I downloaded dozens of Apple Photos video files (originally taken from my iPhone) from iCloud to my Mac. All the dates and times show yesterdays date, but when I import them into Photos they are correct in the time line.
How can I correct the time/date of each video (in the Finder) to match the time/date to that of Photos? Are there any 3rd party apps that can help with the process?
Many thanks in advance.
MacBook Pro
So you want to copy the metadata date inside the movie to the file creation & modification date, right? Photos.app uses the file creation date as a last resort if there are no other date tags but apparently you want the also the Finder list show the correct date.
You can do this with GraphicConverter or via exiftool via the command line:
GraphicConverter browser > EXIF menu > Set Creation and Modification Date depending on Exif
Movie dates are not standardized and can can be in a many places. Keys and QuickTime tags are the most common movie metadata date tags. Currently iOS 9 and newer devices seem to use Keys tag for dates so use this exiftool command (the command asks for Xcode Command Line Tools install which can be ignored but then the FileCreateDate moves only backwards in time (the install is quite small and fast, not the huge Xcode install)):
exiftool -m -P -overwrite_original_in_place -wm w -api QuickTimeUTC=1 '-FileCreateDate<Keys:CreationDate' '-FileModifyDate<Keys:CreationDate' movies.*
For other movies lacking Keys tag, this should work:
exiftool -m -P -overwrite_original_in_place -wm w -api QuickTimeUTC=1 '-FileCreateDate<QuickTime:CreateDate' '-FileModifyDate<QuickTime:CreateDate' movies.*
For more info check:
So you want to copy the metadata date inside the movie to the file creation & modification date, right? Photos.app uses the file creation date as a last resort if there are no other date tags but apparently you want the also the Finder list show the correct date.
You can do this with GraphicConverter or via exiftool via the command line:
GraphicConverter browser > EXIF menu > Set Creation and Modification Date depending on Exif
Movie dates are not standardized and can can be in a many places. Keys and QuickTime tags are the most common movie metadata date tags. Currently iOS 9 and newer devices seem to use Keys tag for dates so use this exiftool command (the command asks for Xcode Command Line Tools install which can be ignored but then the FileCreateDate moves only backwards in time (the install is quite small and fast, not the huge Xcode install)):
exiftool -m -P -overwrite_original_in_place -wm w -api QuickTimeUTC=1 '-FileCreateDate<Keys:CreationDate' '-FileModifyDate<Keys:CreationDate' movies.*
For other movies lacking Keys tag, this should work:
exiftool -m -P -overwrite_original_in_place -wm w -api QuickTimeUTC=1 '-FileCreateDate<QuickTime:CreateDate' '-FileModifyDate<QuickTime:CreateDate' movies.*
For more info check:
Apple Photos Video Files Time and Date Entries in Finder versus Photos
