How to fix random album order when adding photos on iPhone 15 pro iOS 18.3.1?

iPhone 15 pro iOS 18.3.1. Adding a selected photo to an album is now a nightmare. All the albums appear to be in a completely random order with no way of sorting. Has anyone managed to fix this?


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Posted on Feb 22, 2025 12:57 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2025 1:43 AM

When you use the command "Add to album" went can see the folders the albums are in.


It will help a lot to structure your list of albums with folders and subfolders. we can nest the folders with subfolders and subsubfolders, etc.


What I am doing:

  • I am creating related albums in enclosing folders, and related folders are also grouped by folders.
  • There are no more than ten albums or ten subfolders in each folder, but so I can find each of my thousand albums at a glance by clicking through the hierarchy of folders, for example to find my album "2013_Alaska_Day10_Denali I just need four clicks on the folders "Travel > 2010-2019 > 2013_Alaska_Yukon > 2013_Alaska_Day10_Denali


One problem - we have to create each album right inside the folder where we want it. We cannot move existing albums to a different folder. So we need to plan ahead.

Or, if we are using iCloud Photos and have a Mac, it it is more convenient to create the folder structure on the Mac and arrange the albums there, then let iCloud sync them to the iPhone and iPad.


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Feb 22, 2025 1:43 AM in response to Mudge00a

When you use the command "Add to album" went can see the folders the albums are in.


It will help a lot to structure your list of albums with folders and subfolders. we can nest the folders with subfolders and subsubfolders, etc.


What I am doing:

  • I am creating related albums in enclosing folders, and related folders are also grouped by folders.
  • There are no more than ten albums or ten subfolders in each folder, but so I can find each of my thousand albums at a glance by clicking through the hierarchy of folders, for example to find my album "2013_Alaska_Day10_Denali I just need four clicks on the folders "Travel > 2010-2019 > 2013_Alaska_Yukon > 2013_Alaska_Day10_Denali


One problem - we have to create each album right inside the folder where we want it. We cannot move existing albums to a different folder. So we need to plan ahead.

Or, if we are using iCloud Photos and have a Mac, it it is more convenient to create the folder structure on the Mac and arrange the albums there, then let iCloud sync them to the iPhone and iPad.


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