What metadata is displayed from the local File system
On Windows Explorer, the basic metadata you will be able to see is under the Properties / Details tab:
On a Mac, via the Finder utility and Get Info, you will see the basic keyword data:
There are a couple of free utilities we mention in other articles for displaying all metadata.
Exiftool is an excellent command line utility.
XnViewMP is an excellent GUI utility.
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