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Preserving time-date stamps when uploading from Photos on Mac or iPhone
Hi - I am compiling photos from a family reunion. 14 people will be uploading photos. I would like the date-time stamp of when they were taken to be preserved, so all photos from all people are organ...
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi jpisunyer, the issue you will experience, with multiple people uploading files, is that depending on their method of doing so, the files will lose their original date the photo was taken.
File requests can be used to gather photos from anyone, even without a Dropbox account, and the files will upload to your account, with the current date and time.
However, it might be possible, after the files are collected, to use the automation feature to rename the files using the 'date captured' field (if the original image had this).
Jay - thank you! I did not know about File Requests. Just tried it out and it might work well for me. I should select File Automation/Set Naming Conventions and select Date Captured, right? And should I check this below it? "You can check the box next to Replace with existing dates detected in filenames, or change the date format with the dropdown." Since not all the files I upload will have the date in them, should I leave that check blank? Thank you.
- Jay
Yes, I'd recommend leaving it blank since you might not receive files with the correct time and date in the filename, if at all.
