Iphoto numbers vs names & date reversion

Hello All -
Been awhile since I've checked in...
1. How do I enable a device (jump drive, desktop of macBook Pro, etc.) to recognize that I have changed the name of a photo so as not to be duplicative (numbers). Have tried restarting after renaming and devices/desktop still "see" it as numbered, and ask if I want to "replace" the current photo with that same numbered photo - which is a different photo (numbers are generated automatically 983img.jpeg etc).
thx.
2. Is there a reversion method to have iphoto read the original date of shot (not "modified" date), so as to arrange a proper chronology?
thanks much! donna

1. A Device is managed in the Finder. The Finder is a file manager and works with file metadata. What you see on the Device is the filename. You don't rename files in iPhoto, you add titles to them. If you want you can use these titles as filenames when you export. File -> Export and check out the options at "Filename"
2. Iphoto works from the Exif metadata written to the photo by the camera. So, I'm not sure what you mean by the modified date.
Regards
TD

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+*I posted this originally in to iPhoto section but they suggest I submit here to see if anyone knows if there's an applescript. Thanks!*+
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I have a mobile phone that does not save date/time taken data to the picture file when it takes photos. All of my previous phones/cameras have so this has never been a problem before. I Bluetooth photos and then add them to iPhoto '08.
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--- Code starts here ---
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