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Subject: Re: from metadata to archiving
From: "Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher
Date: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:35 am ((PDT))
Hi All,

After some digging it seems like OSX can have problems reading creation dat=
es from FAT32 volumes.  It doesn't effect effect all FAT32 volumes - I get =
correct creation date display on files created by my HDP2 for example. Vick=
i seems to have problems with files created on both her recorders.  One dif=
ference is that I'm using firewire and Vicki is using a USB Card reader, an=
d most of the reports seem to relate to USB sticks and card readers.  I won=
der if this makes any difference - logically it shouldn't but you never kno=
w!

I've discovered using the command line tool ditto to copy the files results=
 in the correct creation date showing on the copied file. Not great but at =
least provides a work around.

cheers
Paul


On 23/04/2010, at 3:43 PM, Paul Jacobson wrote:

> Hi Vicki,
>
> Sounds rather odd as SD clearly states that the date is used to set both =
creation and modification dates.   1/1/1904 is a default used when OSX does=
n't find a creation date associated with the file.  Can you check the files=
 on the original media and see if there is a creation date displayed?
>
> cheers
> Paul
>
>
> On 23/04/2010, at 2:54 PM, vickipowys wrote:
>
>> 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
>
>
>
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