Photos App
How do I sort the photos library chronologically by actual date taken, not the date I added them?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
You can only sort the albums you create yourself, not the predefined albums, that Photos is automatically creating for you. They are all having a fixed sort order, depending on the individual album and the system version.
The "All Photos" album in Photos 5 on Catalina is sorted by the capture dare, the Imports Album and Recents Album are sorted by the date added.
You can create your own album "My Imports" as a smart album and sort it by the capture date
- File > New Smart album
- Date Added is in the last 30 days
- Then sort this album by the capture date
To sort the smart album, ctrl-click it in the sidebar and set a sort option.