Have you noticed that when you download iCloud photos to your Mac, the original date of the photo will be changed to the current date. If I import the downloaded photo into the "Photos” application, it will recognize the original date in the "Photos” application. However, if I store the photos to an external drive, the original date is incorrect. How to solve this problem on the Mac?
How to download iCloud photos to Mac?
Visit the iCloud website www.icloud.com, login with the iCloud account and password, then click Photos to download all iCloud photos. Select photos that you need to download, click the Download button and choose “Unmodified Original” option.
When I compare the same download iCloud photo in Finder and Photos, the date is different.
How to retain the original date with the downloaded iCloud photos?
Is there any way to retain the original date with the downloaded iCloud photos? When we downloaded photos from iCloud, macOS recorded the created date as the current date. In fact, each photo contains the original date in the photo metadata which is a part of the photo data. In order to keep the original date, we need to change the created date from the original date in photo metadata.
We recommend using Photo Exifer to batch copy the created date from the original camera date of photos. Download and install Photo Exifer on the Mac.
Run Photo Exifer, and import photos which you need to change the date. Select imported photos in Photo Exifer, and click Quick Action -> select the “Copy camera date to created date” option, then it will work.
It will not overwrite the original photos, so you don’t have to worry about losing photos. And all selected photos with original date will be saved in a special folder, you can view them in Finder.
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