Sort photos on 'taken on' date

What version of OS X are you using?

Have you looked at iphoto?

The equivalent of 'explorer' in your Mac is The Finder.

In Finder you can sort a folder of photos according to date.

Once you have the folder selected, you can apply a few custom filters.

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Yes, but that is file creation/modification date - the Op was asking about 'taken on' date.

In iPhoto you can sort by the date in the exif file.

Oh I see. I missed that subtlety.

Just saw the OP mention 'finder' and took it from there.

You can't do this in the Finder - the File Manager. It sorts on file metadata. You need to use an app that understands Photo metadata that is written to the Exif of the photo when it is taken.

iPhoto is on your machine already, but there are many other apps you can download or purchase.

I would caution you about apps like iPhoto and Aperture, Lightroom etc. These are all databases geared to non-destructive processing and managing your images. They replace the Finder entirely for working with your images. So, if you're used to a file based method of working there is a conceptual leap you'll need to make. On the upside you'll find a much richer tool set for managing, cataloging, processing and sharing your photos.

I know this is an old thread but in case someone still needs to do that, I made an app called iSortPhoto. It's available on the Mac App Store and does just what was requested here.

WOW, if this works I'll do a dance around the camera store. After losing access to Aperture I converted everything to file folders and now I can't sort my photos by date taken. Thank you soooo much Gozotxu