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Hi all --

I'm having trouble getting Hazel to recognize the camera device model on jpegs. I've confirmed that the file contains this information in the EXIF/TIFF metadata both by looking at it with FileViewer (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/file-viewer/id495987613) and by running EXIFTool:

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exiftool -a -G1 -s IMG_8921.jpg | grep iPhone | more


which produces:

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[IFD0]          Model                           : iPhone 8
[ExifIFD]       LensModel                       : iPhone 8 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8
[Composite]     LensID                          : iPhone 8 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8


So I would expect Hazel to recognize the device model as "iPhone 8". However, this same jpeg file does not trigger a Hazel rule that checks for "Device Model is not blank".

Any suggestions?

Select the file in Finder and do "Get Info". Do you see the model there?

Yes

Actually I just noticed this is an HEIC file, not JPEG. I assume the metadata processing is the same there, but maybe not?

Shouldn't matter as long as the metadata is available to Spotlight. I suggest going through the troubleshooting guide here: https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-tro ... ing-guide/

In particular, the preview should shed some light on things.

Hi all --

Just to close this thread out: the issue has gone away on its own. And by "on its own", I mean, after a varying number of system updates, MacOS reboots, and `brew update` runs that upgraded EXIFTool at least once, the issue no longer occurs. Bottom line is that its pretty clear this wasn't a Hazel issue and device metadata is being processed as expected now.

Thanks,
Ramon