Timeline for Preserving date added when copying folders
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| Sep 24 at 22:58 | vote | accept | lhf | ||
| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:59 | comment | added | Gilby |
@lhf, what you may want is Date Downloaded. This is file metadata stored as an extended attribute of downloaded file and is preserved. It is visible in mdls, but not as a Finder column or sort term.
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| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:53 | comment | added | Gilby | @lhf, When a folder is duplicated, the duplication is a new folder with a new Date Created (now) with all files inside as added to the new folder with Date Added as now. | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:48 | history | edited | Gilby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add 1st paragraph re nature of question and misunderstandings.
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| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:48 | comment | added | lhf | Anyway, thanks for the answer. I’ve given up trying to do this. | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:47 | comment | added | lhf | “Date Added metadata can't belong just to a file.” — this is clear from the start. “It pertains to a conjunction of file and folder.” — exactly. Why can’t this metadata be preserved when duplicating a folder and its contents? | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:25 | history | edited | Gilby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:12 | history | edited | Gilby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2023 at 9:05 | history | edited | Gilby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2023 at 8:59 | history | answered | Gilby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |