---
name: "Image::ExifTool::MacOS"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::MacOS"
---

# Image::ExifTool::MacOS(3pm)

Read/write MacOS system tags

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

## 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

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

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