Photos not displaying date taken in Finder after importing anymore.

I used to be able to back import photos using Image Capture into Finder and see the dates the photos were taken. This is essential for my photo organization.


The last import I did only shows the "date modified" so I can't easily sort my photos by the month they were taken in. I used to be able to do this! I'm looking through my old albums from last year and they all have the dates taken in finder.


This is infuriating as a person working in the photo/video industry. I do not use the Photos app because I hate it and it's a waste of time for what I do on my computer. I work with the adobe suite so when I am editing photos/videos I go straight into the program instead of doing anything with the Photos app. I take hundreds of photos per month and this is such a waste of time.


Can anyone let me know what changed with this date display? I have visual proof that this was not the case last year. See attached photos.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 5:25 AM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2022 7:21 AM

I've tested it. If you import directly to your computer it keeps the real dates. However, I've been working off of external SSDs directly, so when I imported directly to external, it used the import date instead. The workaround is definitely transferring to my iMac, then immediately copying to the drive.

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Mar 8, 2022 7:21 AM in response to VikingOSX

I've tested it. If you import directly to your computer it keeps the real dates. However, I've been working off of external SSDs directly, so when I imported directly to external, it used the import date instead. The workaround is definitely transferring to my iMac, then immediately copying to the drive.

Mar 6, 2022 9:38 AM in response to sesseka

Image Capture will use the DateTimeOriginal metadata stamp on images its imports from your iPhone to your startup drive. At least it has been doing that for me. Moving/copying those files afterward to an external drive may cause those original date/time stamps to be changed to the current System values that Finder uses. I haven't tested this latter issue though.

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