Version History

Changes in version 1.6.0b10 [Download]

• Release date: 05/11/08
• Fixed bug introduced in the beta 6 release that failed to update changes in the time zone correctly.

Changes in version 1.6.0b9 [Download]

• Release date: 05/10/08
• Fixed hang on files with duplicate tags, in particular NEF files.
• Reconnected the photo thumbnail browser, but full functionality is still contingent on Apple fixing the IKImageBrowser/GC memory leak.

Changes in version 1.6.0b8 [Download]

• Release date: 04/26/08
• Fixed a major sign error bug in the XMP GPS coordinates introduced in the beta 7 release (EXIF GPS coordinates were fine).

Changes in version 1.6.0b7 [Download]

• Release date: 04/20/08
• Fixed a bug with where the time restriction would not be applied when no preceding or next point exists.
• Fixed an occasional hang during GPX file import.
• Removed all dependence on ImageIO, consequently dropping memory usage per photo by more than a factor of 10.
• Fixed a bug that didn’t allow file paths with apostrophes.
• Vastily improved the handling of XMP metedata, this fixes a problem with DNGs (and probably other RAW file types).

Changes in version 1.6.0b6 [Download]

• Release date: 04/10/08
• Upgraded ExifTool, which works around Canon 40D CR2 image problems.
• Dumped ImageIO in favor of ExifTool for DateTimeDigitized tag -- working around yet another ImageIO bug.

Changes in version 1.6.0b5 [Download]

• Release date: 12/20/07
• Completely rewritten for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and will not run in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
• Documentation, localizations, GPS download and a photo browser are still missing from previous versions. For now, refer to the online documentation from the previous version and use GPSBabel for track download in GPX file format. The photo browser will be fixed when Apple fixes the IKImageBrowser, for now, use the list view.
• New, more polished interface.
• Much faster and multi-threaded.
• More flexible map server preferences.

Changes in version 1.5.3 [Download]

• Release date: 12/20/07
• This is the last Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger version.
• Support for Panasonic FAW files.
• Upgraded GPSBabel to 1.3.4, fixing 10.4.10 USB changes.
• Upgraded ExifTool to version 6.99.
• Added GPSTimeStamp and GPSDateStamp tags when tagging with real GPS points (interpolated points won't write these tags).

Changes in version 1.5.2 [Download]

• Release date: 07/12/07
• Check to see that perl library loads at startup.
• Fixed crash while building thumbnails.
• Speed up to thumbnail building and support for RAW file thumbnails.
• Upgraded to CamelBones 1.0.2
• Added support for Olympus “.orf” RAW files.
• Added support for “THM” files (CRW sidecar files).
• Fixed below sea level elevation bug (1.4 regression).
• Batch time shifting now only presents a single alert dialog instead of one for each photo.
• Allows redownloading of City, State and Country metadata, based on existing GPS tags.
• Fixed crash caused by trying to load the download tracks menu.
• Fixed sign error on latitude/longitude in certain cases (1.4 regression).

Changes in version 1.5.1 [Download]

• Release date: 11/16/06
• More detailed error messages.
• Handles loading folders containing images (1.4 regression).
• Writes to images with bad makernote offsets (including tutorial images).
• Fixes skipped already linked photos bug (1.4 regression).

Changes in version 1.5.0 [Download]

• Release date: 10/30/06
• Fixed 10.4.8 incompatibility.
• Support for RAW image formats.
• Manually enter GPS coordinates.
• Shift the date & time stamp on the photos.
• Preserves the Finder icon.
• Preserves the Finder creation date.
• Bug fixes (including egregious memory leak).
• Improved GPS support.

Changes in version 1.4.0 [Download]

• Release date: 8/28/06
• MacOSX 10.4 or greater.
• Universal Binary.
• Download from Garmin GPS with USB.
• Google Maps, Topozone, and Terraserver map servers support.
• Custom map servers.
• Better support for writing Exif tags around makernotes.
• Italian localization. Thanks Claudio!

Changes in version 1.3.0 [Download]

• Release date: 5/13/05
• Automatically saves city, state and country based on GPS location.
• Download directly from GPS.
• Includes tutorial.
• Improved thumbnail matrix.
• Drag and drop.
• Enhanced interface.
• Better error checking, bug fixes.

Changes in version 1.1.0 [Download]

• Release date: 2/04/05
• Batch mode.
• Manual linking with waypoints and track points.
• Photo thumbnails.
• Robust time offset settings.
• Multiple bug fixes.

Changes in version 1.0.4 [Download]

• Release date: 10/28/04
• Fixed a bug which caused some gpx files to be unreadable.
• Added the GPSVersionID tag. This is a required tag which specifies the Exif version, 2.2.

Changes in version 1.0.3 [Download]

• Release date: 10/10/04
• Added 'View on Map' button for the current image.
• Altitude is now recorded if available.
• The map datum is also added to the image file.
• Time between track points is given.
• More significant figures are correctly recorded (although in the future this should adjust according to what's available)

Changes in version 1.0.2 [Download]

• Release date: 10/05/04
• Fixed a nasty bug which corrupted some jpegs coming from the Canon 20D.
• Added support for .jpe files.

Changes in version 1.0.0 [Download]

• Release date: 9/29/04
• Initial release.