Date Added Column in Finder only Shows " -- "

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Date Added Column in Finder only Shows " -- "

Hi. I'm having a problem with the column "Date Added" in finder (I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5).

Every time when I open folders from external hard drives or networks and try to arrange those folders by "Date Added", the value of each row shows " -- ".

For other "arrange by", for example Date Created or Modified, they all work well. Could you please help me with this?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null

Posted on Aug 26, 2015 6:54 PM

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Answer 1

Barney-15E

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Aug 27, 2015 5:35 AM in response to jththorne

Date Added is derived from metadata on the Finder Items. It is not a part of the file system dates such as Creation, Modified, etc.

It appears you are using that drive for both Windows and Macs. If so, the file format may not support the writing of Metadata so the Date Added will be unavailable.

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Answer 2

Sep 4, 2015 2:22 AM in response to Barney-15E

I do not use anything Windows but I find this problem exceedingly frustrating!

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