IPhoto has changed the creation dates to all of my photos

I recently bought a new MacBook Pro, my first computer since my iMac circa 2005. I've successfully transfered all of my photos to the new computer, but iPhoto has changed the creation dates of every file, so they're no longer in chronological order. I've used DVDs and Dropbox, I've exported the files, copied the data files from the hard drive, everything, but the result is still the same. I contemplated changing each file manually, but I have over 3,000 photos. Has anyone had this problem? Is there a way I can restore the correct dates?

Hi Keith,
Yes, it's date that the photo was taken that has been changed. When I look at the "photo info" of each individual photo, the "original date" is correct, but the transferred photos on my new computer always change to a 2007 date, despite the fact that the photos were taken as early as 2002.
Does this make more sense?
K

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Can I script the changing of creation date, using the file name?

Normally people are doing this in reverse, but let me paint the picture.
I pulled 204 video files from an old HDD based JVC camera. JVC records in .MOD format which iPhoto won't import. I imported them into iMovie just fine, and iMovie even set the file name to clip-2007-11-04 04;42;29.mov which is great, but it now has a new creation date of whatever date I imported it. Which then causes problem when I want the videos stored in iPhoto and sorted appropriately by creation date.
I've used the application "A Better Finder Attributes 5" to individually edit the creation and modify, but I'm sure I don't want to do this 203 more times, as you can't just type in the date and time, you have to type in each part of the date/time, or select it on a calendar.
I've used the application "Name Changer" to batch convert the file names to the format YYYYMMDDhhmm which would be helpful if I were going to use the terminal command touch -t, but again I don't want to have to type it in 203 more times, plus drag and drop the file into finder to populate the location.
Now, if I were more handy with automator, or maybe some (any) scripting language this would be easy peasy. I'd batch rename all the files to the YYYYMMDDhhmm.mov and then have a script that just took the file name, passed that to touch -t along with the file location, and a few seconds later, they would all be done!
Anybody have any suggestions to how I can do this, and tips to what commands to use or ANY advice? I'm more than happy to RTFM, but I have no idea which manual to read!
Thanks

If your file names are precisely as you have written, this script will do what you want.
Copy the script into an AppleScript Editor document, select one or more files in a Finder window, return to the AS Editor and press Run. Note: you will need to provide your password when the script runs.
Make sure you have a backup of any files you are working on (try using duplicates first, perhaps). The script has no error handling.
tell application "Finder"
          set FileList to selection
          repeat with theFile in FileList
                    set fileName to name of theFile
                    set filePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (theFile as alias))
                    set crYear to text 6 thru 9 of fileName
                    set crMonth to text 11 thru 12 of fileName
                    set crDay to text 14 thru 15 of fileName
                    set crHour to text 17 thru 18 of fileName
                    set crMins to text 20 thru 21 of fileName
                    set crDate to crYear & crMonth & crDay & crHour & crMins
                    set shellString to "touch -t " & crDate & " " & filePath
do shell script shellString with administrator privileges
          end repeat
end tell

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Iam using Oracle ADF with EJBs.
I have a single selection table that displays rows of data returned from a function of my data control.
The columns of my table are editable so that the user can change the data. The user selects a row, changes the data in one or more columns of the row and saves the data by means of a submit button. The code in the submit button, identifies the row of the corresponding iterator that the user clicked on and updates the data in the database (using the 'mergeEntity' function of the EntityManager)
Before saving the data, I want to put some logic to check whether the user has actually changed some data to avoid unnecessary updates in the database . But for this I need a technique to detect that the user has indeed changed some data in the table row.
One technique I have been using so far was to isolate the iterator row of the table and then query the corresponding row in the database table and compare their values.
Except from dummy, this technique is not efficient if the table contains many rows.
Moreover, in my case I have observed that on successive updates on the same row , the query on the database returns the new values (user changed values) and not the actual values contained in the database table. This means that when the user updates an iterator row the cached data affect also the results of the SELECT statement from the actual database table!!! Isn't this strange ?
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Hey Alan,
The below solution seems overly complicated to me and can not be implemented without a custom screen and/or the use of JavaScript. Also, if your main concern is that a user may accidentally loose all their data because they closed the browser window or the session times out before they hit the save button then this solution does not help you.
There are a couple of simpler approaches you can take here:
# If the use of JavaScript is permissible you can hook into the windows 'onUnload' event, and pop-up a message box which gives the user the opportunity to cancel closing the window and save their case if they haven't already.
# Implement an autosave feature by hooking into one of events provided by web determinations. A simple (but rather naive) way of doing this would be to hook into the OnRenderScreenEvent and call save on the interview session every time the event fires. This guarantees that all the data the user has submitted will aways automatically be saved, thereby removing the need to make sure the user manually saves their data before closing the browser.
Automatically making Web Determinations close a browser window has to be done using JavaScript. However, doing so means that a) it won't work for people who turn off JavaScript, which is commonly done for accessibility reasons b) you'll likely run afoul of the browser's security mechanism (they generally won't let you close a window that you didn't open and some really don't like you doing that at all).
Thanks,
Kristy

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I've had this problem for a long time but I finally want to fix it once and for all. All the documents, pictures, and other files on my computer have the same creation date - 1/5/09. When you right click a file it shows the correct creation date but if I just left click it then it shows the wrong date. is there a way i can fix it?

