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copy photo's from Mac to an external drive and preserve the original date and time created

Hi

How can I copy photo's from Mac to an external drive and preserve the original date and time created.

I have tied copy and paste, export and drag and drop.

but none of these preserve the date and time when photo was taken.

Thanks Terry

bbao

coping files directly using Finder app of Mac will keep the creation date for the files.

import and export (from Photos) will definitely change the file creation date as it basically rewrite (regenerate) the whole files.

terrybuck9

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Hi thanks for comment.

Yes I am sure I did it that way last time. But how do I get to my photos folder. As when I click it, it opens photos.

Thanks Terry

bbao

i just realised that your "photos" in the question actually means photos already managed by Apple Photo app, not those photo files stored on local folders. correct?

terrybuck9

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Yes

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serialband

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terrybuck9

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Hi Serialband

Thanks for this routine, it took me a while getting the paths correct, but I got there.

But this just copies the photo library as it is? The reason for copying the photos to a remote disk was so that they could be accessed by windows users? So I need to see all photos individually.

thanks Terry

serialband

The Photos Library has the individual Pictures inside. It's sorted by year, month date folders in the Masters directory.

terrybuck9

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thank you that worked a treat.