Preserve Modification Date Oddity

Mac
1

New to this app. Like it ...... but I have an issue with the file creation and modification date. If I do not select Preserve Modification Date in Preferences, both it AND the file creation date are changed. I prefer the creation date to let me know when I obtained the FLAC files on my M1 Mini and my older MBP, and the modification date to note when a modification occurred.

If I select Preserve Modification Date, BOTH are unchanged.

Seems like the creation date should NEVER be changed, right?

I read older (probably Windows) posts regarding this, indicating a temporary copy that is utilized, but golly, there has to be a way to do this.

2

Yes, thanks for pointing. This happens when temporary files are involved for writing the changes. I'll look into this and will fix it with the next release.

3

Thank you very much!

4

I've just released Mp3tag for Mac v1.4 including the fix. Thanks again for reporting!

5

Thank you Florian, the modification date now agrees with the Preferences checkbox! :grinning: