HiI am compiling photos from a family reunion. 14 people will be uploading photos. I would like the date-time stamp of when they were taken to be preserved, so all photos from all people are organized in date-time order. Is this possible? When I just uploaded several of my photos as a test, the date-time listed is that of the upload, not of the date-time taken. I am on a Mac desktop using the web version of Dropbox, but most of my family will be uploading directly from their iPhone or Android devices, so I hope to send them a link for uploading. Thanks.
When using the Dropbox application installed on a computer and placing the files in the local Dropbox folder to sync, the date and time stamps are preserved. If you're uploading through the Dropbox website, the file is being newly created on the Dropbox servers so it gets a new creation date and time. There's no way to change this.
Thank you for this response. Could you recommend which DropBox app(s) to download for iPhone, Android and Mac ios? Since I have multiple people with different types of devices, I want to be sure I am telling them the right one to use. And a related question - if I share the folder with them, will they see it via the app and will be able to transfer their photo files, rather than upload them?
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Jay - thank you! I did not know about File Requests. Just tried it out and it might work well for me. I should select File Automation/Set Naming Conventions and select Date Captured, right? And should I check this below it? "You can check the box next to Replace with existing dates detected in filenames, or change the date format with the dropdown." Since not all the files I upload will have the date in them, should I leave that check blank? Thank you.
So I'm trying to figure out how to parse the SMS DB that gets backed up from the iPhone. I'm looking at the "messages" table, specifically the "date" field. I noticed that the more recent messages are using a different numbering system to indicate the date/time. I've narrowed it down to the switch to iMessage, as I have a message sent at 1318470904, with a reply sent at 340164736. I know for a fact that these messages were sent less than an hour apart, yet they're indicating > 30 years' difference.
I don't know about getting the correct date given two versions present, but when I did this today, I noticed the date column was not the standard unix time but a longer number with seemingly nine zeros at the end, like 444548608000000000. This is what I did to get the correct date:
We know this because the beta releases for iOS 17.6 have been primarily focused on resolving issues rather than big new features. And because the release notes supplied with the latest beta say so: This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.
I am at that happy point in my life where every day is a Saturday, but I do occasionally need to know the date and find it annoying that I have to access the first home screen or the calendar for something so simple.
However, if you want the date within apps, I have been unable to find any way to make this happen, and wonder if the Minds of Apple decided there was not enough real estate to their liking for including the date on every iPhone page. Just another of those inconsistencies between iPad and iPhone that keeps us on our toes.
I suppose you could send a bug report to each app that hides the status bar, but I would also assume that most developers will ignore requests like that, since they probably have a reason for their design decision (whether or not you agree with it).
The OP was apparently satisfied by being reminded that if you pull down from the top center of the screen, you will expose the Notification screen, which has the date and time. Flicking up from the bottom will return you to where you were.
In the current version of iOS, The time should be displayed in the upper left corner. The top of the screen has that blank area that limits what the status bar can display, so battery percentage and date went bye-bye after the iPhone 8.
Another alternative as shown in the image. Add the calendar app to the dock on the bottom of the screen. It displays the date on the icon. Then, you get the date and time on your Home Screen without using widgets.
The iPhone was the first mobile phone to use multi-touch technology.[3] Since the iPhone's launch, it has gained larger screen sizes, video-recording, waterproofing, and many accessibility features. Up to the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, iPhones had a single button on the front panel, with the iPhone 5s and later integrating a Touch ID fingerprint sensor.[4] Since the iPhone X, iPhone models have switched to a nearly bezel-less front screen design with Face ID facial recognition, and app switching activated by gestures. Touch ID is still used for the budget iPhone SE series.
The iPhone is one of the two largest smartphone platforms in the world alongside Android, and is a large part of the luxury market. The iPhone has generated large profits for Apple, making it one of the world's most valuable publicly traded companies. The first-generation iPhone was described as a "revolution" for the mobile phone industry and subsequent models have also garnered praise.[5] The iPhone has been credited with popularizing the smartphone and slate form factor, and with creating a large market for smartphone apps, or "app economy". As of January 2017[update], Apple's App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications for the iPhone.
