diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58d33c1..8d1f865 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ quak/
         backup.ts       resilient full-account backup with dedup
         metadata-backup.ts
                         backup-metadata: the metadata quak keeps, as JSON
+        exif.ts         EXIF read from a JPEG's bytes
         mldata-fetch.ts fetch + decrypt per-file ML data
         filename.ts     safe file names from server metadata
         errors.ts       error types shared across layers
@@ -692,16 +693,40 @@ https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/quak/issues/75).
 
 An `Album` exposes its record fields and `album.photos.list()` → `Photo[]`
 (newest first). A `Photo` exposes its record fields other than `thumbnailPath`
-and `originalPath`, `photo.record()` → `PhotoRecord`, and two content methods:
+and `originalPath`, and `photo.year`, the local-time year of `takenAt`, all as
+synchronous getters read from RAM; `photo.record()` → `PhotoRecord`. Two more
+synchronous getters look at the disk and never touch the network:
+
+- `photo.savePath` → `string | undefined` — where `lib.backup()` writes the
+  original, `originals/<fileID>.<ext>` under the `downloadDirectory` the library
+  was opened with, whether or not it is there yet. For a live photo the backup
+  has stored, it is the image's path, whose extension comes from inside the live
+  photo and can differ from the title's. `undefined` when the library has no
+  `downloadDirectory` or no content source.
+- `photo.isLocal` → `boolean` — whether the whole original is at `savePath`.
+
+Four async methods may download:
 
 - `await photo.original(opts?)` → `{ path, bytes, videoPath? }` — the
   full-resolution file. For a live photo, `path` and `bytes` are its image's and
   `videoPath` is its video.
 - `await photo.thumbnail(opts?)` → `{ path, bytes }`.
+- `await photo.content(opts?)` → `Uint8Array` — the original's bytes, read
+  through `original()`; for a live photo, its image's.
+- `await photo.exif(opts?)` → `PhotoExif` — `make`, `model`, `lensModel`,
+  `dateTimeOriginal`, `offsetTimeOriginal`, `exposureTime`, `fNumber`, `iso`,
+  `focalLength`, `orientation`, `gpsLatitude`, `gpsLongitude` and `gpsAltitude`,
+  each absent when the file lacks it. GPS values are signed decimal degrees and
+  metres. `dateTimeOriginal` is the camera's clock reading held in the `Date`'s
+  UTC fields; `offsetTimeOriginal`, when present, is that clock's offset from
+  UTC. Only a JPEG's EXIF is read: any other original gives `{}`, and a video
+  gives `{}` without being downloaded.
 
-Both serve from the on-disk content cache when the bytes are present and
-otherwise fetch through the pools; `opts.onProgress` reports per-file progress.
-They throw when the library was opened without a content source.
+They serve from the on-disk content cache, or the backup, when the bytes are
+present and otherwise fetch through the pools; `opts.onProgress` reports
+per-file progress. They throw when the library was opened without a content
+source. An original that `content()` or `exif()` downloads lands in the cache,
+which does not make `isLocal` true; only `lib.backup()` does.
 
 Lower-level accessors that return decrypted model objects (which hold key
 material) are also available: `listCollections()`, `getCollection(id)`,
@@ -713,10 +738,13 @@ material) are also available: `listCollections()`, `getCollection(id)`,
 The GUI-facing records hold no key material and no binary, so they survive
 `structuredClone`/JSON across the Electron IPC boundary:
 
