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Card 045 of 9992026-08-30 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-30

Anchorframe Puts Dates Back on Film Scans

anchorframe.app Observed source
Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A Mac app that uses nearby iPhone photos to restore date, location, camera, and lens metadata to scanned film.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-30 issue.

Field notes

Anchorframe compares a folder of film scans with nearby iPhone photos, offering candidate matches based on shared trips, dates, or rolls. A confirmed match writes date and place information directly into the scan files rather than maintaining a separate catalog. The page names camera and lens metadata as additional reconstruction targets and says the app has no network entitlement, account, analytics, or server; macOS place-name lookup is identified as the sole exception.

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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-08-30. The live site may have changed.