[request] preserve/append additional file attributes

[rb0022]

Preserve/append additional file attributes, as performed by macOS

Options on macOS to obtain files and brief inspection of the file attributes:

• macOS Finder app (previously iTunes), perform unencrypted backup. Run an extractor.
• macOS Photo app, transfer files to ~/Pictures/PhotoLibrary. Loss of original filenames (and poor subdir structure), preserves Created/Modified Date and Longitude/Latitude.
• macOS Image Capture app, transfers to selected directory. Preserve original filename and Created/Modified Date.

Options on Windows:

• Windows Apple Devices app, perform unencrypted backup. Run an extractor.
• Windows Photo app, "Import From a USB device" - preserve original filenames and lose file attributes?
• Windows Explorer via MTP connection, loss of all file attributes?

Additional/available File Attributes list, as seen in the backup metadata structure (@joz-k please edit this list):

• Latitude
• Longitude
• ????

[joz-k]

@rb0022: Thanks for the analysis. Really appreciated! I'll look into the missing MacOS attributes over the next few days. I suspect that the latitude/longitude data is related to GPS positioning, which was previously disabled on my phone :) I'll turn on GPS stamping and see what happens.

[Box333]

Thats fantastic ! Thank you for this enhancement 👍🏻

[joz-k]

could you also add a "original" parameter to the --format switch, so that the photos can be extracted to their original folder structure \Media\DCIM\Apple101, \Media\DCIM\Apple102 ...etc? Thanks

@Box333: This sounds interesting but could you please report it as a separate request? Thx.

[joz-k]

I just noticed, that the timestamp on some extracted files is shifted +1hour.. Trying to figure out why only some files are affected and not all.

@Box333: Again, this doesn't belong to this request (which is about additional file attributes). Please add this comment to #4 .