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campclever
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
date created displays incorrectly
I have saved tons of video files in dropbox that I had previously taken off of my iphone to save space. (also backed up on an external) I have since signed up for icloud Photos and would like to put the old video files back into my icloud photos library so I can easily access them on my phone in a visual way that I prefer. That's easy enough to do by dragging from dropbox into Photos on my desktop. However, I noticed when I do this it doesn't put the video in proper chronological order. The date dropbox has saved as "date created" is the date I uploaded it to dropbox instead of the date the video was actually taken. Thankfully, the true "date created" still exists in the data when I look at the same file on dropbox via a browser. How can I get dropbox to recognize the proper creation date when viewing on my desktop so that I can import the videos in correct chronological order into Photos?
- WalterDropbox Staff
Hey campclever, sorry to hear about this.
While there's no automatic way to achieve this, perhaps the multi file organize feature along with automated folders might help.
Can you maybe give it a go and let us know if it helps?
Thanks!
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