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Andy T.3's avatar
Andy T.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Camera Upload- Preserve Original Photo creation Dates?

Hello, I have a great deal of photos on my Iphone that I am contemplating to use DropBox. Archiving is very important to me with original creation dates. If I use the Camere Upload app, will the pho...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago

    This has not changed and, with the upcoming changes to the way photos are handled, I don't see this changing anytime soon.

     

    The modified date will always be the date that the file was uploaded. Your photos still retain the date that they were taken within the EXIF data of the file. That information, however, is not displayed on Dropbox.

Ed's avatar
Ed
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
10 years ago

Hi there,

Sorry for the delay - are you still having issues?

  • JKP's avatar
    JKP
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    No, still no solution. Please share. Thanks

    Ed wrote:

    Hi there,

    Sorry for the delay - are you still having issues?

    Yes

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      8 years ago

      This has not changed and, with the upcoming changes to the way photos are handled, I don't see this changing anytime soon.

       

      The modified date will always be the date that the file was uploaded. Your photos still retain the date that they were taken within the EXIF data of the file. That information, however, is not displayed on Dropbox.

      • fencetsang's avatar
        fencetsang
        New member | Level 2
        8 years ago
        Could you share how can I see the EXIF data if Dropbox is no longer displaying it? I really want to organise and track some photos taken date from time to time.
        Thanks in advance.
    • Jane's avatar
      Jane
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      8 years ago
      Hey  JKP and all!
       
      Thanks for taking the time to get in touch with us on the Community! 
       
      As Rich stated above, currently, preserving the metadata associated with the file creation is not a feature within Dropbox, since the metadata we keep track of is when the photo was first uploaded on Camera Uploads, though, because we’re always looking for user input when building out new features, I'll make sure your comments are passed along to our Dropbox development team for further review. 
       
      Again, thanks for all the time you have devoted in sending this feedback, we appreciate it a lot! 
       
      Kind regards, 
      JaneA
      • MGJones's avatar
        MGJones
        New member | Level 2
        8 years ago

        I think this is shocking! Surley, it's fundamental for any 'file storage system' to preserve the creation dates of all files. My goodness has Dropbox scrubbed this information on everything I've uploaded?  

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