Datewell™ Date Taken from File Names (Mac): the Lightroom Classic plug-in and the standalone app

The installer asks what to install: both (the default), only the Lightroom Classic plug-in, or only the
standalone app, which needs no Lightroom. One license covers both.

TO INSTALL

  1. If you are installing the Lightroom plug-in, quit Lightroom Classic.
  2. Double-click "Install Datewell". macOS asks once whether to open an app downloaded from the
     Internet: click Open. (The installer is signed and checked by Apple.)
  3. Choose what to install and click Install. A message says when it is done.
  4. The app: open Applications > ThePictureOrg (or Launchpad) > Datewell. It opens in your web browser and
     works only on this Mac.
     The plug-in: start Lightroom Classic. Select photos, then
     Library > Plug-in Extras > Set Date taken from file names.

  The plug-in goes into Lightroom's own plug-in folder for your user:
     ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules/PictureOrgDatewell.lrplugin
  The app goes into Applications > ThePictureOrg (or the same in the Applications folder in your home folder):
     Datewell.app
  To update later, open the installer from the new download the same way; it replaces the old version.
  To remove them, open "Uninstall Datewell".
  If anything goes wrong, the installer keeps a log for support:
     ~/Library/Logs/PictureOrg/Datewell-install.log

  On a Mac with an Intel processor, Datewell uses the Mac's own Python 3. If the Mac has none, the
  installer says so: install Python 3 from python.org.

INSTALLING THE PLUG-IN BY HAND INSTEAD

  Right-click "Install Datewell" > Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources, and copy
  PictureOrgDatewell.lrplugin somewhere permanent (for example Documents/Lightroom Plug-ins). Then in
  Lightroom Classic choose File > Plug-in Manager > Add and pick it.

The full User Guide is inside the plug-in (right-click PictureOrgDatewell.lrplugin > Show Package
Contents > docs > Datewell-User-Guide.html).
