Iphone photo sort order post itunes update

If that's what you think then by all means cater to your ignorance.

LOL, love it...more posts removed. Great job treating your customers right, Apple!

Aright, i've been attempting different methods on how to to the photos from my computer synced onto my device from file name as opposed to date taken. Seems like this is still an issue with the new iTunes update. I tried deleted the cache and removing the photos and then re adding. Then I tired uninstalling iTunes and re-installing it again and DFU restoring my iphone. The only way to really get the photos to sync is to uncheck the photos box and removing the photos then deleting the cache, then sync. After that click on Manually manage music and videos and only check the photos box again to re add the photos and sync. This has worked for me but the downside is all your other stuff can't be synced so you can't check those boxes because it turn off the feature and reverts the photos into the "new" way. So i'm torn: A.) sync all my stuff that's checked off but keep my photos sorted by date taken or B.) Turn on Manually manage music and videos and leave Apps & Photos checked off so that they may be in order by alphabetical order but now I have to add things manaually. Hopefully this get's fixed the Manually manage music and videos is a pain. I don't have time to keep updating it that way.

Since upgarding to the new iTunes my numbered photos are out of order too. Apple support as usually do not seem to recognise there is a problem or even admit that there could be! Glad I am not alone and this is a real problem after upgrading to new iTunes. Hopefully Apple will update iTunes again soon and we all will be happy!

I'm in the same boat. I had previously removed the EXIF data, named the photos properly, and then copied and pasted them to a new folder. This forced iTunes to sync them in alphabetical order. I jsut upgraded to 64 bit iTunes on a Windows 7 computer and my photos are now showing in a random order. They are not ordering by any of the date fields or the photo file name.

For those using Windows 7, the order has been changed to the "date modifed" of the photo file, and Apple's FAQ was rewritten a few days ago to reflect this.

Apparently, this does not affect the order of previously snched photos - only photos that are newly synched to a device after the iTunes update is installed, whether they are additional photos or modified versions of earlier ones, etc.

I have to say that this was an exceedlingly dumb decision by Apple. The date modfied often bears no relaton to the actual date the photo was taken. Any modifications made to a photo (say, in Picasa or Photoshop) which is then re-synched through iTunes will impact the date in which a photo is ordered, even if the modification is made a year later. Also, photos downloaded fom Facebook, etc. generally have file dates and "dates modified" unrelated to the actual date the photo was taken - much less an order preferred by a user.

The only workaounds of which I am aware are to manually change the "date modifed" atrubutes of the photos to reflect the sequence you want, delete the iPod photo cache and re-synch, or, as I have done, delete the current software, delete the cache, install the last version and re-synch the photos so that file names govern.the order they are presented.

Can't Apple give us an option? The iPad is marketed in part as a great way to show photos, yet its Windows softrware displays them in a an irational manner with the user having virtually no control over how they are ordered.

As Apple fixed this problem once, what is the problem with them fixing it again? I now have numbered pictures and the order until recently was fine. To change the modification date order would be a nightmare as I have over 2000+ numbered pictures. Apple clearly broke what they had initially fixed and for a gain that I can not see!

Same situation here. It's now the middle of July any word on the fix to this bug? Slide shows are meaningless.

so...anyone know if 10.6.3 solved this problem?

wnated to ask before installing.

Still no resolution to the issue other than syncing then removing cache, then moving folder, then updateing photo count on itunes, then move back the folder into the photos and then re update the count on the photos on iTunes and then syncing.

Hmmm...is that other people's experience as well with 10.6.3???

It says specificially in the release notes the issue was fixed, but if not, I'm gonna stay on 10.6.1 for awhile longer.

I can confirm 10.6.3 does NOT fix the photo sort problem.

****...!

I had the same problem for a long time and finally figured out the issue. Your photos are being sorted by date modified so in order to get them back into the order you want you need a 3rd party software to change the date modified. I selected all my pictures at once and did a mass change to the date modified. Now that they all have the same date modified their being sorted by file name.

I inserterd the link to the software that i used, very simple to operate.

http://www.petges.lu/

1. download software

2. select all your pictures at once - right click

3. click change attributes

4. check box that says modify date and time stamps

5. you can now change the date modified to get your pictures back in order based on file name

Good Luck & I hope it solves the problem!

so I'm sure a new version of Itunes will be coming out very shortly.

And I'm guessing to use ios6 and the new phone I'll need to update.

Really hope they fixed this photo sort issue.

I'll have to give harleex03's date modification tweek a try I guess...

I just updated my Iphone to IOS6. My photo's were still out of order like with the previous IOS.

1 First, uncheck synch photos tab and all the selected photo folders.

2 Then synch

3 Then reselect synch photos tab and all the folders you want

4 Then re-synch

This worked for me with the new IOS6 on a PC using windows 7