GoPro videos show Dec 31, 1969 in macOS Ventura Image Capture

March 15, 2023

The built-in Image Capture application is a popular utility for importing media from GoPro cameras into a Mac. With the release of macOS Ventura, however, many users of this method are running into an odd issue where Image Capture is displaying a date of “Dec 31, 1969” for all their media files.

Furthermore, when one clicks “Download” and imports their GoPro media onto their computer, these files are being downloaded with a Modified Date of “Dec 31, 1969” but a Created Date of the time of import. Since most users are importing their media into video applications like Final Cut Pro X or Adobe Premiere, this causes problems because incorrect dates will cause the media to appear out-of-order when intermingled with other footage due to date/time mismatches.

Luckily, with Insta Date Fixer 360, users can recover the original recording date/time of their footage and automatically fix the Created Date and Modified Date of their media files. Insta Date Fixer 360 does this by analyzing metadata that was inserted into the image or video file at time and recovering date/time information embedded in it and providing an easy-to-use UI for users to drag-and-drop their media files for analysis. Users can then automatically overwrite the incorrect dates with the recovered dates across all their files with a single-click.

Insta Date Fixer 360 was created for GoPro and Insta360 users but it is compatible with most modern camera manufacturers that record in MP4, MOV, and JPEG formats. You can download Insta Date Fixer 360 from the Mac App Store.