Adding location to HEIC photos and videos without using photos app (Mac only)

I notice that after transfer, JPG photos will have location embedded into its metadata however the HEIC photos don't.

Is there a software or app that you can manually add to the HEIC photos AND videos?

Thanks

Claire.

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 18, 2022 04:35 AM

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2 replies

Aug 18, 2022 06:24 AM in response to clairemissy

.heic should have the same GPS as .jpg. Maybe you added it to .heic manually but used USB to transfer it to the Mac, which transfers the original? Anyways many apps (GraphicConverter, exiftool etc) can add GPS to them.

Movie metadata is a mess but at least exiftool can add or modify GPS that QuickTime Player and Photos.app display. For example:

exiftool -m -P -n -overwrite_original_in_place -Keys:GPSCoordinates='-36.6101 -66.91515 119.9' movie.mp4

VikingOSX

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Aug 18, 2022 06:21 AM in response to Matti Haveri

+1 for ExifTool. 😉

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Adding location to HEIC photos and videos without using photos app (Mac only)