A Better Finder Attributes 7.53 on Mac

Version 7.50 of A Better Finder Attributes brings a useful fix for photographers: IPTC Date Created and EXIF time zone offsets now stay in sync when you set embedded dates. That means fewer mismatches between what the camera wrote and what your catalog reads.

Adjusts JPEG EXIF dates directly

It adjusts JPEG EXIF date and time data directly, and it can synchronize a photo's modification date with its actual shooting date. That alone saves a lot of manual sorting in Lightroom or Finder.

Handles NEF, CR2, CRW and ARF files

Yes. It handles date and time data in NEF, CR2, CRW and ARF files. If you shoot with a mix of cameras, you can normalise dates across the whole library without opening each file.

Changes dates for any file type

No. It also changes file creation and modification dates for any file, which is handy when you're organising downloads or fixing metadata after a transfer. A Better Finder Attributes 7.50 runs on macOS 14.6 or later and works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Saves raw shooters from opening each file

Photographers who shoot raw and keep a tidy archive are the obvious fit. If you import images from several cameras at once, the batch date adjustment saves you from opening each file in a raw processor just to fix a wrong timestamp. But it is not only for camera users.

Video editors and content creators also benefit. Version 7.50 writes the Apple QuickTime creation date, so movies you have re-dated show up correctly in Photos and Final Cut Pro. That is a small detail that makes a real difference when you are searching clips by date.

People who manage large file collections — researchers, archivists, anyone moving data between drives or cloud services — will find the batch attribute editing useful. Changing creation and modification dates on folders full of mixed file types keeps your Finder sort order consistent after a migration.

Combines EXIF, raw and QuickTime metadata

It did not touch EXIF data, raw files or QuickTime metadata. A Better Finder Attributes 7.50 does all of that in one tool, so you are not switching between two utilities for basic and advanced date work.

Most other Mac date changers focus on photos alone or on file dates alone. This one bridges both, and it handles raw formats from Canon, Nikon and others without extra plugins. That breadth is what sets it apart for mixed-media workflows.

Workflow: normalising dates after a multi-camera shoot

Say you shot an event with two cameras and a phone. The timestamps are all over the place because one camera had the wrong date set and the phone applied its own time zone. Here is a straightforward way to fix it using A Better Finder Attributes 7.50.

1. Drag the whole day's folder into the app's drop zone. It scans all files and shows their current dates.
2. Select the files from the camera that had the wrong date. Use the date shift panel to add or subtract hours until the times match what you remember shooting.
3. Select the phone images. If the phone was in a different time zone, adjust by the offset so the times line up with the other cameras.
4. Check the box to synchronise each photo's modification date with its shooting date. This makes Finder sort order match your actual shooting sequence.
5. Run the batch. Every file gets corrected dates, including the EXIF data and, for videos, the QuickTime creation date.

After that, your whole library sorts correctly in Lightroom, Photos and Finder. No more guessing which file came first.

• macOS 14.6 or later
• 64-bit
• Intel or Apple Silicon
• Interface: English, German, French

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