-- `PhotoRecord`: `fileID`, `albumIDs`, `title`, `takenAt` (milliseconds),
-  `fileType`, optional `caption` / `width` / `height` / `latitude` /
-  `longitude`, `isArchived`, `isHidden`, and `thumbnailPath` / `originalPath`
-  once the bytes are cached (for a live photo, `originalPath` is its image).
+- `PhotoRecord`: `fileID`, `albumIDs`, `title`, `takenAt` and `modifiedAt`
+  (milliseconds), `fileType`, optional `caption` / `width` / `height` /
+  `latitude` / `longitude`, optional `hash` (the content hash recorded at
+  upload; very old files have none) and `fileSize` (the original's size in
+  bytes, as the server reports it), `isArchived`, `isHidden`, and
+  `thumbnailPath` / `originalPath` once the bytes are cached (for a live photo,
+  `originalPath` is its image).
 - `AlbumRecord`: `collectionID`, `name`, `type`, `isShared`, `updationTime`, and
   `fileIDs` (newest first).
 - `LibrarySnapshot`: `{ albums, photos, takenAt }`.
@@ -811,6 +839,7 @@ from a very old client, is stored unchecked.
 - `src/library/records.ts`: `PhotoRecord`, `AlbumRecord`, `LibrarySnapshot`,
   `LibraryChange`
 - `src/library/mlsearch.ts`: `MLDataAPI`, `SimilarResult`
+- `src/exif.ts`: `PhotoExif`
 - `src/library/pools.ts`: `RequestPools`, `RequestPoolsOptions`, `BoundedPool`
 - `src/backup.ts`: `BackupOptions`, `BackupResult`, `BackupError`
 - `src/client.ts`: `Client`, `LoginOptions`, `ClientSnapshot`
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 5799b9a..38e8033 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ declares one.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-01: A `Photo` has `savePath`, `isLocal`, `content()`, `exif()`,
+  `modifiedAt`, `hash`, `fileSize` and `year` (issue 141). `savePath` is where
+  `lib.backup()` writes the original under the library's download directory, and
+  `isLocal` says whether the whole original is there; both look only at the
+  disk. `content()` returns the original's bytes and `exif()` the common EXIF
+  fields of a JPEG; both may download the original, and `exif()` downloads no
+  video. `PhotoRecord` gains `modifiedAt`, `hash` and `fileSize`, and the JPEG
+  EXIF scan moved to `src/exif.ts`.
+
 - 2026-09-29: The "Workflow" list at the top of this file now says to branch
   from `next` and open a pull request that targets `next`, that the repository
   manager squash-merges a reviewed pull request into `next`, and that only sneak
diff --git a/src/exif.ts b/src/exif.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..778cbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exif.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+// EXIF in a JPEG's bytes. `backup-metadata --exif` records the whole EXIF block
+// it finds; `Photo.exif()` returns the common fields picked from it here.
+
+import exifReader from "exif-reader";
+
+// Find the raw EXIF APP1 segment in JPEG bytes. Returns `exif` (the segment
+// data, starting at the "Exif\0\0" header) when there is one, nothing when the
+// bytes are not a JPEG or carry no EXIF, and `error` when the segment layout is
+// malformed. Each segment length is checked against the bytes that remain and
+// each step moves forward by at least 4 bytes, so the scan ends on any input.
+export const extractExifFromJpeg = (
+    buf: Uint8Array,
+): { exif?: Buffer; error?: string } => {
+    if (buf[0] !== 0xff || buf[1] !== 0xd8) return {};
+    let offset = 2;
+    while (offset < buf.length) {
+        if (offset + 2 > buf.length)
+            return { error: `truncated segment marker at byte ${offset}` };
+        if (buf[offset] !== 0xff)
+            return { error: `no segment marker at byte ${offset}` };
+        const marker = buf[offset + 1]!;
+        if (marker === 0xda) return {}; // start of scan, no more markers
+        if (offset + 4 > buf.length)
+            return { error: `truncated segment length at byte ${offset}` };
+        const len = (buf[offset + 2]! << 8) | buf[offset + 3]!;
+        // The length counts its own two bytes, so anything under 2 is invalid.
+        if (len < 2)
+            return {
+                error: `segment length ${len} at byte ${offset} is too small`,
+            };
+        if (offset + 2 + len > buf.length)
+            return {
+                error: `segment length ${len} at byte ${offset} runs past the end of the file`,
+            };
+        if (marker === 0xe1) {
+            // APP1 — check for "Exif\0\0" header. A length under 8 cannot hold
+            // the six-byte header, so the segment is not EXIF; below 6 the
+            // bytes compared would also lie past the segment.
+            if (
+                len >= 8 &&
+                buf[offset + 4] === 0x45 &&
+                buf[offset + 5] === 0x78 &&
+                buf[offset + 6] === 0x69 &&
+                buf[offset + 7] === 0x66
+            ) {
+                return {
