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Re: from metadata to archiving

Subject: Re: from metadata to archiving
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:55 pm ((PDT))
Paul,

Thanks for info.

For my Sound Devices files, and also Olympus files, I just get two  
dashes (--) for 'Date Created' when I check Command-I, for any one  
individual file.  I can now get that extra column you mention when I  
open a folder, but the 'date created' shows up as 1st January 1904  
for all of the files.  (Might be interesting if it really was 1904,  
but it ain't!)

cheers,

Vicki



On 23/04/2010, at 2:37 PM, Paul Jacobson wrote:

>
> On 23/04/2010, at 1:41 PM, vickipowys wrote:
>
>> Nowhere is there a column 'Date Created' within this folder.
>
> Hi Vicki,
>
> Yes my bad. I checked and date modified and date created are (or  
> should be) both retained when you do the initial copy.   If you use  
> Command-I  (or File > Get Info ) you can see both the date created  
> and date modified. You can also change the folder view to display  
> "date created" by going to View > View Options and check the box  
> next to Date Created. This will give you an additional column with  
> the date created. Be aware this is set on a folder by folder basis,  
> rather than being universal setting.
>
>> Is this a Mac thing?  Do PC users get a whole raft of other  
>> information?
>
> No,  it's an Olympus thing.
>
> http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun08/articles/olympusls10.htm
>
> "The LS10 does have a clock built in, and when you transfer WAV  
> files to your Mac or PC, the 'Date Modified' field in the Finder or  
> Windows Explorer shows the time and date of recording, but the  
> files are basic rather than Broadcast WAVs, and don't appear to  
> contain timestamp information or other metadata. I was slightly  
> surprised by this, although it's unlikely to present a big problem  
> for most music applications."
>
> I'd have to investigate but you could probably use an Automator  
> script to copy the modified date to the creation date.
>
> cheers
> Paul
>
>
>
>






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