Image Capture Date Problems

Has anyone found out yet how to get Image Capture to show the picture date taken?

When I try to transfer my pictures from my iPhone 12 Pro through Image Capture using my mini Mac Operating System Monterey to my external hard drive when I go in to view them they no longer showing the original date taken of the photo but the date of the transfer?

Posted on Oct 19, 2022 07:12 AM

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Oct 19, 2022 08:23 AM in response to heece

Image Capture will use the EXIF DateTimeOriginal from the camera image when transferred from the iPhone to the Mac filesystem instead of the Finder's default of using the operating system time stamp.


I just took a snapshot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max and downloaded that HEIC image via Image Capture on macOS 12.6 to my Desktop. The creation and modified date/time stamps via Get Info match the DateTimeOriginal that I see in the image EXIF data from ExifTool, from Preview's EXIF Info panel, and my own application for viewing image metadata.

Oct 19, 2022 05:45 PM in response to heece

Ditto what VikingOSX already posted.


When you look at your list of photos in a Finder window, are you looking at a "Date Added" or "Date Last Opened" column instead of "Date Created" or "Date Modified?"


If you believe you are seeing something in error, please show us. Select one of the photos in the Finder and do GetInfo. Take a screenshot of the General and More Info portions of the GetInfo window. Then open that same photo in Preview, do Tools > Show Inspector, click the EXIF tag and do another screenshot showing the Date Time Digitized. Post both screenshots here.


The Created Date in the GetInfo window should match the Preview Inspector window's Date Time Digitized date. They come from the EXIF data supplied by your camera and should have the same value.


While you're at it, also take a screenshot of the Finder window showing the above photo; be sure to include the column headers in the screenshot. Post here.

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Image Capture Date Problems

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