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Title: What's the script to find the original date a photo was taken?
Post by: KeyJess on August 11, 2024, 01:49:39 PM

Hello!

I'm brand new to the tool and it worked excellently on updating the dates of photos I uploaded from my iPhone to Google Photos and then downloaded to my MacBook. I used the following script:

exiftool "-FileModifyDate<DateTimeOriginal" *

However, I have a bulk of photos I downloaded from Google Drive in Google Takeout and I get this error message:

Warning: No writable tags set from IMG_9744.jpg
0 image files updated
112 image files unchanged

What is the proper script for me to explicitly see the date that I originally took the photos? Thank you!

Title: Re: What's the script to find the original date a photo was taken?
Post by: Alan Clifford on August 11, 2024, 04:33:43 PM

I'd suggest you first have a look to see what is there:

exiftool -a -G IMG_9744.jpg

Title: Re: What's the script to find the original date a photo was taken?
Post by: StarGeek on August 11, 2024, 04:36:37 PM

Since I saw this on Reddit first (https://redd.it/1epqwl3), I answered there before I saw this post.

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