ExifToolis a powerful, cross-platform command-line application for reading, writing, and editing metadata in a wide range of file formats—including images, audio, video, and documents. It is the backend metadata writing tool for IMatch.

Move and rename

Command to organise and rename from SD card to IMatch import.

& 'C:\Program Files\photools.com\imatch6\exiftool.exe' -r -o . -d S:/memories/import/%Y/%m/%Y-%m-%d/%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%Se "-filename<datetimeoriginal" E:\

Copy and file, keep original in place

& 'C:\Program Files\photools.com\imatch6\exiftool.exe' -r -o . -d S:/memories/import/%Y/%m/%Y-%m-%d "-directory<datetimeoriginal" -progress e:\

Fix errors with ModifyDate that won’t write back from IMatch

Check samples that the metadata required is in the file. Then

& "c:\Program Files\photools.com\imatch6\exiftool.exe" -TagsFromFile @ "-all:all>all:all" -overwrite_original .

FileName and Directory tags