User level: Level 1 (4 points)My phone is showing up as iPod and on social media it says my photos or videos where created in 1986. Anyone know what that is?
Posted on Oct 9, 2026 7:27 PM
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Oct 9, 2026 7:57 PM in response to goddess107
Where is your iPhone showing as an iPod? Apple does not broadcast what device you are using to Social Media, so they attempt to guess what it is and as you have found it, often they get it wrong.
It is not unusual for the Metadata of a picture to be stripped when uploading to Social Media. This includes the date the picture was taken and also the location which may be a privacy concern. When no Metadata is available, the site will likely just use some default value, but usually sites like Facebook or Instagram would use the date it was uploaded to their site and not rely on any metadata from your picture.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256373445