EXIF Data Columns Not Displaying for All Files

Leo,
I export, download, copy, or move millions of photos every year. Depending on the method used to get photos from Apple devices and/or iCloud, one might get JPEG or one might get HEIF/HEIC. One does not always have a choice to get JPEG.
I have a mentorship program for teaching photo organizing, and by coincidence, I got an email with screenshots of HEIC photos (from a new student showing HEIC photos without a Date Taken:


There are 11,000 HEIC in the photo collection she is just starting to work with.

HEIC is supported by applications including:

  • File Explorer
  • Finder (Mac)
  • PhotoSweeper (Mac only)
  • Photo Mechanic
  • Adobe Bridge
  • Adobe Lightroom Classic
  • On1
  • ACDSee
  • Mylio
  • Duplicate Cleaner pro (PC only)
  • Excire Foto

I can understand not supporting JPEG2000, but I just don't understand the choice to not support HEIF/HEIC.

Please add support for HEIC.

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