Organizing Shared Albums
How do I organize my shared albums? I click Edit but only get the option to delete. I cannot change the order. I would be good with sort alphabetical but that option isn’t available either.
iPhone 13, iOS 17
How do I organize my shared albums? I click Edit but only get the option to delete. I cannot change the order. I would be good with sort alphabetical but that option isn’t available either.
iPhone 13, iOS 17
Do you want to rearrange the photos in the shared albums? Or rearrange your list of shared albums? The list of shared albums is always sorted by the date the album ahas been added. There I no way to change this. You may want to delete shared albums you do no longer need.
However, you can sort the items inside a shared album by newest first or oldest first. This is possible since iOS 16 - because the capture date is no longer stripped from the shared photos.
Do you want to rearrange the photos in the shared albums? Or rearrange your list of shared albums? The list of shared albums is always sorted by the date the album ahas been added. There I no way to change this. You may want to delete shared albums you do no longer need.
However, you can sort the items inside a shared album by newest first or oldest first. This is possible since iOS 16 - because the capture date is no longer stripped from the shared photos.
The only order available in shared albums is the order they were added to the album. Once added they can't be moved to a different order.
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I found it the best way to share between devices and my family. I hit the 200 max limit because I had one for each year/month. Now I am consolidating them one per year, but the old years are above the later years, and I have a mess. I am a very organized person-software developer by trade. Surprised Apple would not have solved this issue already. You can organize the non-shared albums, but not the shared ones.
There isn't any way to keep the shared albums arranged. Apple does not seem to expect us to have many shared albums.
I see there is a way to sort the photos inside the shared album, but I want to organize the albums. As soon as I touch an album, it moves to the top. There should be a way to arrange the albums. It is hard to find anything because it moves around.
Organizing Shared Albums