+                    exif: Buffer.from(
+                        buf.buffer,
+                        buf.byteOffset + offset + 4,
+                        len - 2,
+                    ),
+                };
+            }
+        }
+        offset += 2 + len;
+    }
+    return { error: "file ends before the image data" };
+};
+
+// The common EXIF fields of an original. Each is absent when the file lacks it.
+export interface PhotoExif {
+    make?: string;
+    model?: string;
+    lensModel?: string;
+    // When the photo was taken, by the camera's clock. EXIF writes this as text
+    // with no time zone, and exif-reader reads that text as if it were UTC: the
+    // Date's UTC fields are the clock reading, which is the moment it was taken
+    // only when the clock was set to UTC.
+    dateTimeOriginal?: Date;
+    // The camera clock's offset from UTC, such as "+02:00".
+    offsetTimeOriginal?: string;
+    // Seconds.
+    exposureTime?: number;
+    fNumber?: number;
+    iso?: number;
+    // Millimetres.
+    focalLength?: number;
+    // The EXIF orientation code, 1 to 8.
+    orientation?: number;
+    // Decimal degrees, negative south of the equator and west of Greenwich.
+    gpsLatitude?: number;
+    gpsLongitude?: number;
+    // Metres, negative below sea level.
+    gpsAltitude?: number;
+}
+
+const asString = (v: unknown): string | undefined =>
+    typeof v === "string" && v.length > 0 ? v : undefined;
+
+const asNumber = (v: unknown): number | undefined =>
+    typeof v === "number" && Number.isFinite(v) ? v : undefined;
+
+const asDate = (v: unknown): Date | undefined =>
+    v instanceof Date && !Number.isNaN(v.getTime()) ? v : undefined;
+
+// EXIF writes a GPS coordinate as three numbers: degrees, minutes and seconds.
+// This is them as decimal degrees, negated when `negative`.
+const asDegrees = (v: unknown, negative: boolean): number | undefined => {
+    if (!Array.isArray(v) || v.length !== 3) return undefined;
+    const [d, m, s] = v.map(asNumber);
+    if (d === undefined || m === undefined || s === undefined) return undefined;
+    const degrees = d + m / 60 + s / 3600;
+    return negative ? -degrees : degrees;
+};
+
+// The common fields of a JPEG's EXIF block: `{}` when the bytes are not a JPEG,
+// have no EXIF block, or exif-reader cannot parse it.
+export const readPhotoExif = (bytes: Uint8Array): PhotoExif => {
+    const { exif } = extractExifFromJpeg(bytes);
+    if (exif === undefined) return {};
+    let tags: ReturnType<typeof exifReader>;
+    try {
+        tags = exifReader(exif);
+    } catch {
+        return {};
+    }
+    const image = tags.Image ?? {};
+    const photo = tags.Photo ?? {};
+    const gps = tags.GPSInfo ?? {};
+    const altitude = asNumber(gps.GPSAltitude);
+    const fields: PhotoExif = {
+        make: asString(image.Make),
+        model: asString(image.Model),
+        lensModel: asString(photo.LensModel),
+        dateTimeOriginal: asDate(photo.DateTimeOriginal),
+        offsetTimeOriginal: asString(photo.OffsetTimeOriginal),
+        exposureTime: asNumber(photo.ExposureTime),
+        fNumber: asNumber(photo.FNumber),
+        iso: asNumber(photo.ISOSpeedRatings),
+        focalLength: asNumber(photo.FocalLength),
+        orientation: asNumber(image.Orientation),
+        gpsLatitude: asDegrees(gps.GPSLatitude, gps.GPSLatitudeRef === "S"),
+        gpsLongitude: asDegrees(gps.GPSLongitude, gps.GPSLongitudeRef === "W"),
+        // A GPSAltitudeRef of 1 means the altitude is below sea level.
+        gpsAltitude:
+            altitude !== undefined && gps.GPSAltitudeRef === 1
+                ? -altitude
+                : altitude,
+    };
+    // Leave out what the file lacks, so a missing field is absent rather than
+    // present and undefined.
+    return Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(fields).filter(([, v]) => v !== undefined),
+    ) as PhotoExif;
+};
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a0a4186..b5ebfe1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export type {
     LibrarySnapshot,
     LibraryChange,
 } from "./library/records.js";
+export type { PhotoExif } from "./exif.js";
 export { decryptCollection, decryptFile } from "./model/index.js";
 export { downloadFile, downloadThumbnail } from "./download/index.js";
 export type {
diff --git a/src/library/content.ts b/src/library/content.ts
index 2353fef..5b8805a 100644
--- a/src/library/content.ts
+++ b/src/library/content.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ export interface ContentOptions {
 export interface PhotoContent {
     original(fileID: number, opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<ContentResult>;
     thumbnail(fileID: number, opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<ContentResult>;
+    savePath(fileID: number): string | undefined;
+    isLocal(fileID: number): boolean;
 }
 
