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Preserve file Creation Dates(and other metadata) in mobile app versions
The ability to preserve, view, sort by, etc the original Creation Dates(and other metadata) of files is missing or severely limited in the Dropbox mobile apps. People who don’t use Dropbox primari...
iarThanks for chiming in. This is still a problem today. See my comment above. To add more detail: creation date is actually displayed correctly on my dropbox app in android (as the date when the photo was taken), but then when I view the very same file on the Web version of Dropbox, or the version that is downloaded locally on my Mac, the creation date is replaced with the upload date. This has changed over time. In the past couple of years, the creation date was not set to match the upload date. Not sure if it's a problem with the latest Mac OS…
Also note that the creation date is not the only metadata that gets lost. The location coordinates of videos are also not recognised by Apple Finder and the Photo app, after being uploaded to Dropbox. I found that the app you use does have an impact, e.g. the Google Files app on Android seems to prevent that from happening (although the creation date is still messed up).