Development of an Apple smartphone began in 2004, when Apple started to gather a team of 1,000 employees led by hardware engineer Tony Fadell, software engineer Scott Forstall, and design officer Jony Ive,[6] to work on the highly confidential "Project Purple".[7][8]
Then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs steered the original focus away from a tablet (which was later revisited in the form of the iPad) towards a phone.[9] Apple created the device during a secretive collaboration with Cingular Wireless (later renamed AT&T Mobility) at an estimated development cost of US$150 million over thirty months.[10] According to Jobs in 1998, the "i" word in "iMac" (and thereafter "iPod", "iPhone" and "iPad") stands for internet, individual, instruct, inform, and inspire.[11][12]
Apple rejected the "design by committee" approach that had yielded the Motorola ROKR E1, a largely unsuccessful "iTunes phone" made in collaboration with Motorola. Among other deficiencies, the ROKR E1's firmware limited storage to only 100 iTunes songs to avoid competing with Apple's iPod nano.[13][14] Cingular gave Apple the liberty to develop the iPhone's hardware and software in-house, a rare practice at the time,[15][16] and paid Apple a fraction of its monthly service revenue (until the iPhone 3G),[17] in exchange for four years of exclusive U.S. sales, until 2011.[18]
Jobs unveiled the first-generation iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007, at the Macworld 2007 convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.[19] The iPhone incorporated a 3.5-inch multi-touch display with few hardware buttons, and ran the iPhone OS operating system with a touch-friendly interface, then marketed as a version of Mac OS X.[20] It launched on June 29, 2007, at a starting price of US$499 in the United States, and required a two-year contract with AT&T.[21] The price was reduced by a third after two months. The resulting complaints forced Jobs to issue an apology and offer a partial rebate to early purchasers of the phone.[22]
On July 11, 2008, at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2008, Apple announced the iPhone 3G, and expanded its launch-day availability to twenty-two countries, and it was eventually released in 70 countries and territories.[23][24] The iPhone 3G introduced faster 3G connectivity, and a lower starting price of US$199 (with a two-year AT&T contract).[25] It proved commercially popular, overtaking Motorola RAZR V3 as the best selling cell phone in the US by the end of 2008.[26] Its successor, the iPhone 3GS, was announced on June 8, 2009, at WWDC 2009, and introduced video recording functionality.[27]
The iPhone 4 was announced on June 7, 2010, at WWDC 2010, and introduced a redesigned body incorporating a stainless steel frame and a rear glass panel.[28] At release, the iPhone 4 was marketed as the "world's thinnest smartphone";[28] it uses the Apple A4 processor, being the first iPhone to use an Apple custom-designed chip. It introduced the Retina display, having four-times the display resolution of preceding iPhones, and was the highest-resolution smartphone screen at release;[28] a front-facing camera was also introduced, enabling video calling functionality via FaceTime.
Users of the iPhone 4 reported dropped/disconnected telephone calls when holding their phones in a certain way, and this issue was nicknamed "antennagate".[29] In January 2011, as Apple's exclusivity agreement with AT&T was expiring, Verizon announced that they would be carrying the iPhone 4, with a model compatible with Verizon's CDMA network releasing on February 10.[30][31]
The iPhone 4s was announced on October 4, 2011, and introduced the Siri virtual assistant, a dual-core A5 processor, and an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording functionality. The iPhone 5 was announced on September 12, 2012, and introduced a larger 4-inch screen, up from the 3.5-inch screen of all previous iPhone models, as well as faster 4G LTE connectivity.[32] It also introduced a thinner and lighter body made of aluminum alloy, and the 30-pin dock connector of previous iPhones was replaced with the new, reversible Lightning connector.[32]
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