Hi updated imovies this week and ever since whenever I import footage it adapts the date and time of import instead of the date/time that the footage was taken. Has anyone come across this - I import a high volume of footage and the date/time is very important. I know you can manually change it but given the amount of footage I import that would be impossible - desperately looking for a solution here.
Thanks in advance
iMovie '11
Same issue with my brand new iMac 5K with iMovie 10.1.8. Never had this issue on my old iMac mid-2011, with same iMovie version. My camcorder is a Sony HDR-PJ620.
My workaround so far : use Sony PlayMemories Home to first download AVCHD files to my hard drive and then import them to iMovie. Not a big deal, but an ennoying bug anyway :-(
Using iMovie 10.1.8 on OSX 10.13.2 and Canon HF200. The YouTube video gives a workaround (using file import of the movie file from the camera/card). However, it is not a permanant solution. We should expect that Apple will solve this irritating issue so we can use our cameras as we are used to.
As Jim Wanamaker stated, others have reported the same issue as yours, but no solution as yet.
As a workaround, you might try importing your clips into the Photos app instead of directly into iMovie, and then accessing your clips from the Photos library in the iMovie sidebar.
-- Rich
I have the same issue!
But what is weird it does not always happen! For example, I have two video clips on the same SD card that were recorded just a few minutes apart. When importing them both to imovie (10.1.7), the first clip has the correct date and time, but the second clip has the current date and time!
Earlier today I was talking to an apple senior technician, he said to that "it probably normal iMovie behave".
after some explanations that this is a new "bug" and before the 10.1.7. version it wasn't working that way, he agreed to check this issue with programming department.
on the meanwhile there is no solution but downgrade your iMovie version with time machine if did a backup.
he promised me an answer on Monday. ill keep you updated.
I talked to Apple support also. Received the same dumb response ... "this is normal. how the program works." I upgraded to 10.1.8 and problem still exists. I explained why that the app changed, others had the same issue, and the new behavior made no sense ... he couldn't comprehend. Not impressed.
Thanks for the solution! Worked for me.
I have a solution!!
on the meanwhile until apple will solve that issue- here is what you should do:
Also, tried the restart holding down option & command to clear preferences and reinstalled imovies, same issue.
Is the date correct in the import window? There have been some reports of incorrect dates being shown in the date/time title but no solution yet posted.
well I have done a second import of my SD card to a different library and this time all the clips have the wrong date.
Same issue. Importing from a Sony Handicap (AVCHD).
As mentioned you can adjust the date and time but not practical to adjust time correctly for every clip.
-- Mark
Thank you so much for this! It worked for me too.
imovies 10.1.7 changing date/time stamp on import
