I've got thousands of photos from the 70's & earlier. I do not use ICloud and want to move photos between IMacs & photo libraries. I have manually adjusted all dates, identified locations & made descriptions. When I go to transfer some of the photos to a different library, all meta data becomes inaccurate. How do I transfer between libraries & not lose the meta data that I've put in?
iMac (2017 – 2020)
The route to do this would be to
Export from the first library to the Finder, and then import that product to the new library. There is no way to export from one library to another with that version of Photos.
When you export choose the File -> Export option and in the resulting dialogue be sure to select the highest quality and to check the boxes at 'Title Keywords and Captions' and 'Include Location Information'.
Complete the export to the Finder.
Does that get the metadata. You can check with Preview.
The route to do this would be to
Export from the first library to the Finder, and then import that product to the new library. There is no way to export from one library to another with that version of Photos.
When you export choose the File -> Export option and in the resulting dialogue be sure to select the highest quality and to check the boxes at 'Title Keywords and Captions' and 'Include Location Information'.
Complete the export to the Finder.
Does that get the metadata. You can check with Preview.
If you export the unmodified original that's exactly what you get - the original, no modifications including the date.
Try export as Jpeg.
Export -> Export 1 Photo gets you this dialogue:
because what I get has far fewer options.
Note opposite the Photo Kind heading there is a tiny disclosure triangle. Click on that...
If you use the export dialogue with the above settings then the new date should be written to the exif of the photo on export.
When you say export to Finder, is that the desktop? I selected the export option that shows "export unmodified Original for Photos", that gives me a box for "export IPTC as XMP" which I check, "File name" is a drop down that shows "sequential" or can choose "use title" and "use file name", sequential prefix is blank, subfolder format drop down shows "none" or can choose "moment name". I then click export & get a box to select where I want to send it with, with all the half dozen libraries I have being greyed out, so I select a desktop folder. When I import to another library, the date is no longer what I assigned but uses the modified or created date (both the same date). How do I get it to keep the assigned date it has in the Photo Library I'm exporting from?
How are you doing this transfer between libraries? What metadata is being changed?
I've tried importing to a desk top folder, dragging to a desktop folder, when I try exporting it greys out the other libraries, primarily dates change from what I assigned, other data goes blank
Are these images currently managed by an app? iPhoto? Photos? Something else?
Photos 4.0
But that's exactly what is not happening & I don't know why or what I need to do. Where do I have a choice for what format I can use to try Jpeg?
That must be something from newer OS than Mojave because what I get has far fewer options. How do I get the assigned date when I am exporting, or for that matter, importing?
Transferring photos with meta data in Mojave and Monterey without ICloud
