Hi Jorismak,
No, they aren’t RAW files, nor are they JPG files. These are not images taken from a camera.
You know when you create a new document - say a Word or Excel document - you don’t have to add EXIF or IPTC dates because the file system creates them for you? When I make digital art the file system creates the dates for it.
But when a computer crashes and they are brought into the new computer, the new computer says the created date, the modified date and the imported dates are all 2022 (for this computer because the manufacturer rebuilt it and when I brought my images in from Dropbox all the dates were changed to the new date of 2022.
I used to use the Photos app to view them because it showed the original real created and modified dates. But they’ve changed the Photos app and now it shows the 2022 dates too.
I use ACDSee where I can put the EXIF and IPTC data, but I need the data before I can do that. This is the third computer I’m dealing with this and thought I’d see if anyone knew where the real original date was hidden.
It seems there isn’t any good answers though, so I will just have cross reference all the info I have and questimate the created dates for many of them.
You’re right the command line is scary. I am looking at the EXIF tools that were mentioned as they aren’t software dependent and that might work well for me once I’ve put in as many dates as I can.
Thank you for your help and understanding. Have a great day! 