Import scanned photos and arrange by date

On a Mac you can modify the date of a scanned photo using the command "Image > Adjust Date & Time".

if you have several photos selected and modify the date of the first selected photo, the dates off the other selected photos will be shifted by the same increment.

When I have several scanned photos, for example old family photos, and want to adjust the dates and times , I am using an AppleScript.

• I am adding the sans to an album and arrange them in the sequence I want them to sorted by the date date and time.
• Then I am adjusting the date and time of the first photo in the album to the date I want, for example December 24, 1954 or so.
• Now I select all photos in the album with ⌘A, then open the following script in ScriptEditor and run it: Script: Batch Change the Date and Time to a Fixed Date. This script will copy and paste the date time from the first photo to all other photos, and add an increment of one minute between successive photos, so they can be sorted by the date like in the album. When I also want to copy the location and the title and description, I use this script instead: Script: Lift and Stamp all Metadata from one Photo to All Other Selected Photos. You have to use a top level album to run scripts on the photos, the album must not be nested in a folder.

Oh, that is a useful script. I'd not been aware of the ability to fix the order to that of the album.