 export interface EnsureResult {
@@ -435,6 +437,29 @@ export class ContentCache implements PhotoContent, ThumbnailsAPI {
         return this.get(fileID, "thumbnail", "on-demand", opts?.onProgress);
     }
 
+    // Where a backup to the download directory stores the file's original,
+    // whether or not it is there yet: for a live photo already stored, its
+    // image. Undefined with no download directory.
+    savePath(fileID: number): string | undefined {
+        const file = this.getFile(fileID);
+        if (this.downloadDirectory === undefined || file === undefined)
+            return undefined;
+        const dir = join(this.downloadDirectory, "originals");
+        return (
+            storedOriginal(dir, file)?.path ?? join(dir, nameInOriginals(file))
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Whether the whole original is in the download directory, as a backup
+    // stores it. A copy only in the cache does not count.
+    isLocal(fileID: number): boolean {
+        const file = this.getFile(fileID);
+        if (this.downloadDirectory === undefined || file === undefined)
+            return false;
+        const dir = join(this.downloadDirectory, "originals");
+        return storedOriginal(dir, file) !== undefined;
+    }
+
     // Get an original for a backup. One not present anywhere is written
     // straight to `destination` and recorded there, so no second copy lands
     // in the cache; one already present is returned where it is.
diff --git a/src/library/read.ts b/src/library/read.ts
index 09b95cf..af9b354 100644
--- a/src/library/read.ts
+++ b/src/library/read.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@
 // access and, for an album, its photos. They are not sent across IPC — the
 // plain records are the serializable surface, and `record()` returns one.
 //
-// A `Photo` also fetches its own bytes: `original()` and `thumbnail()` go
-// through the on-disk content cache (issue #46), the one place in this module
-// that is not synchronous and RAM-only. A library opened without a content
-// source leaves that cache absent, and those two methods then throw.
+// A `Photo` also fetches its own bytes: `original()`, `thumbnail()`,
+// `content()` and `exif()` go through the on-disk content cache (issue #46),
+// and are the one place in this module that may touch the network. A library
+// opened without a content source leaves that cache absent, and those methods
+// then throw. `savePath` and `isLocal` look only at the disk.
 
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+
+import { readPhotoExif, type PhotoExif } from "../exif.js";
 import type { CollectionType, FileType } from "../model/types.js";
 import type { ContentOptions, ContentResult, PhotoContent } from "./content.js";
 import type { AlbumRecord, PhotoRecord, DerivedRecords } from "./records.js";
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ const byNewestAlbum = (a: AlbumRecord, b: AlbumRecord): number =>
 export class Photo {
     constructor(
         private readonly rec: PhotoRecord,
-        private readonly content?: PhotoContent,
+        private readonly cache?: PhotoContent,
     ) {}
 
     get fileID(): number {
@@ -50,6 +54,13 @@ export class Photo {
     get takenAt(): number {
         return this.rec.takenAt;
     }
+    get modifiedAt(): number {
+        return this.rec.modifiedAt;
+    }
+    // The local-time year of `takenAt`.
+    get year(): number {
+        return new Date(this.rec.takenAt).getFullYear();
+    }
     get fileType(): FileType {
         return this.rec.fileType;
     }
@@ -68,6 +79,12 @@ export class Photo {
     get longitude(): number | undefined {
         return this.rec.longitude;
     }
+    get hash(): string | undefined {
+        return this.rec.hash;
+    }
+    get fileSize(): number | undefined {
+        return this.rec.fileSize;
+    }
     get isArchived(): boolean {
         return this.rec.isArchived;
     }
@@ -75,6 +92,20 @@ export class Photo {
         return this.rec.isHidden;
     }
 
+    // The path `lib.backup()` writes the original to in the library's download
+    // directory, whether or not it is there yet; for a live photo, its image.
+    // Undefined when the library has no download directory or no content
+    // cache.
+    get savePath(): string | undefined {
+        return this.cache?.savePath(this.rec.fileID);
+    }
+
+    // Whether the whole original is at `savePath`. A copy only in the cache
+    // does not count.
+    get isLocal(): boolean {
+        return this.cache?.isLocal(this.rec.fileID) ?? false;
+    }
+
     record(): PhotoRecord {
         return this.rec;
     }
@@ -84,21 +115,36 @@ export class Photo {
     // `videoPath`. Served from the cache (or the backup download directory)
     // when already present, otherwise fetched through the content pool.
     async original(opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<ContentResult> {
-        return this.contentOrThrow().original(this.rec.fileID, opts);
+        return this.cacheOrThrow().original(this.rec.fileID, opts);
     }
 
     // As `original`, for the thumbnail, through the thumbnail pool.
     async thumbnail(opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<ContentResult> {
-        return this.contentOrThrow().thumbnail(this.rec.fileID, opts);
+        return this.cacheOrThrow().thumbnail(this.rec.fileID, opts);
     }
 
