MetaBurn

Drop photos and videos on the window. MetaBurn writes cleaned copies with the EXIF, GPS, and device tags removed, and leaves your originals where they are.

Run it

1. Download MetaBurn.dmg
2. Drag MetaBurn.app into Applications
3. First launch: right-click the app and choose Open

Apple Silicon. Nothing else to install.

Click Open Files, drop the media, then drag the cleaned copies out of Photos or Videos. Turn on Remove audio when a video copy should be silent.

HEIC and HEIF become .jpg. Videos are remuxed when that keeps the picture intact. GIF, WebM, AVI, and MKV are skipped.

Photos	jpg, jpeg, png, heic, heif, webp, tiff, bmp, jp2
Videos	mov, mp4, m4v

Build it yourself

git clone https://github.com/RazorBackRoar/MetaBurn.git
cd MetaBurn
swift test
./scripts/build-mac.sh

swift test needs the full Xcode.app. The DMG lands at build/Release/MetaBurn.dmg.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

If you need me, give me a holler.

Runtime Requirements

For users:

• Download the macOS .dmg or .app release. Xcode/Swift do not need to be installed.

For developers:

• Toolchain: Swift 6 on Apple Silicon.
• Run: swift build then swift run
• Test: swift test (full Xcode.app)
• Package: ./scripts/build-mac.sh