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rearrange photos in an album

I have tried to rearrange photos by dragging within an album, but they immediately pop back into the original spot when I release the cursor. How do I do this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Sep 9, 2023 4:58 PM

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Sep 10, 2023 1:07 AM in response to mainewriter

Which album are you trying to sort?

You can only rearrange photos in standard albums you create yourself, not in the albums created automatically by Photos. Smart albums can only be sorted automatically by the title or the date (view > Sort > ...) , but not manually by dragging the photos. Shared albums can only be sorted by the date.


rearrange photos in an album

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