How to change the date in iPhoto

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aRKay Author

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How to change the date in iPhoto

Sorry if Posted this to the wrong discussion group. I could not find any category regarding iPhoto

We took a large number of photos on vacation with a Canon digital camera. The all imported to iPhoto 11 v 9.1.3

okay and and I have them organized into Events by date. A friend gave me picture that was taken in 2007 and it

shows up in last import but under Photos it shows up as 2007 Event and Picture and I cannot figure out how to add

it to my current 2011 Event.

I tried dragging it and using the merge and now all of my 2011 pictures show up as a 2007 event. I wonder if there

is anyway to change the date of the added picture from 2007 to 2011?

Posted on May 30, 2011 12:22 PM

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Answer 1

May 30, 2011 12:39 PM in response to aRKay

You can do this through terminal.

More info

man touch

The creation date is stored within the file/directory metadata.

You can always drag the file to your desktop for easy access, and physical drag it to the terminal to complete the file path.

If you want to change the creation date manually via terminal, you can use

touch -t   (space  + new date format + drag file here)

This will set both the creation and modification dates to the same date, but you can then change the modification date alone via

touch -m:

touch -t 201012160102.03 /path/to/file

The above example changes the creation and modification dates of /path/to/file to +December 16th, 2010 at 1:02:03am+ .

Message was edited by: leroydouglas

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Answer 2

captfred

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May 30, 2011 12:35 PM in response to aRKay

Select the event and then iPhoto > Photos > Adjust date and time.

Regards,

Captfred

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Answer 3

Kappy

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May 30, 2011 12:35 PM in response to aRKay

iPhoto Forum.

Next time just Browse the Communities and scroll through the list to find forums.

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aRKay Author

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May 30, 2011 1:09 PM in response to leroydouglas

There is nothing wrong with the OS X Created or Modified dates. The issue is with the date

embedded in the photo for when it was take.

I ran the iPhoto Adjust date on he picture listed in the last import. It let me change the date

from 2007 to 2011 but it still shows up in Photos as 2007

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Answer 5

May 30, 2011 1:21 PM in response to aRKay

In iphoto try again: Modify original files. change folder and come back again to see change?

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Answer 6

aRKay Author

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May 30, 2011 1:32 PM in response to leroydouglas

I just tired it again and nothing changes. The iPhoto Adjust date thing says it is changed but it still shows

up in Photos and Events as 2007.

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Answer 7

MrBLJ

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Jun 21, 2011 7:41 PM in response to aRKay

Any solution to aRKAY's problem? I have the same dilemma. I did a batch edit (including modify originals) to all photos for a specific event and the date range next to the name of the event won't change (even after exiting and restarting iPhoto).

Thanks.

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Yer_Man

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Jun 22, 2011 12:53 AM in response to MrBLJ

Select all the pics in the Event (Command-a)

Flag Them

Then Events -> Create Event from Flagged Photos.

Regards

TD

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Answer 9

sig

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Jun 22, 2011 11:20 AM in response to MrBLJ

https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto

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Answer 10

aRKay Author

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Jun 22, 2011 11:29 AM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks for the tip. The date is now correct on the iMac but still wrong on the MBP. Your tip helped.

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Answer 11

wardyf18

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Sep 30, 2011 4:58 PM in response to aRKay

Hi,

I've been struggling with this for a while but just figured out a fix.

First make sure the photos (in the event, even though the event appears at the wrong date/time) have the correct dates & times, change them if need be using "Photos-Adjust date & time" or "Photos - batch change".

Once the dates for the individual photos are correct,

- select the photos you want to appear in the new & correct event,

- export them to a completely new/separate folder,

- go back to iphoto a import those same newly exported photos back into iPhoto.

They should now appear in their own event which appears in order at the correct time & date.

Worked for me.

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