Importing into iPhoto 08... wrong dates
Just finished importing 13 thousand photos and the dates aren't correct. I found one event that had three duplicates all with different dates. Apparently I accidently imported two back ups! Two copies dates are wrong, but the dates that were pulled from the modified folder are correct. I was thinking that backing it to a UNIX drive might have overwritten the original created date, but that wouldn't explain why the modified folder is right. I was disconnected accidently with tech support after being on hold for bout 20 minutes while they were escalating this issue. Any ideas would be greatly apprecaited!
More details would help
Were you importing photos from a camera, a CD or from backup iPhoto libraries (which is what it sounds like)? And why are you doing this?
In general you do not import iPhoto libraries you load them and launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and use the select library option to select them - if you import an iPhoto library you will get two or three copies of each photo - the original, the thumbnail and if it has been modified, the modified version - this generally is not what you want
When you import iPhoto sets the date from the EXIF data - this info is not kept with the photo in the iPhoto library but in the database file and added when the photo is exported
Most (maybe all) of what you are seeing can be avoided by loading the library and selecting it rather than importing it
LN
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I have a large number of photos imported into iPhoto with the dates wrong. How can I adjust multiple photos (with varying dates) to the same, correct, date?
If I understand you correctly, when you enter a date in the Adjust Date and Time window, the picture does not update with the date you enter. If that is the case then something is wrong with iPhoto or your perhaps your library.
How large a date change are you putting in? iPhoto currently has an issue with date changes beyond about 60 years at a time. If the difference between the current date on the image and the date you are entering is beyond that range that may explain why this is not working.
If that is not the case:
Remove the following to the trash and restart the computer and try again:
Home > Library > Caches > com.apple.iphoto
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iPhoto (There may be more than one. Remove them all.)
---NOTE: to get to the "home > library" hold down option on the keyboard and click on "Go" > "Library" while in the Finder.
Let me know the results. -
I need help proving the date tag on a photo stored in my iPhoto is from the date it was sent to my iphone/date it was imported into iphoto - and that it is NOT the date the photo was actually taken. I recieved a photo via text on my iphone and then I synced my iphone to my macbook and now it is in iphoto. I already know that the date on the photo per the tag that shows up on it in iphoto is NOT the date the photo was actually taken. I need article or literature or something confirming the tag is from when it was sent to the iphone and/or when it was imported. I greatly appreciate some assistance!
All I am trying to do is find something on a forum board or article etc stating that the the date showing in iphoto could be the date it was imported or synced or sent to me and not the actual date taken.
The date on the photo could be anything because you can edit the date with iPhoto or any of 100 apps, free and paid for. So, the date on the photo will prove nothing, I'm afraid.
Regards
TD -
Every image on my iMac was imported into iPhoto!
Every image on my iMac was imported into iPhoto, even icons, templates, DVD covers and game images. There are even videos in my iPhotos library. He (who shall remain nameless!) was really only trying to help and clicked the wrong thing - obviously. What a mess! How do I get them back where they belong? (I'm still using iPhoto '09.)
benferbj wrote:
Thanks, John. I read in another post that when you delete an image from iPhoto, it deletes the original from the computer too, not just the library. So, I was understandably nervous.
Understandably, yes. He who shall not be named may have chosen "Import to Library..." and selected a folder or even your entire hard disk's contents. Doing so would result in every readable image file being imported.
If that's what he did, I just did too and verified original files remained untouched after importing then subsequently deleting them from iPhoto. So, I have no explanation for whatever the other post indicated. -
Lion corrupting EXIF information when importing into iPhoto '09?
Hello,
I use DXO to process my RAW images and get them into iPhoto '09.
Since the upgrade from Snow Leopard, my JPG pictures that had perfectly valid EXIF headers before import into iPhoto
$ jhead <path_to_file_before_import>/IMG_0343_DxO.jpg
File name : <path_to_file_before_import>/IMG_0343_DxO.jpg
File size : 6900360 bytes
File date : 2011:08:27 12:32:27
Camera make : Canon
Camera model : Canon EOS 600D
Date/Time : 2011:08:14 12:58:24
Resolution : 5184 x 3456
Flash used : Yes (manual)
Focal length : 30.0mm (35mm equivalent: 47mm)
CCD width : 22.99mm
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture : f/14.0
Focus dist. : 2.79m
ISO equiv. : 400
Whitebalance : Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
end up with empty EXIF after the import:
$ jhead <path_to_file_after_import>/iPhoto\ Library/Originals/2011/100CANON/IMG_0343_DxO.jpg
File name : /Users/Shared/iPhoto/iPhoto Library/Originals/2011/100CANON/IMG_0343_DxO.jpg
File size : 6901712 bytes
File date : 2011:08:27 18:30:39
Resolution : 5184 x 3456
This was definitely not a problem with Snow Leopard (same iPhoto '09, I have not changed my workflow for years).
