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General => Metadata => Topic started by: winklersjens on January 09, 2021, 02:15:56 AM

Title: Last modify date changed when copying files from macOS to Android
Post by: winklersjens on January 09, 2021, 02:15:56 AM
Hi,

I changed FileModifyDate for some pictures (and CreateDate) for some movies successfully:

exiftool -a -s -G1 -time:all '/Users/.../DSC_0001.JPG'
[System]        FileModifyDate                  : 2019:12:30 10:55:14+01:00
[System]        FileAccessDate                  : 2021:01:08 06:31:36+01:00
[System]        FileInodeChangeDate             : 2021:01:04 21:16:36+01:00
[ExifIFD]       DateTimeOriginal                : 2019:12:30 10:55:14
[ExifIFD]       CreateDate                      : 2019:12:30 10:55:14
[IFD0]          ModifyDate                      : 2019:12:30 10:55:14

But unfortunately, last modify date (respectively "last changed" date on my Mac) resets to the current date everytime I copy the files from macOS to the Android device. (Please compare with attached screenshot.)

I connected the Sony Xperia phone via Xperia Companion or Android File Transfer without success.

Do you have an idea how I could access the files with exiftool directly at the device ... or any other thoughts? I would be very happy. :-)

Kind regards,
--
Jens
Title: Re: Last modify date changed when copying files from macOS to Android
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 21, 2021, 11:13:48 AM
Hi Jens,

There are a couple of Android apps that you could look at here (https://exiftool.org/index.html#android), but I haven't tried them so I don't know if either will do what you want.

- Phil
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