Aperture 3.4.5 EXIF Export (Lens information missing)

Hi, it seems this is not a new issue. But maybe there is a workaround. As Aperture 3.4.5 does not have tools for decent lens correction I was trying to establish a workflow with DxO Optics Pro 8.2. I prefer doing most of my adjustments with A3 based on Nikon NEF files (all Metadata is available). When I export the files (JPEG/TIFF) some of the Metadata gets lost, annoyingly enough incl. the lens type. Now this is a problem because DxO cannot work without this info. To do it the reverse (starting with DxO and the NEF) does not make sense to me. What should I do? PT Lens seems to work, but not as good as DxO. Apart from that, DxO has a nice noise reduction too. Any ideas how to handle that problem?

I use exiftool to add missing EXIF-tags, see these examples:
                 Modifying EXIF tags of Originals Using exiftool: camera, lens, gps
But I do not know of a graphical frontend for exiftool that works on a mac, so you would have to use the command line commands from the Terminal.

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