Looking at a picture I imported with Snow Leopard (different camera body, but I checked with both):
$ jhead <path_to_file_after_import>/iPhoto\ Library/Originals/2010/Oslo\ 17\ Mai/_MG_7938_DxO.jpg
File name : /Users/Shared/iPhoto/iPhoto Library/Originals/2010/Oslo 17 Mai/_MG_7938_DxO.jpg
File size : 10757229 bytes
File date : 2010:05:24 15:59:41
Camera make : Canon
Camera model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Date/Time : 2010:05:17 09:47:17
Resolution : 3456 x 2304
Flash used : No
Focal length : 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 486mm)
CCD width : 22.20mm
Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320)
Aperture : f/8.0
ISO equiv. : 200
Whitebalance : Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure : shutter priority (semi-auto)
Anybody noticing the same issue?hi djiti,
DXO up to date,
Lion up to date,
iPhoto up to date (? I want to hear you say yes),
I am at a loss.
Some apps do not read the same info in the same place in the exif: iPhoto reads the "Creation Date" from "modification date" created in another app, for example; I use "A Better Attributes" app, to change the Exif in that case. But I have never seen that the Exif is "corrupted" by a photo app.
Lex (I use iPhoto, and Photoshop Lightroom, know about DxO and Aperture but only a little experience) -
Backup/Copied Photos won't be recognized or imported into iPhoto library
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I am exhausted and can not figure out any posible reason, and would be very appreciated that if someone might suggest any methods, maybe even a clue. plz, plz, plz.........
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I started naming the pictures on Iphoto so I had a recognizable file name to open on Photoshop. Couldn't find it. I looked in the Backup folder and the Transfer software folder (I have a Nikon camera), and the names I entered in the Iphoto display, could not be found.
When I am trying to upload a photo to the web, I get the Finder folder showing with an active folder called "Photos" under "Media", which only displays Iphoto and PhotoBooth. This is a folder name that I cannot find in my HD anywhere when I look for it. If I edit a picture with Photoshop, I am not going to save it back to Iphoto (not sure whether it will work properly). How do I get my folder of edited photos to show when I want to upload a picture to the web?
Where (the name of the folder) do I find the pictures I see displayed on the Iphoto library, including any name changes, keywords added, and so on?See my response to your other post.
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How can I import into iPhoto, from my iPad, albums created on the iPad using Photos App ?
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I want to import into iPhoto all of these albums.
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So the fact i have tried to be super organised, the apple software is now letting me down !
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With the new Photo app later this year the integration between IOS and the Mac will be much greater
LN -
After upgrading to MAC OS X 10.10.2 Lightroom 5 cannot read the card (RAW files , converting to DNG) when importing. The card is fine as I can import into iPhoto - any ideas?
It’s usually necessary to trash the prefs after updating OSX to Yosemite. Start by quitting Lightroom 5.
Launch Finder and click the Go menu whilst holding down the Option (alt) key. Then go to:
Library >> Preferences
clear everything relating to LR5 which usually means deleting the following files:
com.adobe.Lightroom5.plist
com.adobe.Lightroom5LSSharedFileList.plist
Then re-launch Lightroom. -
After import into iPhoto, originals disappear and only thumbnails remain
After importing photos into iPhoto, working on them and then closing iPhoto, when reopening iPhoto only the thumbnails remain and can't find the originals anywhere on the computer via a Spotlight. Ran Disk Utility and no problems found on HD. Have rebuilt the iPhoto Library. This has happened on multiple occasions.