-    private contentOrThrow(): PhotoContent {
-        if (!this.content) {
+    // The original's bytes, read from where `original()` puts it. For a live
+    // photo, its image's.
+    async content(opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+        const { path } = await this.original(opts);
+        return readFile(path);
+    }
+
+    // The common EXIF fields of the original, read from `content()`, so this
+    // may download it. Only a JPEG's EXIF is read; any other file gives `{}`,
+    // and a video gives it without fetching anything.
+    async exif(opts?: ContentOptions): Promise<PhotoExif> {
+        if (this.rec.fileType === "video") return {};
+        return readPhotoExif(await this.content(opts));
+    }
+
+    private cacheOrThrow(): PhotoContent {
+        if (!this.cache) {
             throw new Error(
                 "Photo content requires a library opened with a content cache",
             );
         }
-        return this.content;
+        return this.cache;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/library/records.ts b/src/library/records.ts
index c06681f..28f0546 100644
--- a/src/library/records.ts
+++ b/src/library/records.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 // owner ruling 5). The decrypted `Collection`/`EnteFile` objects stay in RAM in
 // the main process; the window only ever sees these records.
 //
-// Ente holds edited/basic times in microseconds; records expose `takenAt` in
-// milliseconds. The magic-metadata field names below are the ones the Ente
-// clients write, confirmed against the repo's own fixtures: `w`/`h` in
-// test/cli/metadata-backup.test.ts, `visibility` in test/library/store.test.ts.
+// Ente holds edited/basic times in microseconds; records expose `takenAt` and
+// `modifiedAt` in milliseconds. The magic-metadata field names below are the
+// ones the Ente clients write, confirmed against the repo's own fixtures:
+// `w`/`h` in test/cli/metadata-backup.test.ts, `visibility` in
+// test/library/store.test.ts.
 
 import type {
     Collection,
@@ -33,12 +34,19 @@ export interface PhotoRecord {
     // Milliseconds. `pubMagicMetadata.editedTime` when the user edited the
     // date, else basic-metadata `creationTime`.
     takenAt: number;
+    // Milliseconds. Basic-metadata `modificationTime`.
+    modifiedAt: number;
     fileType: FileType;
     caption?: string;
     width?: number;
     height?: number;
     latitude?: number;
     longitude?: number;
+    // The content hash the uploader recorded (`FileMetadata.hash`); files from
+    // very old clients have none.
+    hash?: string;
+    // The original's size in bytes, as the server reports it.
+    fileSize?: number;
     isArchived: boolean;
     isHidden: boolean;
     // Local cache paths, set once a later phase caches the bytes; unset here.
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ const toPhotoRecord = (
         albumIDs,
         title: asString(pub.editedName) ?? rep.metadata.title,
         takenAt: microsToMillis(takenAtMicros),
+        modifiedAt: microsToMillis(rep.metadata.modificationTime),
         fileType: rep.metadata.fileType,
         isArchived: visibility === VISIBILITY_ARCHIVED,
         isHidden: visibility === VISIBILITY_HIDDEN,
@@ -140,6 +149,8 @@ const toPhotoRecord = (
         record.latitude = rep.metadata.latitude;
     if (rep.metadata.longitude !== undefined)
         record.longitude = rep.metadata.longitude;
+    if (rep.metadata.hash !== undefined) record.hash = rep.metadata.hash;
+    if (rep.file.size !== undefined) record.fileSize = rep.file.size;
 
     return record;
 };
diff --git a/src/metadata-backup.ts b/src/metadata-backup.ts
index 2bee63e..420fb9e 100644
--- a/src/metadata-backup.ts
+++ b/src/metadata-backup.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import * as jpeg from "jpeg-js";
 import exifReader from "exif-reader";
 import type { Client } from "./client.js";
+import { extractExifFromJpeg } from "./exif.js";
 import type { Library, Photo } from "./library/index.js";
 import { sanitizeFileName } from "./filename.js";
 import {
@@ -19,60 +20,6 @@ export interface MetadataBackupOptions {
     onProgress?: ProgressCallback;
 }
 
