Photo sort order changed with ios 6

Network Accessible Storage - Harddisks connected in a network.

Yes, like limsgp said, it is a harddisk connected to a network. Depending on the model, it can be a small computer. A NAS can do a lot of things: storing files, playing media, backup, web-server, and so on.

Well, I'll be blowed! I was thinking of following up some of the earlier suggestions so I plugged the iPad into the Windows PC (a Toshiba Ultrabook) and opened iTunes. It went through its syncing routine and at the end, the disordered folder was magically in the correct order! This seems to repeat angel55676's experience which is that it is all a bit random, which is highly unsatisfactory. So I'll revert to Plan B which that I'll abandon the iPad and use the Ultrabook to show off my photos.

Rev Mitch,

I don't know if you are still following this thread but in case you are and for the benefit of others who may stumble into it like I did, I would like to offer the following. I also have Windows 7 and iTunes on my Dell PC. I have an iPad Air running the latest iOS (8.1.2) which still causes the same problem with picture order. Here is a fix that should work for your parameters. It does not require a Mac (although I have one) and it does not require any outside Apps. It does require a bit of time but you should be able to display all your pictures in any order you want and all you will need is access to the File Manager in Windows 7. The material below is cut and pasted from a Word document I created to summarize the process. iPads and iPhones unfortunately display pictures by "date created" which is not necessarily the same as "date taken". I wish that they would display the pictures by "Name" instead but the "smart" jocks at Apple have chosen otherwise for all of us. Basically you have to manipulate the "date created" in Windows 7 in order to get the pictures in the right order and this is easy to do, albeit a little time consuming.

From my Word document: The process is the same for iPads and iPhones so they are used interchangeably here. The iPad will show pictures by “date created” which cannot be easily manipulated. The “date created” is not the same as the “date taken”. To see the “date created” right click on a picture and then see Properties. Basically all pictures start with a creation date based on the date the picture was taken however if the picture is edited in Photoshop and/or saved under a different name this will tag a new creation date on the photo. If the picture is just edited in PS but saved to the same name it will not change the creation date it started with. Also if the picture is copied in My Computer, either using the same name into a different folder or a different name in same folder, this gives the copy a new creation date. If a new picture is added to the existing iPad pictures all will be shown according to their creation dates. I can edit most of the metadata with Windows 7 but “date created” is not one of the editable tags. Surprisingly I can edit “date taken” but this does not help in sorting for the iPad. To resort the pictures for the iPad in the order I want to see them I have to reestablish a new creation date for each picture in the order to be shown. Here is one way…

1) In My Computer (i.e, the Windows 7 File Manager) copy or move all the desired photos destined for the iPad into a junk or working folder. All can be moved at once.

2) Delete the "iPod Photo Cache" in Windows File Manager (that is correct, iPod, not iPad, as regardless of what device one has iTunes names it iPod) from My Computer (it will regenerate on next sync).

3) If there are pictures in the iPad use iTunes to delete them by syncing with no folders selected and then close iTunes.

4) Delete the iPod Photo Cache again after step 3.

5) Add the new pictures (if any) to the working Junk folder.

6) Name them by number in the desired order.

7) If editing is needed (crop, exposure, etc) do so at this point. If no editing is needed skip this step.

8) This is the most important step. Copy each picture one by one into the iPad folder in My Computer in the order I want them shown on the iPad. Do this by selecting each picture in the right order and then copying them one at a time. This will place a new creation date every time the picture is copied and if copied in the desired order they will display as such in the iPad. One can attempt to copy several at a time by selecting each first in the right order. This will save time but it will not guaranty the right order. The best approach is to copy each one by one.

9) Open iTunes and sync the iPad folder and then close iTunes.

10) Delete the iPod Photo Cache that was now created from My Computer so it is ready for next time.

This works for me and should work for you. If so let me know...