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File Date Changed By AirDrop
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Doron Kabillio
Mar 10, 2022, 8:54:13 AM3/10/22
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When moving a file from Mac A to Mac B via AirDrop, the file date is
changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
Any setting or simple way to permanently override this "feature"?
changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
Any setting or simple way to permanently override this "feature"?
Jolly Roger
Mar 10, 2022, 2:11:14 PM3/10/22
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it. AirDrop is not a traditional file sharing facility and therefore
does not retain file metadata from the source file system. The file is
brand new on the destination machine. So this is correct operation.
If you want to maintain file system metadata when copying or moving
files, use traditional file sharing instead.
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Doron Kabillio
Mar 10, 2022, 2:25:22 PM3/10/22
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On 3/10/22 2:11 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2022-03-10, Doron Kabillio <do...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> When moving a file from Mac A to Mac B via AirDrop, the file date is
>> changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
>>
>> Any setting or simple way to permanently override this "feature"?
>
> When you use AirDrop, you're not "moving" anything - you are "copying"
> it. AirDrop is not a traditional file sharing facility and therefore
> does not retain file metadata from the source file system. The file is
> brand new on the destination machine. So this is correct operation.
>
> If you want to maintain file system metadata when copying or moving
> files, use traditional file sharing instead.
>
Thanks, that explains it.
> On 2022-03-10, Doron Kabillio <do...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> When moving a file from Mac A to Mac B via AirDrop, the file date is
>> changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
>>
>> Any setting or simple way to permanently override this "feature"?
>
> When you use AirDrop, you're not "moving" anything - you are "copying"
> it. AirDrop is not a traditional file sharing facility and therefore
> does not retain file metadata from the source file system. The file is
> brand new on the destination machine. So this is correct operation.
>
> If you want to maintain file system metadata when copying or moving
> files, use traditional file sharing instead.
>
Lewis
Mar 10, 2022, 4:45:09 PM3/10/22
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In message <t0cvu1$3qe$1...@gioia.aioe.org> Doron Kabillio <do...@nospam.net> wrote:
> When moving a file from Mac A to Mac B via AirDrop, the file date is
> changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
The creation date is the date the file was CREATED. When you transfer a
> When moving a file from Mac A to Mac B via AirDrop, the file date is
> changed from its original date on Mac A to the current date.
file from one computer to another, a new file is created.
> Any setting or simple way to permanently override this "feature"?
certain flags when I want to preserve date/time.
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