-// Find the raw EXIF APP1 segment in JPEG bytes. Returns `exif` (the segment
-// data, starting at the "Exif\0\0" header) when there is one, nothing when the
-// bytes are not a JPEG or carry no EXIF, and `error` when the segment layout is
-// malformed. Each segment length is checked against the bytes that remain and
-// each step moves forward by at least 4 bytes, so the scan ends on any input.
-export const extractExifFromJpeg = (
-    buf: Uint8Array,
-): { exif?: Buffer; error?: string } => {
-    if (buf[0] !== 0xff || buf[1] !== 0xd8) return {};
-    let offset = 2;
-    while (offset < buf.length) {
-        if (offset + 2 > buf.length)
-            return { error: `truncated segment marker at byte ${offset}` };
-        if (buf[offset] !== 0xff)
-            return { error: `no segment marker at byte ${offset}` };
-        const marker = buf[offset + 1]!;
-        if (marker === 0xda) return {}; // start of scan, no more markers
-        if (offset + 4 > buf.length)
-            return { error: `truncated segment length at byte ${offset}` };
-        const len = (buf[offset + 2]! << 8) | buf[offset + 3]!;
-        // The length counts its own two bytes, so anything under 2 is invalid.
-        if (len < 2)
-            return {
-                error: `segment length ${len} at byte ${offset} is too small`,
-            };
-        if (offset + 2 + len > buf.length)
-            return {
-                error: `segment length ${len} at byte ${offset} runs past the end of the file`,
-            };
-        if (marker === 0xe1) {
-            // APP1 — check for "Exif\0\0" header. A length under 8 cannot hold
-            // the six-byte header, so the segment is not EXIF; below 6 the
-            // bytes compared would also lie past the segment.
-            if (
-                len >= 8 &&
-                buf[offset + 4] === 0x45 &&
-                buf[offset + 5] === 0x78 &&
-                buf[offset + 6] === 0x69 &&
-                buf[offset + 7] === 0x66
-            ) {
-                return {
-                    exif: Buffer.from(
-                        buf.buffer,
-                        buf.byteOffset + offset + 4,
-                        len - 2,
-                    ),
-                };
-            }
-        }
-        offset += 2 + len;
-    }
-    return { error: "file ends before the image data" };
-};
-
 // Extract dimensions, EXIF and XMP from a file's bytes. When the EXIF segment
 // is malformed or cannot be parsed, the record carries the reason in
 // `exifError`.
diff --git a/test/cli/metadata-exif.test.ts b/test/cli/metadata-exif.test.ts
index 4a8cf55..870826c 100644
--- a/test/cli/metadata-exif.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/metadata-exif.test.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import {
-    extractExifFromJpeg,
-    extractImageMetadata,
-} from "../../src/metadata-backup.js";
+import { extractExifFromJpeg } from "../../src/exif.js";
+import { extractImageMetadata } from "../../src/metadata-backup.js";
 
 const SOI = [0xff, 0xd8]; // start of image
 const SOS = [0xff, 0xda, 0x00, 0x02]; // start of scan, where the scan stops
diff --git a/test/library/content-library.test.ts b/test/library/content-library.test.ts
index bebc9c4..aa5901d 100644
--- a/test/library/content-library.test.ts
+++ b/test/library/content-library.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * `Photo` objects that fetch through it, `lib.thumbnails.ensure` drives it, and
  * a cached path shows up on the projected record. A library opened without a
  * content source leaves those methods throwing rather than silently doing
- * nothing.
+ * nothing. It also covers a `Photo`'s `savePath`, `isLocal`, `content()` and
+ * `exif()`.
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import { Library, type LibraryOptions } from "../../src/library/index.js";
 import type { ContentSource } from "../../src/library/content.js";
 import type { CollectionsPage, FilesPage } from "../../src/client.js";
 import type { Collection, EnteFile } from "../../src/model/types.js";
-import { asLivePhoto, cdnSource, livePhotoZip } from "../live-photo.js";
+import { asLivePhoto, cdnSource, IMAGE, livePhotoZip } from "../live-photo.js";
 
 const USER_ID = 7;
 
