I want to copy pictures from my iPhone to my Mac mini withouth havimg to go via Photos. That used to be simple, now it seems impossible. Image capture used current time for creation and modification date.
Is there a solution out there ?
iPhone 14 Pro
There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.
One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself. The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.
Photo applications like Photos, Lightroom, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata not the file date. The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.
So, your photo has the correct date, and so does the file, but they are different things. You can edit the file creation date to match the Exif using a variety of apps, among them
There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.
One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself. The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.
Photo applications like Photos, Lightroom, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata not the file date. The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.
So, your photo has the correct date, and so does the file, but they are different things. You can edit the file creation date to match the Exif using a variety of apps, among them
Thanks, but after sifting through this topic a came across an article that actually explains what goes on: If the download folder is a local folder on the Mac, the actual picture file creation date is preserved, and equal the EXIF creation date. However, if the folder is an external file, the picture file cretion dates becomes the current time and date. The solution is therefore to first download to a local folder, then move or copy (makes no difference with respect to file creation date) to whatever external media you need the picture files on.
Anyway, thanks for responding ! Lots of posts around this topic ! 😊
Image Capture does not preserve photo creation date
