Custom reorder iCloud photos (drag + drop) within an album?

Can photos in an iCloud album be rearranged? Seems like drag and drop doesn't work.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Jan 16, 2025 10:40 AM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2025 12:29 PM

Rosina Lippi-Green wrote: Can photos in an iCloud album be rearranged? Seems like drag and drop doesn't work.

I'm not sure exactly what the means.  iCloud Photos is a synchronization service. When you engage iCloud Photos on a device, then the Library on that device is kept exactly the same as the iCloud Photos Library, and vice versa. So the arrangement of pictures at iCloud Photos is the same as the arrangement of pictures on the Mac. On a Mac, you can indeed drag pictures around an album to achieve a "Custom" sort. Or you can automatically sort my date or title. The synchronized album at iCloud Photos and on a connected iPhone or iPad, will be in the same order.


Is this what you wanted to do?

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Jan 16, 2025 12:29 PM in response to Rosina Lippi-Green

Rosina Lippi-Green wrote: Can photos in an iCloud album be rearranged? Seems like drag and drop doesn't work.

I'm not sure exactly what the means.  iCloud Photos is a synchronization service. When you engage iCloud Photos on a device, then the Library on that device is kept exactly the same as the iCloud Photos Library, and vice versa. So the arrangement of pictures at iCloud Photos is the same as the arrangement of pictures on the Mac. On a Mac, you can indeed drag pictures around an album to achieve a "Custom" sort. Or you can automatically sort my date or title. The synchronized album at iCloud Photos and on a connected iPhone or iPad, will be in the same order.


Is this what you wanted to do?

Jan 17, 2025 6:36 AM in response to Rosina Lippi-Green

Rosina Lippi-Green wrote: … This screenshot might help. iCloud Photos section… I would like to rearrange as part of getting a slideshow organized. Is there a way for me to do this?

Not by manipulating iCloud directly. If you arrange this album as you want it on a synchronized iPhone, iPad, or Mac, then the arrangement will be mirrored in iCloud.com.


Since you're using a Mac, this should be easy. Is your Mac Photos synchronized with iCloud Photos? Do you need to talk about that?


Cool pictures!

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