@@ -70,14 +71,23 @@ class MockClient {
     }
 }
 
-// A content source that writes a marker file and counts thumbnail fetches.
-const stubSource = (): ContentSource & { thumbCalls: () => number } => {
+// A content source that writes `original` as every original and a marker file
+// as every thumbnail, and counts the fetches of each.
+const stubSource = (
+    original: string | Uint8Array = "orig-bytes",
+): ContentSource & {
+    originalCalls: () => number;
+    thumbCalls: () => number;
+} => {
+    let originalCalls = 0;
     let thumbCalls = 0;
     return {
+        originalCalls: () => originalCalls,
         thumbCalls: () => thumbCalls,
         original: async ({ destination }) => {
-            writeFileSync(destination, "orig-bytes");
-            return { bytesWritten: 10 };
+            originalCalls++;
+            writeFileSync(destination, original);
+            return { bytesWritten: original.length };
         },
         thumbnail: async ({ destination }) => {
             thumbCalls++;
@@ -211,3 +221,175 @@ describe("Library content wiring", () => {
         await lib.close();
     });
 });
+
+// Big-endian bytes for the hand-built JPEG below.
+const u16 = (n: number): number[] => [n >> 8, n & 0xff];
+const u32 = (n: number): number[] => [...u16(n >>> 16), ...u16(n & 0xffff)];
+const ascii = (s: string): number[] => [...new TextEncoder().encode(s), 0];
+const rational = (num: number, den: number): number[] => [
+    ...u32(num),
+    ...u32(den),
+];
+// One IFD entry: tag, type (1 BYTE, 2 ASCII, 3 SHORT, 4 LONG, 5 RATIONAL),
+// count, then the value when it fits in 4 bytes, else its offset.
+const entry = (
+    tag: number,
+    type: number,
+    count: number,
+    value: number[],
+): number[] => [...u16(tag), ...u16(type), ...u32(count), ...value];
+
+// The TIFF block of a JPEG's EXIF segment, holding Make, Model, Orientation and
+// a GPS position of 40°26'46" N, 79°58'56" W, 12.5 m below sea level. Offsets
+// count from the start of this block.
+const TIFF = [
+    ...[0x4d, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x2a], // big-endian TIFF
+    ...u32(8), // the first IFD's offset
+    // The first IFD, at 8: four entries, then no next IFD.
+    ...u16(4),
+    ...entry(0x010f, 2, 6, u32(62)), // Make
+    ...entry(0x0110, 2, 7, u32(68)), // Model
+    ...entry(0x0112, 3, 1, [...u16(6), 0, 0]), // Orientation
+    ...entry(0x8825, 4, 1, u32(76)), // the GPS IFD's offset
+    ...u32(0),
+    ...ascii("Canon"), // at 62
+    ...ascii("EOS R5"), // at 68
+    0, // a pad byte
+    // The GPS IFD, at 76: six entries, then no next IFD.
+    ...u16(6),
+    ...entry(0x0001, 2, 2, [...ascii("N"), 0, 0]), // GPSLatitudeRef
+    ...entry(0x0002, 5, 3, u32(154)), // GPSLatitude
+    ...entry(0x0003, 2, 2, [...ascii("W"), 0, 0]), // GPSLongitudeRef
+    ...entry(0x0004, 5, 3, u32(178)), // GPSLongitude
+    ...entry(0x0005, 1, 1, [1, 0, 0, 0]), // GPSAltitudeRef: below sea level
+    ...entry(0x0006, 5, 1, u32(202)), // GPSAltitude
+    ...u32(0),
+    ...[...rational(40, 1), ...rational(26, 1), ...rational(46, 1)], // at 154
+    ...[...rational(79, 1), ...rational(58, 1), ...rational(56, 1)], // at 178
+    ...rational(25, 2), // at 202
+];
+
+const JPEG_WITH_EXIF = new Uint8Array([
+    ...[0xff, 0xd8], // start of image
+    ...[0xff, 0xe1, ...u16(2 + 6 + TIFF.length)], // APP1 and its length
+    ...[...ascii("Exif"), 0], // "Exif\0\0"
+    ...TIFF,
+    ...[0xff, 0xda, 0x00, 0x02], // start of scan
+]);
+
+describe("Photo save path, local copy, content and EXIF", () => {
+    // The same account, with `files` in its album instead.
+    class FilesClient extends MockClient {
+        constructor(private readonly files: EnteFile[]) {
+            super();
+        }
+        override async filesSince(): Promise<FilesPage> {
+            return { files: this.files, deleted: [], cursor: 1 };
+        }
+    }
+
+    const open = (opts: Partial<LibraryOptions> = {}): Promise<Library> =>
+        Library.open({
+            client: new MockClient(),
+            cacheDirectory: join(root, "cache"),
+            downloadDirectory: join(root, "backup"),
+            contentSource: stubSource(),
+            refreshIntervalSeconds: 3600,
+            precacheThumbnails: false,
+            precacheOriginals: false,
+            ...opts,
+        });
+
+    it("names where a backup writes the original, which is local once the backup has written it", async () => {
+        const lib = await open();
+        const photo = lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!;
+        const savePath = join(root, "backup", "originals", "1.jpg");
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBe(savePath);
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(false);
+
+        await lib.backup();
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBe(savePath);
+        expect(existsSync(savePath)).toBe(true);
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(true);
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("returns the original's bytes, and a copy only in the cache is not local", async () => {
+        const lib = await open();
+        const photo = lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!;
+        expect(await photo.content()).toEqual(Buffer.from("orig-bytes"));
+        expect(existsSync(join(root, "cache", "originals", "1.jpg"))).toBe(
