
Jul 07, '06 07:30:03AM • Contributed by: spacericker9k
To change the creation date, I wrote this small AppleScript droplet application. Copy and paste the text into a new script in Script Editor, and then save it as an application.
With the script in place, I take the 1980s picture files that I just scanned, and drop the file(s) or the folder onto the application. The script then asks me for the new creation date (ie: 1/1/1985), and then it does its work. There are shareware solutions out there that do this, but the ones I found were a tad overbuilt, or not as quick to use. I wanted it to be fast-to-use and super simple. My script could be modified to make date entry easier, but for me, this is really all I need.
[robg adds: When I tested this, it worked if I dropped a file (or multiple files) onto the applet. If I dropped a folder of files, however, nothing seemed to happen.]