The creation date of your system will be the same for most of your system documents; there's easy no way to change this information. However, you might also see a more current date, indicating Modified information, and that will be more current.
There are computer commands that will blank out much of your system data, but that's to be done in cases of major problems. Don't worry about the creation date of your computer/data.
Post here if you have addtional questions, comments, praise!

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When I move files between a couple of Macs the creation date etc chnges to the time I'm moving them.
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Well it now looks like it has sorted it's self out, all working fine now.

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the back button no longer works. I have disabled all add-ons,rebooted & reset the defaults for the browser and nothing has changed. This happens on all webpages.How do I get the back button to light up again?

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
*Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
Another possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_places-database-file

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Hello all,
I have a large number of MOV files which I have imported into iPhoto. I want to batch change them all, renaming them to the footage date and time.
iPhoto has chosen the date last modified rather than date created to rename them to. When in Finder and open Inspector, it does have the correct date created.
I can adjust date and time and tick the box to modify the original file for each one but given the quantity I have to do, I would rather the batch change pick up on the date creted.
Any ideas on how I can get iPhoto to do this correctly?
I have spent some time searching online and haven't had any luck so far.
I am using iPhoto 11 v.9.4.3 if it makes a difference.
Thanks all
Andrew

iPhoto can only change the date on image files which have EXIF fields. Movie files don't have EXIF fields so you'll need to do the job outside of iPhoto with an application that can change the file created date like A Better Finder Attributes 5: Mac OS X Batch Date Changer for EXIF Photos, Files and Folders
or
File Date Changer: Change file creation and modification dates and times for Mac OS X files
OT

Exporting or relocating masters changes the created date on the new image/file/s ?

When I export or relocate masters onto hard drive (internal or external) it changes the created date? I have tried every option possible with no resolve. Can anyone help? eg. img98007.jpg (arranged by date in aperture and is 12/05/2001) when saved/created on the hard drive the created date will be 27/06/2008????

I'm afraid you've lost me.
You started off (it seemed) by asking why the image EXIF date in Aperture was different then the image file date in the Finder.
The best I can say is that when an image is captured in a camera you get one date. When that image is made into a computer file the file will have another date.
I want to consolidate/sync all my files over the last decade from iphoto libraries etc. The only way to do this is to import them into aperture then export them to the finder with the correct shot dates so I can sync all images.
If it changes the created date etc. it will be impossible to do so??
What do you mean by this? I can understand the consolidate, you want to move all your images from all sources into Aperture, not a problem, but what is the sync part referring to? And why do you feel you need to export them from Aperture once you have imported them?
And again the created date of a file is the date the file is created it has nothing to do with the image creation date.
Sorry I can't be of more help,
regards

Tax Code removed on changing the posting Date in Purchase Order

Dear All,
This is with reference to the Purchase Order Document tax part, the document has been defined with the approval procedure and document series followed as annual series. The document series is linked to the period indicator as I am using the monthly series for the A/R & A/P Invoice.
Now some Purchase Order was generated in the last month i.e. 30 NOV 07 which has gone for approval. These document are approved in the current month (Dec 07) & user are trying to add the records it displays the message as "Date deviates from permissible range [Purchase Order - Posting Date] [Message 173-11]" as the period indicator is changed to Dec 07 in document numbering.
The problem is when user changes the document date to Dec 07 for posting; system removes the tax codes, which is available in the document. Now as this is approved document user is not able to change or renter the tax codes.
In this situation what can be done as the same case will again happen for the next month.
Pls. provide the solution / work around for this problem.
Regards,
Yogesh Jadav

hi yogesh,
Cancel/Close the created purchase order.
First you should change docduedate in posting period upto december 2007/end of fiscal year,by following the below path.
(Administration->sytem intialization-> general settings--> posting period tab)
Create a new purchase order.
Send it for approval,authorizer can change date as required,
once the posting date changes,tax code get refreshed,authorizer
need to select tax code once again.
Tax code normally get refreshed when you change posting date it's normal
system behaviour.
After authorizer does above changes,he can approve purchase order.
Once purchase order is approved,orginator can add it as purchase order in draft stauts.
After approval we can not do any changes in purchase order.
Hope my solution will solve the problem.
Thanks,
With regards,
A.Jeyakanthan

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