I exported a large group of trip photos from Photos onto my flash drive. They are completely out of order from what they were in before--in Photos. Is there a way to keep them in order when they are exported? I have over 1000 and that would be pretty tedious to figure out how to order them. Thank you for your help.
Photos has more options for ordering the images than the Finder does. The most simple way to keep the order is
Create an Album in Photos with the images you want
Put them in the order you want
Export them in a batch; File -> Export
In the export dialogue, under filename select Sequential
Your files will be exported with a sequential number filename, allowing you to sort of Filename in the Finder, and preserve your order.
Photos has more options for ordering the images than the Finder does. The most simple way to keep the order is
Create an Album in Photos with the images you want
Put them in the order you want
Export them in a batch; File -> Export
In the export dialogue, under filename select Sequential
Your files will be exported with a sequential number filename, allowing you to sort of Filename in the Finder, and preserve your order.
That depends on whether you have done any editing on those photos and if you want the edited or original versions.
Thank you! That worked. Also, should I import them as “originals”?
Import? Do you mean Export? If you export as originals then you get just that - the unedited original with the same filename as you imported.
When exporting, there are two options-“export 50 photos” or “export unmodified original for 50 photos.” Wasn’t sure which choice is best.
Okay, that makes sense. Thank you.
Keeping order of exported photos onto flash drive
