TM restore in iPhoto clobbers creation and modification dates

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TM restore in iPhoto clobbers creation and modification dates

When restoring an image in iPhoto, Time Machine restores the image file to the iPhoto library, inside the Originals/ folder, with its creation and modification dates changed to the time that it was restored, wiping out the original values. You can see this by doing a Finder Get Info on the file. You can find the file by doing a Show Package Contents on the iPhoto Library, and navigating to the Originals folder, and from there to the folder.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 12, 2008 3:17 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Feb 12, 2008 3:55 AM in response to Mike Connally

Mike

That's exactly correct because that's when that restored file was created.

iPhoto reads the Exif data to discover the date the picture was taken, not the file creation date.

Regards

TD

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Answer 2

Feb 14, 2008 2:55 AM in response to Yer_Man

It's NOT correct, because the restored file was created some time ago, and it has just been restored, not re-created or changed. If you simply restore a file (any file, even a JPEG) using Time Machine, it does get restored with its original creation and modification dates, correctly. It's just if you restore the file using Time Machine, from within iPhoto, that the file's creation and modification dates get clobbered. That's not right.

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Answer 3

Aug 4, 2008 10:40 AM in response to Mike Connally

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