I am running MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 on an iMac. Sometime last July, the Finder started hiding the metadata of downloaded photos. Its behavior varied for a while, but now it seems to have settled down to the following.
I open a pic — e.g., https://fs3.fotoload.ru/f/0220/1580572066/e367aaa0e2.jpg — in a browser window and drag it to the Desktop. The Finder's Get Info shows this:
I open a Column-view Finder window for the Desktop, with all the Image Preview Options enabled, and select the pic. I get this:
I drag the pic to a folder, which is also in Column view. The metadata appears briefly (< 1 sec), then changes to this:
Get Info shows only this:
That's also what I get if I drag the pic directly from the browser to the destination folder.
If I open the pic in Preview, it shows the metadata. What can I do to get the Finder to act like it used to and always show the metadata? I have installed no Finder extensions or photo management software.
Best Answer
Under the View menu, there is an item "Preview Options". This allows you to specify what data will be shown in the Preview pane.
This item (and the various parameters it contains) may only be available when you the Preview panel is showing and you have an image file selected.
These are the defaults: