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Preserve file Creation Dates(and other metadata) in mobile app versions
The ability to preserve, view, sort by, etc the original Creation Dates(and other metadata) of files is missing or severely limited in the Dropbox mobile apps. People who don’t use Dropbox primari...
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Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHiya, Dropbox iOS engineer here!
Thank you for the detailed feedback! The three issues described (and please let me know if I've missed any) including loss of creation date, inability to view full file metadata on mobile, and inability to sort by creation date are all important. They are also the purviews of three distinct teams (one of which is mine).
I've reached out to my team's PM and designer, as well as members of the other respective teams, to discuss what we can do.
AgentOrange can you please provide more detail around the loss of creation date metadata? I'd like to know more about the types of files that seem to be losing that data, the means by which they're uploaded, and whether the metadata appears missing or incorrect across different platforms. E.g., if you have a .jpg image that was uploaded via Camera Uploads on your iPhone, does the creation date seem incorrect if you view that image when downloaded to your desktop?
The only files that I am able to see the date that Dropbox has for them are photo files and video files. Dropbox does not allow me to even view dates or any other information for document files, audio files, etc. There needs to be a fix for that as well.
I don’t have a “desktop” as you mentioned btw. I’ve mentioned on various posts about this topic that I only have my phone, kindle, & a couple of tablets. I cannot view anything on a desktop. This is the only way to keep my data and media backed up so that I can access it whenever I may get a new device. I’ve always ended up losing the data on my devices before because not everything backs up to iCloud or can be transferred from one device to another… specifically media/documents/etc that are stored within various apps. I also use it to keep my devices from getting too full with everything.
But the original date of those files is ALWAYS important. When I first started using Dropbox (on my Kindle Fire) it WAS preserving the original dates. There was even an option to view the file information on any of the files I had uploaded to my Dropbox account. Now, even using the same version of the Dropbox app as I first had on my Kindle, that feature is no longer available. I really don’t understand why something that was clearly working just fine would be broken.
