁

Submit feedback reports. Apple is making the OS worse, don't accept it.