Stop PM from modifying file contents on injest

[Mike-D]

As mentioned in the support forum, please add an option to prevent PM from modifying the content of files in ANY way when injested.

...Mike

[HPL]

... and modifying files with the ReadOnly bit set.

Peter

[William R Wood]

I would agree.  My specific request is that images I send to the Secondary Destination during ingest should, at least optionally, be copied as is from the camera card and not modified in any way.  I regard this backup set of images as "originals" and I do not want those files modified in any way whatsoever, just copied to my hard drive. 

Regards

Bill Wood

[MikeA]

I'm working with the demo version and slowly learning about the many options...I see the Tools-menu item that updates files' modification dates on disk to match the file-creation times stored in the EXIF or IPTC data. That's a manual operation, though, and looks as if it might have to be done repeatedly.

Is there an option always to retain the capture date/time -- as the mod. date/time for the file on disk -- even when an image file's IPTC information is updated?

[Kirk Baker]

I'm working with the demo version and slowly learning about the many options...I see the Tools-menu item that updates files' modification dates on disk to match the file-creation times stored in the EXIF or IPTC data. That's a manual operation, though, and looks as if it might have to be done repeatedly.

Is there an option always to retain the capture date/time -- as the mod. date/time for the file on disk -- even when an image file's IPTC information is updated?

No, there is currently no option to force the capture date and time to be set as the modification date and time for the file when the file is updated.

-Kirk

[MikeA]

No, there is currently no option to force the capture date and time to be set as the modification date and time for the file when the file is updated.

I'd certainly appreciate the option to leave the files at their original modification date/time. If anyone else reading this thread would also find that kind of option desirable, please chime in...

[vAfotoriporter]

I have no problem with ingest PM works now. I don't need unchanged originals. I use PM to modify my images the way I want it. However I can understand the wish for a "copy only don't change anything" option.

Somewhere I read Kirk plans such an option to be added.