STOP POSTING PICTURES WITH YOUR METADATA IN FULL VIEW
remove meta data from jpg on macOS using Terminal
you will need Brew install on your mac
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
install ExifTool
brew install exiftool
open terminal and change directory to the location of files you wish to remove meta data
Terminal commands
this will display the metadata in your file
exiftool your_file.jpeg
removed all metadata from your file
exiftool -all= -overwrite_original your_file.jpeg
Extra Paranoid removal
exiftool -all= --icc_profile:all -m -overwrite_original *.jpeg
validate your metadata has been removed
exiftool "your_file.jpg" | grep -i "gps\|location\|date\|camera\|iphone"
Pro-Tip, remove all metadata in files in a directory
exiftool -all= -overwrite_original -r *.jpeg *.jpeg *.png *.heic 2>/dev/null && echo "All metadata stripped ✅"
STOP POSTING PICTURES WITH YOUR METADATA IN FULL VIEW
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