How To Archives - The Photo Investigator

A common cause of confusion when checking a photo’s metadata, is that there is none to be found! Usually when…

Learn how to view an obscure kind of metadata, xattr Extended File Attributes, in your iPhone photos and videos.

How are Portrait Mode Photos Made? When taking a Portrait photo, the iPhone creates a “depth map” of the scene.…

Now that geotags are so common, it can be upsetting to see that some pictures don’t have them when they…

Why Would I Do This? I used this trick to have a picture of my wife always show up first…

Here we’ll learn how to add GPS locations to photos which didn’t get geotagged. Even if you have the Camera…

If you upload a picture of your cat, can others pinpoint your location? When you take a photo with a…

No one wants to be caught off guard, sending their GPS location unknowingly. You’re about to learn how to find…

Do you want to see where a photo that was sent to you in Messages was taken? We’ll use the Photo…