![]() ![]() There may be third party apps for viewing images, or resetting the date - you could try searching or for example. Exporting from the iPhoto library unfortunately doesn't seem to set the file's "creation date" to the EXIF date either. The disadvantage is that the images must be imported into iPhoto first, which may not be ideal. In terms of viewing the EXIF "creation date", it seems iPhoto.app can display the "creation date" embedded in an image file, and can sort images by date. It may also be possible to use a script or third party app to extract the date to reset the file information. In the case of digital photos, a camera will often store the creation date in the image file's EXIF header (I think that's the correct term) so an image viewing application may be able to display the correct date even though the "Finder" can't. command line vs Finder "Get Info" vs "list view") it will either display a blank field, or an arbitrary date. Whenever a file is lacking "creation date" info, depending on how the information is being viewed (eg. In fact, using SMB, even copying from Mac to Mac will result in the loss of the creation date if the file is copied to another Mac, then back again (the upload is ok, but the download loses it). Macs typically use HFS and HFS+ filesystems, whereas CF cards may be formatted using a non-Mac filesystem, which stores the "creation date" using a different system.įor whatever reason, the Mac does not seem to be able to translate Windows creation dates into Mac creation dates (and vice versa) so whenever a file is copied from flash memory, or a Windows formatted external hard drive, or using SMB, the creation dates are typically lost. I've never used Photosync before but if I had to guess, it probably is modifying the file creation date to match the EXIF date automatically.This explanation may not be completely accurate with respect to terminology, but from what I understand, the problem is that the "creation date" is a form of file system metadata - it isn't a property of the file itself, but rather of it's entry in the filesystem. the image/photo data is all "inside" the file in the EXIF data and that won't change (unless you go out of your way to edit it). ![]() The file metadata isn't particularly important and might even get lost/reset when copying to certain OSes. ![]() If you have "Optimize Mac Storage" then it has to download them before it exports them so the file date would be the day you exported it. If you have "Download Originals to the Mac" it downloads as you go. For all my photos going back for years, all of my file creation date are July because that was when the files got saved to my computer. Is the time correct also? Depending on how you have your iCloud settings set up and if you leave Photos running all the time, it might download them pretty fast put it won't be at the same time as you took the picture.įor example I had to download my entire library a couple of weeks ago. ![]()
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