transfer iphoto without losing create date

I know your post was old, but I had one question. I really don't want to use IPhoto anymore. What other photo application can I use where I won't lose the created date? I'm bummed with your answer, because I prefer to keep track of the photos my own way.

I want to sort my photos in Finder by the date they were created

There is a contradiction there.

You want to sort your Photos by the date they were created. That's recorded in the Exif metadata

You want to sort them in the Finder, but that works with file metadata, not the same thing.

So, pick one: Photo date or File Date. They're not the same thing.

SO this is what I have found:

1. Open iTunes - (I'm not sure for what, but this is what they said on Apple page)

2. Plug in your iPhone

3. Open Photos App - (the one with a colorful flower as an icon)

4. Make sure you have a full screen, if not then in the middle of the screen on the top you should see Albums / Import / Photos / Projects etc.

5. Choose Import

6. Wait until all photos from your iPhone will load into this app. It might take a while.

7. Choose which photos do you want to transfer and click Import Selected at the top of the screen - if you don't have much space on your Mac - like me - you will have to keep selecting bunch of photos and transfer them, then delete them when they are safe on your external hard drive and keep on doing that until you have all that you need. You can click on delete photos - so when they will import, it will automatically be deleted from your iPhone and Photo App.

8. Change on the top of the screen from Import to Album - there are your imported photos. Select them all.

9. Go to the very top of the screen (black menu) - choose FILE - Export - Export unmodified originals - click to tag Export IPTC as XMP - File name: use file name - subcathalog : Moments / Memory name. Click Export.

10. Choose your externadl harddrive - and file where you want to save it. Click on Export oryginals.

11. Go back to Photo App. Select all photos that you have just exported to your External hard drive. Select them and delete them.

12. Choose Delete at the top menu instead of Album and Import - and also delete them from there or empty your trash bin in Photo App (not on your Mac).

I'm working with Photos. Using Photos Export the Exif tag "CreationDate" (as opposed to the file modification date) showed today's date as described many times above.

I made a directory in desktop and dragged the image from Photos to it. Exiftool now shows the CreationDate to be the date the photo was taken even though I had previously edited the photo using Photos.

Yes I do, if you want to organise Photos.

I too am losing data - but it only occurs when dragging across a portrait photo NOT the landscape ones. Any one got any clues what I can too?

Use AirDrop from iPhone to Mac. Original date is kept both as Date Created and Date Modified. Very nice.

Again, nothing to do with the actual question asked.

How can i transfer photos out of i photo and into my external hard drive without losing the create date

the steps are trivial

Select the photos in photos and export them to the desired location (file menu ==> export) then view them using a photo program that understands photos

LN