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Do you have the following problem?
When I drag & drop a photo (or photos) or movie from the Photos (Library), the outputted file always have a new date/time stamp, the exact current date, but not the original created date/time.
I want to file being COPIED with the original date/time stamp.
Did I do something wrong?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2
Hi
You need to distinguish between the file metatdata (information about the file) and the image metadata (information about the image in the file)
If you copy a file the copies creation date will normally be set to the date the file was copied. The image metadata inside the file (which you can view in preview with the inspector window, iptc tab) will show the image capture date.
Summary:
The File metadata is kept in the file system, and represents when that copy of the file is created or modified
The image metadata is kept inside the file, as exif and IPTC data. This won't change when you copy / move the file.
You can also see the two different dates in finder, as shown in the screenshot. This is from an image I exported from photos in july 2019 - so the file has been created and last modified then, but the content creation date is still showing 2011...
Hi
You need to distinguish between the file metatdata (information about the file) and the image metadata (information about the image in the file)
If you copy a file the copies creation date will normally be set to the date the file was copied. The image metadata inside the file (which you can view in preview with the inspector window, iptc tab) will show the image capture date.
Summary:
The File metadata is kept in the file system, and represents when that copy of the file is created or modified
The image metadata is kept inside the file, as exif and IPTC data. This won't change when you copy / move the file.
You can also see the two different dates in finder, as shown in the screenshot. This is from an image I exported from photos in july 2019 - so the file has been created and last modified then, but the content creation date is still showing 2011...
What really matters is if the EXIF metadata date inside the file is OK (you can check it in Finder's or Preview's Get info).
File creation & modification dates are less important but you can use various 3rd party apps to set them to match EXIF date.
You also have to bear in mind that when you drag/drop from photos - or even do a file>export - you are not copying the file. You are creating a new file with that image inside it.
If you do file>export unmodified original - you are getting an exact copy of the original file with the file creation date as it was when you imported the file.
Photos for maxOS Big Sur, the date stamp changed ???!!!
