Image::ExifTool::MacOS(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::MacOS(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::MacOS - Read/write MacOS system tags

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to extract MDItem* and XAttr* tags on MacOS systems using the "mdls" and "xattr" utilities respectively. It also reads metadata directly from the MacOS "\_." sidecar files that are used on some filesystems to store file attributes. Writable tags use "xattr", "setfile" or "osascript" for writing.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"MacOS Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::MacOS(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool