What is new?

Foto Organizer 1.4.0 is here.

Compared with 1.3.3 · Released on 13 November 2026

New in 1.4.0 (648)

Camera profiles for manufacturer and model on local images and supported MP4/MOV structures, with a preview, explicit confirmation, an original backup and conflict-checked restoration.
Adjust camera metadata in Apple Photos through verified original export and replacement. Other metadata and album order must be preserved; the result receives a new asset ID. Non-transferable Photos People and Memories relationships remain an explicit limitation.
The metadata editor clearly groups sections and expandable actions while retaining your drafts, including in the SD workspace.
Keyword actions during import show complete individual values, require explicit confirmation and read back the result through PhotoKit.
Deliberately enabled local diagnostics with preview, saving and deliberate sharing. Capture and regular UI polling are off by default; events are limited to fixed technical categories.
A preserving camera-field writer for supported MP4/MOV structures and strictly checked local sample ranges. The included partial fix does not fully resolve the known GoPro/ACL issue.

1.3.3 · Filters, export and conversion accounting

Combined media-format filters, separate result and storage cards in the export inspector, Finder reveal for local media, SD stop and the clearer GPS symbol remain included. Confirmed NEF→DNG, TIFF→JPEG and video→MOV replacements use actual savings, separate from backup and working-folder costs. Unknown sizes and extra consumption do not count as positive savings.

The GitHub edition is signed with Apple Development and requires Apple Silicon and macOS 27 or later. No notarisation, Gatekeeper approval or App Store approval. Publication does not establish full native acceptance.

Release notes

The basic functions were specifically accepted. Individual known issues and complete native checks remain separate; publication does not claim complete freedom from errors.

Known limit of 1.4.0

Known camera issue remains open

On files without extended access permissions (ACLs), file-stamp capture may stop with an unsupported message before metadata evaluation. The existing partial fix is included; further correction belongs to 1.4.1 and is not part of this release. Universal GoPro/telemetry compatibility is not claimed.

Review limits before confirming

Photos replacement and recovery

Replacing an original in Apple Photos creates a new asset ID. People, Memories and other non-transferable internal relationships are not covered by metadata preservation. Keep originals, backups and job folders; the desired camera display and complete error, crash, recovery and VoiceOver acceptance are not generally established.

1.4.0 (648) released

Availability

The release is stored in the private GitHub repository. Repository access is required to download the app. It requires Apple Silicon and macOS 27 or later. Test statistics are not automatically transferred to the regular production container.

Published release: 1.4.0 (648), tag v1.4.0. The app ZIP, source manifest, checksums and technical evidence are stored in the private GitHub repository. Later corrections for 1.4.1 are not automatically included in this release.