MetaScope v1.1.1

What’s New in MetaScope 1.1.1 (Build 13)

This is the first public 1.1 release. It consolidates the native Photos workflow, the unified video experience, professional viewer polish, and stability updates for macOS 26, plus an embedded ExifTool 13.36 refresh.

🎯 Overview

MetaScope 1.1.1 delivers native Apple Photos integration, a single video experience across Files and Photos, and a refined GPU viewer with predictable progressive quality. It also includes macOS 26 reliability fixes and the latest embedded ExifTool.

📸 Native Photos Integration

• Browse Photos albums and assets alongside the filesystem.
• Multi-tab Info Panel: Summary, Dates, Camera, Location, Resources, Adjustments, Technical, Video.
• Inline preview and pop-out viewer for Photos images and videos.
• PHAssetResource export with progress + network handling.
• Fast metadata prefetching and caching keep tabs responsive on large libraries.

🎬 Unified Video Preview & Pop-out

• Consistent player and zoom across Files and Photos.
• Shortcuts: J/K/L seek & play, [ ] playback rate, + / -, ⌘+ / ⌘- / ⌘0.
• Pinch to zoom, ⌥/⌘+Scroll, double-click Fit <-> 100%.
• Photos: iCloud download progress UI with Cancel/Retry.

🖼️ Image Viewer Reliability & Defaults

• Sparkles (full-resolution) reliably loads Full and resets correctly when you move to the next image.
• Auto-Full at 100%: ON by default; the first time you reach 100%, Full loads automatically.
• Auto-Upgrade at Fit: OFF by default; Fit stays quick and memory-predictable.
• Debug overlay reports tex=pending until the first Metal upload, then shows exact texture size; overlay stays in sync with the presented frame.
• Photos items now show a true file size when available; otherwise display ’-’.

🔧 Improvements

• ExifTool 13.36 embedded for broader camera coverage and improved stability/timeouts.
• Subscription Sheet polished for macOS 26 (footer actions remain visible in taller sheets).
• Small Preview progressive stepping unified with pop-out rules for consistent behavior.
• Verbose Logging for previews is now gated by a setting (quieter default console).
• PDF Exports use timestamped default filenames to prevent accidental overwrite.
• External Drives use persistent security-scoped bookmarks for reliable access.

🛠️ Fixes

• Photos on macOS 26: Launch crash eliminated (updated privacy/TCC flow).
• Keyboard focus: EXIF editor Spacebar no longer leaks to pop-out.
• Zoom UI: Zoom menu and toolbar +/- buttons respond instantly for image and video viewers.
• Protected Folders: Selecting Documents/Desktop now prompts for access via system panel and saves a bookmark for future sessions.

✅ Requirements

• macOS 15.4+ recommended, Photos permissions required to browse the Photos library.
• Large RAW/video previews may require additional disk and GPU memory.

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MetaScope 1.1.1 (Build 13): native Photos, unified video, and a rock-solid viewer for professional metadata workflows on macOS.