{"id":53194,"date":"2019-09-24T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=53194"},"modified":"2019-09-27T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:10:11","slug":"how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geotagging allows you to add\u00a0geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata. To geotag a picture in macOS Photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the photo you want to tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Info from the Window menu in the top, left-hand side of the Mac display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of baby in Photos with geotag information dialog box\" class=\"wp-image-53248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo.jpg 643w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-187x120.jpg 187w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-284x182.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-190x122.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo@2x.jpg 1286w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-187x120@2x.jpg 374w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-284x182@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-190x122@2x.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-100x65@2x.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Assign a Location in the Info panel that appears and start typing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all there is to it.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geotagging allows you to add\u00a0geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata. To geotag a picture in macOS Photos: Open Photos. Choose the photo you want to tag. Select Info from the Window menu in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":53251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-53194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS&#039;s Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn&#039;t. Here&#039;s how!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS&#039;s Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn&#039;t. Here&#039;s how!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rocket Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-572x650.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"572\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis Sellers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis Sellers\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dennis Sellers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1583ce4e38fc736c85cdd5758da43c91\"},\"headline\":\"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\"},\"wordCount\":94,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Geotag\",\"macOS\",\"Photos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tech Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\",\"name\":\"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS's Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn't. Here's how!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Rocket Yard\",\"description\":\"Your source for expert tips, special deals, commentary, reviews, and the latest tech news.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"OWC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"OWC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1583ce4e38fc736c85cdd5758da43c91\",\"name\":\"Dennis Sellers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3d1a76050c9ba2bf8fa17ae880a72e56f662e46e7486428d750789a4d6ab1d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3d1a76050c9ba2bf8fa17ae880a72e56f662e46e7486428d750789a4d6ab1d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis Sellers\"},\"description\":\"Dennis has over 40 years of journalism experience and has written hundreds of articles. For the past 20-plus years, he's been an online journalist, covering mainly Apple Inc. He's written for MacCentral, MacWorld, MacMinute, Macsimum News, Apple Daily Report, and is now contributing editor at Apple World Today.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.appleworld.today\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/appleworldtoday\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/apple-world-today\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/appleworldtoday\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUnDTuaRnXncKQXfQYVNIJA\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/dennis-sellers\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App","description":"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS's Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn't. Here's how!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App","og_description":"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS's Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn't. Here's how!","og_url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/","og_site_name":"Rocket Yard","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday","article_published_time":"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":572,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-572x650.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dennis Sellers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis Sellers"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/"},"author":{"name":"Dennis Sellers","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1583ce4e38fc736c85cdd5758da43c91"},"headline":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App","datePublished":"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/"},"wordCount":94,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Geotag","macOS","Photos"],"articleSection":["Tech Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/","name":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-24T13:30:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-27T15:10:11+00:00","description":"Geotagging allows you to add geographical identification metadata to photographs right in macOS's Photos app \u2013 even if your camera didn't. Here's how!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/53194-how-to-geotag-a-photo-in-the-macos-photos-app\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Geotag a Photo in the macOS Photos App"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/","name":"Rocket Yard","description":"Your source for expert tips, special deals, commentary, reviews, and the latest tech news.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"OWC","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rocket-yard-logo-round.png","width":1024,"height":1024,"caption":"OWC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1583ce4e38fc736c85cdd5758da43c91","name":"Dennis Sellers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3d1a76050c9ba2bf8fa17ae880a72e56f662e46e7486428d750789a4d6ab1d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3d1a76050c9ba2bf8fa17ae880a72e56f662e46e7486428d750789a4d6ab1d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis Sellers"},"description":"Dennis has over 40 years of journalism experience and has written hundreds of articles. For the past 20-plus years, he's been an online journalist, covering mainly Apple Inc. He's written for MacCentral, MacWorld, MacMinute, Macsimum News, Apple Daily Report, and is now contributing editor at Apple World Today.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.appleworld.today","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/appleworldtoday\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/apple-world-today\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/appleworldtoday\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AWToday","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUnDTuaRnXncKQXfQYVNIJA"],"url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/dennis-sellers\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/geotag_photo-572x650.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmPaT-dPY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53700,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53194\/revisions\/53700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}