I apologize for being inept at command lines. Here's the issue:
I need to free up iCloud space by taking off some videos and backing them up on a HDD instead (multiple backups, one offsite). I do this by exporting straight from the "Photos" app to a folder on my desktop. Yes, I export using the "Export Unmodified Originals" option. I don't believe it matters if I include the XML sidecar file because of the issue below.
During export the "Photos" app changes the Creation Date so everything is out of order. But someone found the fix-- Encoding Date (in EXIF data) is correct. There’s a terminal tool that copies this encoding date to the creation date.
Toward the bottom of this page, the person who discovered this fix writes:
My issue is I don't know where or how to write my directory. Here is the location of my folder:
Macintosh HD > Users > Rawdawg > Desktop > iCloud > Exif fix
Can someone please help me by telling me how to write this command line?
For anyone wanting to read more I found this website that explains in much more detail about this EXIFTOOL capabilities. Except this is way over my head so I'm trusting the first website will do what I need for my situation. fingers crossed!
I need to free up iCloud space by taking off some videos and backing them up on a HDD instead (multiple backups, one offsite). I do this by exporting straight from the "Photos" app to a folder on my desktop. Yes, I export using the "Export Unmodified Originals" option. I don't believe it matters if I include the XML sidecar file because of the issue below.
During export the "Photos" app changes the Creation Date so everything is out of order. But someone found the fix-- Encoding Date (in EXIF data) is correct. There’s a terminal tool that copies this encoding date to the creation date.
Toward the bottom of this page, the person who discovered this fix writes:
...The following command extracts the Track Creation Date and writes it as the File Creation Date and also renames the file to match (and appends a lowercase file extension):
exiftool '-FileModifyDate<TrackCreateDate' '-FileName<TrackCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S.%%e
exiftool '-FileModifyDate<TrackCreateDate' '-FileName<TrackCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S.%%e
My issue is I don't know where or how to write my directory. Here is the location of my folder:
Macintosh HD > Users > Rawdawg > Desktop > iCloud > Exif fix
Can someone please help me by telling me how to write this command line?
For anyone wanting to read more I found this website that explains in much more detail about this EXIFTOOL capabilities. Except this is way over my head so I'm trusting the first website will do what I need for my situation. fingers crossed!
