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Harvey Posts ExifTool 13.44 Production Release
15 December 2025
Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v13.44, the first production release since v13.36 on Sept. 9. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.
Changes since the last non-production release include:
Version 13.44:
- Added read support for Kandao KVAR files
- Added a few new Panasonic tags (github #365)
- Added a new XMP-crs tag
- Added a few new Matroska tags
- Added a few values related to the new Raw file types for the Sony ILCE-7M5
- Decode a few new PhaseOne tags ( (github #372)
- Decode timed GPS and other metadata from Kandao MP4 videos
- Improvements to family 1 and 5 groups for tags in Matroska videos and prioritize top-level tags when duplicates exist
- Assume a default TimecodeScale of 1ms for MKV videos
- Patched to avoid runtime warning when parsing corrupted QuickTime data
- Fixed decoding of ShutterCount for Sony ILCE-7M5 (github #369)
We rely on the Perl library to write copyright information into the Exif header of our JPEGs and into DNG files. We also use it to read Exif header information. Our Services page includes a blow-by-blow account of building an OS X contextual menu service using ExifTool and we've added a Services Request form so you can request our help with your own software development.
We've explained how to reset the capture time in your images with ExifTool in Spring Back After The Fact. And we've written about using the tool in Copyrighter Pro to add copyright information to your images, as well. Most recently, we published Using Exiftool as an Image Organizer.
And we've also developed a Keyboard Maestro macro to install the tar.gz distribution on macOS. You may have to update the downloaded file name if using the original distribution.
It's really the Swiss Army knife of Exif data.