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Q: Photos how to fix messed up metadata (geolocation/date & time)

Since I migrated my Photolibrary to iCloud Photo Library, information on my photos, such as geolocation and date have been messed up.

The original date & time is set off by a random amount of time, (months even) and the geolocation data seems to have been altered. (Miles off)

 

How can I restore the original data or fix the fotos?

 

Tia

Bart

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Photos

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 3:56 PM

by Old Toad,Solvedanswer
Old Toad Old Toad
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A:

If the date shift is the same for all selected photos using the Image ➙ Adjust Date and Time menu option

 

Photos001.jpg

 

you can batch adjust the time for all photos:

 

Photos002.jpg

OTsig.png

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 4:25 PM

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Q: Photos how to fix messed up metadata (geolocation/date & time)

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  • by Winston Churchill,Helpful

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Apr 16, 2015 11:16 AM in response to bvda
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    Apr 16, 2015 11:16 AM in response to bvda

    The ability to add, edit or remove GEO tags is not available in the current version of photos. There are a number of alternatives a user might use, but having spent many years using it todate and am quite comfortable with it,  I still use iPhoto to achieve this and then export the photos and import them into the photos application once they are tagged.


    Dates can be edited from the image menu.

  • by Old Toad,Solvedanswer

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 15, 2015 4:25 PM in response to bvda
    Level 10 (141,591 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 15, 2015 4:25 PM in response to bvda

    If the date shift is the same for all selected photos using the Image ➙ Adjust Date and Time menu option

     

    Photos001.jpg

     

    you can batch adjust the time for all photos:

     

    Photos002.jpg

    OTsig.png