+            true,
+        );
+        expect(existsSync(photo.savePath!)).toBe(false);
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(false);
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("has no save path and is not local without a download directory", async () => {
+        const lib = await open({ downloadDirectory: undefined });
+        const photo = lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!;
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(false);
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("has no save path and is not local without a content source", async () => {
+        const lib = await open({ contentSource: undefined });
+        const photo = lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!;
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(false);
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("gives a live photo's image as its save path once a backup has stored it", async () => {
+        const { file: live, body } = await asLivePhoto(file(1, 1));
+        const lib = await open({
+            client: new FilesClient([live]),
+            contentSource: cdnSource(new Map([[1, body]])),
+        });
+        const photo = lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!;
+        const originals = join(root, "backup", "originals");
+        // Until then the name comes from the title, file-1.jpg; the backup
+        // stores the image with the extension found inside the live photo.
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBe(join(originals, "1.jpg"));
+
+        await lib.backup();
+        expect(photo.savePath).toBe(join(originals, "1.heic"));
+        expect(photo.isLocal).toBe(true);
+        expect(await photo.content()).toEqual(Buffer.from(IMAGE));
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("reads the common EXIF fields of a JPEG original", async () => {
+        const lib = await open({ contentSource: stubSource(JPEG_WITH_EXIF) });
+        expect(await lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!.exif()).toStrictEqual({
+            make: "Canon",
+            model: "EOS R5",
+            orientation: 6,
+            gpsLatitude: 40 + 26 / 60 + 46 / 3600,
+            gpsLongitude: -(79 + 58 / 60 + 56 / 3600),
+            gpsAltitude: -12.5,
+        });
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("returns no EXIF fields for an original that is not a JPEG", async () => {
+        const lib = await open();
+        expect(await lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!.exif()).toStrictEqual({});
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+
+    it("returns no EXIF fields for a video, without fetching it", async () => {
+        const video = file(1, 1);
+        video.metadata.fileType = "video";
+        const source = stubSource(JPEG_WITH_EXIF);
+        const lib = await open({
+            client: new FilesClient([video]),
+            contentSource: source,
+        });
+        expect(await lib.photos.byID({ fileID: 1 })!.exif()).toStrictEqual({});
+        expect(source.originalCalls()).toBe(0);
+        await lib.close();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/library/read.test.ts b/test/library/read.test.ts
index 2fe394a..4d3c1e7 100644
--- a/test/library/read.test.ts
+++ b/test/library/read.test.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ describe("lib.photos", () => {
         expect("key" in photo.record()).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it("byID exposes modifiedAt, hash, fileSize and the year taken", () => {
+        // Mid-July, so the year is 2021 in every time zone.
+        const takenAt = Date.UTC(2021, 6, 15, 12);
+        const records = deriveRecords(
+            [collection(1)],
+            [
+                file(1001, 1, {
+                    metadata: {
+                        title: "IMG.jpg",
+                        fileType: "image",
+                        creationTime: micros(takenAt),
+                        modificationTime: micros(1_700_000_123_456),
+                        hash: "aGFzaA==",
+                    },
+                    file: { decryptionHeader: "aGVhZGVy", size: 2_048_000 },
+                }),
+            ],
+        );
+        const photo = apis(records).photos.byID({ fileID: 1001 })!;
+        expect(photo.modifiedAt).toBe(ms(1_700_000_123_456));
+        expect(photo.hash).toBe("aGFzaA==");
+        expect(photo.fileSize).toBe(2_048_000);
+        expect(photo.year).toBe(2021);
+    });
+
     it("byID returns undefined for an unknown file id", () => {
         const records = deriveRecords([collection(1)], [file(1, 1)]);
         expect(apis(records).photos.byID({ fileID: 999 })).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/test/library/records.test.ts b/test/library/records.test.ts
index cf4acd3..0d0e234 100644
--- a/test/library/records.test.ts
+++ b/test/library/records.test.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ describe("deriveRecords: photo mapping", () => {
         expect("width" in rec).toBe(false);
         expect("height" in rec).toBe(false);
         expect("latitude" in rec).toBe(false);
+        expect("hash" in rec).toBe(false);
+        expect("fileSize" in rec).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it("reads archived and hidden from private magicMetadata.visibility", () => {