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Something interesting happened when I opened iTunes (w/ iPhone docked) - it asked me to select my photo library (or something to that effect). When I selected "iPhoto Library" it gave me a dialog box saying this isn't the the library that was being synced (not the exact words, but close). I went ahead with it. The weird thing is that the library I selected is my only one - the one I've always used, so not sure what's up with that. Anyway, something worked. Photos and videos are all in the right place. Videos are also now syncing to iPhoto from my iPhone. -
Not all videos will import into iphoto...
hi,
i cannot get all my videos to import into iphoto 09. the process stops with an error "there was an error importing Photo".
what is causing this and is there a workaround?
please advise.
thank you.hi,
ty, i will give your suggestion a try.
also, i solved the problem by resetting the phone. hold down the sleep-switch and home button together for 10sec and then when you get the quit screen keep holding down the two buttons together.
this also solved the problem.. -
I just purchased a Nikon S6300 camera and when I import into iPhoto the photos don't show up in either photos or events only in recent imports.
I have Snow Leopard on my MacMini.Control-click one of the photos under the Recent import and select "Show Event" in the contextual menu. Or you can use the View ➙ Sort Events menu in the Events mode to reset the sort order so the new import will be either at the top or bottom of the list.
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IPhone sometimes won't delete all the photos after I import into iPhoto
Every so often, my iPhone 3GS won't delete some photos after importing into iPhoto and choosing "delete originals." It deletes most of the originals but strangely keeps a certain number around. My basic routine is to "Import All" and then "Delete Originals." This works 98% of the time, but sometimes the iPhone just gets hung up and won't delete the originals until I manually do it from the iPhone itself.
I was looking further into this and I found out that on my Macbook Pro's System Preferences. In the iCloud settings, the "Photos" setting was checked and in the Options next to that, the "My Photo Stream" and "Photo Sharing" was also checked.
I think this was the main problem. After I used iTunes to sync with the photos maybe there was some cache settings or something residual left on the iPhone which let to it being continuously restoring.
This is the fix which I used. It is fine now.
Check in System Preferences for - iCloud >> Photos is unchecked.
Check in System Preferences for - iCloud >> Photos >> Options >> "My Photo Stream" and "Photo Sharing" is unchecked.
Temporarily delete account for iCloud settings on iOS device - Settings >> iCloud (This didn't affect my main iCloud account only deleted my information on the device)
Re-sync iOS device with iTunes.
Set up your iCloud account on iOS device again.
Hope this helps for anyone having this problem. -
Converting TIFF to JPEG with sips, then import into iPhoto problems
I am cataloguing a box of slides and negatives for my family. The scanner generates huge TIFF files (on purpose), and I have an Applescript that then uses sips to copy them into low quality JPEG files using this command:
do shell script ("sips -s format jpeg -s formatOptions low -s description " & "'" & "Original path: " & (POSIX path of an_image) & "'" & space & (POSIX path of an_image) & " --out " & new_file)
where an_image is the source file, and new_file is the path and name of the converted image.
This way, I can save the original file path as the image's description while shrinking the file size to speed up later importing into iPhoto. As part of the iPhoto import, that description from the metadata is placed in the on screen comment section for each image.
This works fine to do the initial shrinking, but less than half of the resulting jpeg files can subsequently be imported into iPhoto. I get this error:
The following file could not be imported. (The file is in an unrecognizable format.)
And yet, Preview and Safari both open the files with no problems.
Is there anything else I need to set when doing the conversion with sips to make it easier for iPhoto to recognize the converted files?
I have over 1000 images, and anticipate a final total of about 2500 when I am done. These are images of myself and my siblings from the 1960s and 1970s, and my idea is to scan them all at high resolution, and use the converted, smaller files for iPhoto for keywording and Faces to get them organized, while retaining the paths to the original images. Any commentary is appreciated.I have uploaded one of the bad JPG files here:
www.mrcodeboy.com/smith/Try.jpg
I tried examining the metadata with exiftool, Image Events, and mdls, but there are a number of differences between the TIFF metadata and the JPEG metadata structures. I found no obvious differences, but this is a good idea, and I will continue to examine those closely for clues.
*EDIT*
I downloaded the bad JPEG above onto a different machine; it still does not import into iPhoto. However, by invoking sips on that file to convert it back to a TIFF file thusly:
sips -s format tiff Try.jpg --out TryTF.tif
it imported just fine. There has to be some sort of parameter that is NOT being addressed in the conversion from TIFF to JPEG that is somehow messing this up, yet is preserved when the file is re-written as a TIFF.
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