When i export my videos from iphoto onto my hard drive, they have today's date instead of the date the video was taken.

how can i fix this? i sync iphoto with my iphone but when i export the vids onto my hard drive, i lose the date the vids were taken. help?

thank you for your response. strange, though, the vids used to export with the file date that i shot the vid... it's only since i updated iphoto that this is happening. but i like your idea of adding the date to the file name... i just wish i didn't have to do that extra step now, since i have a lot of videos.

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