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Q: how do i change the sort oder in a shared album

how do i change the sort oder in a shared album

Posted on May 31, 2015 7:21 PM

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Q: how do i change the sort oder in a shared album

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  • by Glenn Leblanc,

    Glenn Leblanc Glenn Leblanc May 31, 2015 7:27 PM in response to Cofink
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    May 31, 2015 7:27 PM in response to Cofink

    You can't.

  • by Cofink,

    Cofink Cofink Jun 1, 2015 5:51 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc
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    Jun 1, 2015 5:51 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc

    That *****! What is the point of the cloud and albums if you cannot lay it out the way you want let alone collaborate with the person you are sharing it with.

     

    This is a fundamental flaw....

  • by Glenn Leblanc,

    Glenn Leblanc Glenn Leblanc Jun 1, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Cofink
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    Jun 1, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Cofink

    That's the way Apple laid it out. Shared albums show photos in the order you add them to the album. You don't have the ability to change sort order like you could in iPhoto.

     

    You can send them your requests & comments:

    https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R Jun 1, 2015 6:45 AM in response to Cofink
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    Jun 1, 2015 6:45 AM in response to Cofink

    Cofink wrote:

    What is the point of the cloud and albums if you cannot lay it out the way you want let alone collaborate with the person you are sharing it with.

    Albums shared via iCloud Photo Sharing are not intended for collaboration. It is strictly a subscription service. The album's creator may optionally allow subscribers to add comments and/or photos or videos to the album, but that is the extent of it.

  • by Dan2348,

    Dan2348 Dan2348 Jun 1, 2015 6:48 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc
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    Jun 1, 2015 6:48 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc

    In my experience, a shared album is put in the order in which the photos were taken, and not in the order I arranged in my album.

  • by Glenn Leblanc,

    Glenn Leblanc Glenn Leblanc Jun 1, 2015 7:03 AM in response to Dan2348
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    Jun 1, 2015 7:03 AM in response to Dan2348

    I didn't say they were in the order you arrange an album. I said they were in the order in which you add them to the shared album. I have a shared album created and the photos are arranged in the order to which I added to it. It doesn't matter that the latest photo is the oldest dated photo.

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R Jun 1, 2015 7:29 AM in response to Dan2348
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    Jun 1, 2015 7:29 AM in response to Dan2348

    Dan2348 wrote:

    In my experience, a shared album is put in the order in which the photos were taken, and not in the order I arranged in my album.

    My experience is just like Glenn's -- the order is determined by when I (or any of its subscribers) add items to the album, not by date taken.

     

    Technically, the items are not even stored locally. They are on Apple's iCloud servers, which is why you have to import a copy to do anything with it besides view it, even if the original is stored on your own local drive.

  • by tecsi12,

    tecsi12 tecsi12 Nov 20, 2015 2:35 PM in response to Cofink
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    Nov 20, 2015 2:35 PM in response to Cofink

    Absokutely agree. And I just discovered this limitation trying to simply improve my photo ordering on a shared album.