Import order for events/rolls

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Import order for events/rolls

How does iPhoto determine the order it puts imported files in?

When I import several files of photos into iPhoto, they go into Events, but they can be all over the place. I'd like the events in the same Date order as I have them listed in Finder.

If they were in the same date order in Events as they are in Finder, then I could make albums by topic. Not everyone in the family remembers them by date like I do, but could look them up by topic, vacation etc.

I'm trying to simplify my workflow and this would help.

Allie

MacBook Pro 17", Mac OS X (10.5.1), 30"monitor

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 5:25 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 1, 2008 9:57 PM in response to CC1254

iPhoto uses the date the photos were taken.

In the Finder, if you sort by date, the Finder uses the date the files were last modified. The last modified date is the date the photos were imported from your camera unless you've edited them in which case the date will change to the date you edited them on.

If you're sorting by Date in the Finder, the order will change as you edit the images because the last modified date will change.

In iPhoto, sorting by date, the order won't change when images are edited because the images are sorted by the date the photos were taken which doesn't change when you edit them.

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Answer 2

CC1254 Author

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Feb 2, 2008 5:28 AM in response to Thomas Emmerich

Thanks for the info. I did some restructuring at the Finder level, then did some importing into iPhoto and the files are staying in the date order as they are in Finder. So, once I establish a new iPhoto catalog, the photos in Events will be in the same order as in Finder. Then I'll do the Albums by subject, vacation etc.

Appreciate the explaination....I guess I spoke a bit too soon for I figured it out by just messing with the program.

Allie

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