iFloh
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Q: IOS8 Photo Album Sequence

Hi,

 

I just updated my device to iOS8. Now I find the Sequence of Photo Albums is not configurable any more in the iOS photo app. Up to iOS7 I was always able to adjust the album sequence to my preferences.

 

Am I doing something wrong or is this not supported any more?

 

Cheers

iF

iPhone 5, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 24, 2014 8:32 AM

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iFloh

Q: IOS8 Photo Album Sequence

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 24, 2014 10:08 AM in response to iFloh
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    Sep 24, 2014 10:08 AM in response to iFloh

    iPhoto for iOS is no longer supported nor works in iOS 8 and has been dropped from further development by Apple.  This Apple document describes how to migrate photos from iPhoto to Photos: Migrating from iPhoto for iOS to Photos on iOS 8

     

    It's a whole new ballgame now.  Here's some info on how the Photos apps now works.

     

    Your photos are still on your phone.  With iOS 8 there is no My Photo Stream or Camera Roll any more.  The MPS has been replaced with the Recent Activity album.

     

    The CR is replaced by the Collections mode.  The closest we can get to the Camera Roll is to turn off the Summarize Photos feature in the Settings/Photos & Camera pane and view the photos in the Collections/Moments window.

     

    iOS8collectionssummerize.png

     

    The photos will be in chronological order when scrolled up from the bottom of the window.

     

    iPhonemoments.png

     

    The Recent Activity album is showing the photos added in the last 30 days going back to 8/20 (today being 9/18).  In iPhoto on a Mac the My Photo Stream is showing more like 31 days, 8/19 to today, 8/20. It must be how the two devices calculate the last 30 days.

     

    WARNING:  If you use iTunes to sync photos between your iPhone or iPad and your Mac do not activate the iCloud Drive. Doing so will kill the capability of using iTunes to sync with your mobile device and disable Documents & Data syncing for your iCloud account on OS X Mavericks and earlier Macs, as well as iOS 7 and earlier devices.

     

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  • by iFloh,

    iFloh iFloh Sep 26, 2014 2:41 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Sep 26, 2014 2:41 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks for your good reply and hints

     

    Understand that Apple has it's own view on this, but I have many photos from other sources that I sync via iTunes and that haven't got all the tags that Apple uses.

     

    As usual, when machines try to guess what I need, they're oftten wrong

     

    I don't like unnecessary scrolling

    I don't like to see folders I don't use coming on top of everything

     

    Why not allow users to apply their own orders?

     

    Cheers