Adding some photos to shared albums changes their date of creation.

Dominantxx Said:

"Even on the same device as soon as they’ve been added to the shared album, the date is shown as changed as I’d described. I check them on the same device before checking them on another."

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Seeing the Data:

On a Mac, right-click on the phot > Select: Get Info > and report back if "Created" and "Modified" are correct.

Dominantxx Said:

"Adding some photos to shared albums changes their date of creation."

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Date of Creation Changing:

If these are created duplicates, then the duplicates are of their own date of creation.

The same thing is happening to me and it's incredibly frustrating. Here's my process on my Mac M1, 2020, macOS Ventura 13.5.1:

1. Download photo from FB
2. Import photo into Apple Photos (here the date is the date it was uploaded, that makes sense)
3. I select the photo -> Image -> Adjust Date and Time -> Enter the date the photo was taken
4. Add to Shared Album

I did this for 9 photos and it worked great. Then the last 3 have not been working.

Here are the troubleshooting steps I have taken:

1. Confirm that the date of the photo was changed before adding to Shared Album. Each photo has the updated Date and Time in the Imports and Library tabs of Apple Photos.
2. I created a non-Shared Album and added them there and that worked. They have the updated Date and Time.

It's only when added to the Shared Album do the photos' Date and Time revert. I even tried adding them to the Shared Album from the Non-Shared Album but that resulted in them reverting in the Shared Album as well.

I'm very confused why it worked for some but not all. If anyone has any way to help, I would be very grateful. Thank you for taking the time to assist!

How are you adding your pictures to Apple Photos?

Dominantxx Said:

"None of the photos are duplicates"

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They have been relocated to a different device. So, that may make the change.