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Screenshots issue after transfer from android.

Hey, I just switched to iOS and I have a problem. Iphone see all my screenshots from samsung as standard photos, which results in the entire gallery being mixed up. I know I could create album and move all screenshots there, but my future screenshots will go to media types/screeshots anyway. I tried to edit metadata and figure out what makes a screenshot for iOS algorithm, but to no avail.

iPhone 15

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 8:05 PM

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Nov 22, 2024 1:27 AM in response to JuLiaNelo

I did a quick test and at least in Ventura screenshots have the following metadata. Photos.app uses either one to decide which image is a screenshot:


'ExifIFD:UserComment=Screenshot'

'XMP-exif:UserComment=Screenshot'


You can add that info to other images with a command like (this command adds just 'ExifIFD:UserComment=Screenshot' which is enough):


exiftool -P -overwrite_original -UserComment=Screenshot image.jpg



Screenshots issue after transfer from android.

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