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How can I change the date old photos were taken when I only know the year?

I've scanned lots of old photos and I want to change the date to reflect when they were taken. In some cases I only know the year and I don't want inaccurate information to be assigned by the software. How can I do this?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 10, 2015 8:23 AM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2015 8:25 AM

Are you an engineer? 8^) I don't think you have a choice. I would just put either Jan 1 or June 30.

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Feb 10, 2015 8:34 AM in response to tryingstill

Actually a specific wrong date is no more inaccurate than a year with no more info - neither is correct, just incorrect in different ways


the software de not ever assign a date to a photo - you do o your camera does


iPhoto has no provision for an approximate date do you have to leave them undated in the EXIF fields and use a description field or pick a date to use for unknown - 1/1/xxxx is one suggestion


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How can I change the date old photos were taken when I only know the year?

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