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How to change photo metadata so it doesn’t show up in selfie/screenshot folder

the photos app on iOS and macOS automatically creates a folder called "Selfies" and "Screenshots".

Does anybody know how the system detects if something is a selfie/screenshot? I thought this information is stored in the metadata of a specific photo (would make sense, right?) but deleting all the metadata of a specific photo didnt seem to help.

Any help is very welcome!

Edit: I tried changing the size of the photo (so its not a typical iPhone screenshot size) but it didnt help. Also the raw metadata didn't reveal anything "suspicious".

Posted on Mar 19, 2018 8:58 AM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Mar 20, 2018 12:10 PM

Somewhere in the image file is the info for which iPhone camera lens was used for the photo. If it's the "back" lens then it's a screenshot. There's no way to edit that out.

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