What's The Point of Miana With Scanned Photo Dates?...

So I had the issue of scanning paper photos to digital images and importing them into iPhoto (and changing the dates from when the photos were scanned to when the photos were actually taken) that I'm sure many people have had. Now I've heard it suggested before to use a program called Miana (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26900) to put photos in an entire folder and with the program you can set the contents of the entire folder to have been created at a date that you specifiy (i.e. when photos were taken). After doing this you could import the files into iPhoto and have the dates be acurate. But of course, you can change the date of the photos and even the film roles in iPhoto so they can be correct. So why do this? Just to have the files creation date be the same as when it was taken? But I noticed in iPhoto's library system when you import... you are making another copy of the photos into the libarary system, so the creation date is always going to be wrong. So what is then the point of using Miana? I don't really mind this but lets say one day I want to switch back to windows. How can I backup my photos and keep the proper dates of when photos were actually taken? If your being a good computer using and backup often, creation dates are always changing, no? Any thoughts?

brianzk1:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Even though iPhoto copies the file into its library the created (or modified date if it's later than the created date) is used. Making a duplicate copy of an existing file does not change those dates as you're only making a bit by bit copy. Copying a file to another HD does not change those dates either.
One way to keep the dates straight is to rename them with the date. I use the international date format, YYYY-MM-DD-01.jpg, like this. I've started lately adding a brief description to the files after the date like this.
You can use R-Name to batch rename them before importing into iPhoto. It provides excellent chronological sorting and searching.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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    To get back to your professor's question. The answer is easy. LDAP (AD or other) is an application above a database. It has a data store behind it, in most cases we can just assume this is a database. So, in short, it's apples to oranges. But if we insist on comparing which makes the better juice, let's look at how we'd make a database like a directory. We could create a data model with an attributes table, an entries table and so on. We can deconstruct what LDAP data structures really are and implement each type as a table with FK/PK relationships and so on. It's sure to work because there are already so many products on the market doing this very thing. But think about the effort now. How are you going to add new users? A front-end? Stored procedures? Scripts? How are you going to keep someone from seeing things they shouldn't? You have to insert an object into all the right tables to ensure that your data is consistent and valid. In a pure database, you're trying to create ACLs on database rows. Now you're writing a full featured application with a lot of complexity. Given enough directory features, the database isn't going to be able to do everything without an external application.
    What is the point of LDAP? It's got hierarchy, ACLs, group of unique names functionality and things that are a layer of abstraction above the data store. I love databases but if you start designing out a directory server from scratch you'll realize it's far beyond comparing a user.ldif to a row in a user table. They are similar in appearance but different types of software.
    Edited by: milkfilk on Dec 16, 2008 11:48 AM
    Edited by: milkfilk on Dec 16, 2008 11:54 AM

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