Mac Export Photos

Mac Export Photos preserving creation date and time.

Description

Exporting original photos from Mac Photos in a separate folder preserving creation date and time for files. Export can be done by year and month.

Installation

1. Copy file mac-export-photos.py in your home folder.
2. Make file mac-export-photos.py executable. In Mac Terminal chmod a+x ~/mac-export-photos.py

Usage

Run in Mac Terminal

cd ~
./mac-export-photos.py

Examples

Export photos and videos for a specific month

i.e. May 2017

./mac-export-photos.py --year 2017 --month 05 --destination <destination_folder> 

Export photos and videos with the CORRECT HOUR

Mac Photos is storing photos time in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). For the correct hour use parameter --hours-offset

i.e. If your photos are taken in Berlin use:

./mac-export-photos.py --year 2017 --month 05 --destination <destination_folder> --hours-offset 2

i.e. If your photos are taken in Bucharest use:

./mac-export-photos.py --year 2017 --month 05 --destination <destination_folder> --hours-offset 3

Export files filtered by extension

./mac-export-photos.py --year 2016 --month 04 --destination <destination_folder> --filter MOV

Help

Mac Export Photos preserving creation date and time.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -y YEAR, --year YEAR  Year
  -m MONTH, --month MONTH
                        Month
  -d DESTINATION, --destination DESTINATION
                        Destination folder
  -ho HOURS_OFFSET, --hours-offset HOURS_OFFSET
                        Hours offset in hours
  -f FILTER, --filter FILTER
                        Filter files by extension. i.e. JPG, MOV