I was wondering if anyone know if photos in the new Photos app on the Mac can be arranged by date? This feature was amazing in the iPhoto app, but for some reason I can only see the option to "Keep sorted by name".
Im running the most upto date version of OS X 10.10.3 (updated 30 mins ago)
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
If you want to sort the albums themselfs (rather than the photos within the albums), here is the trick:
Right-Click on "Albums" in the side panel and then sort:
Kinda well hidden.. So much for intuitive UI by Apple :-)
I'd imagine the only option you have is a Collections/Moments type view as on iOS devices….but as I'm not in Yosemite at the minute I'm afraid I can't confirm.
Hopefully someone will give a more helpful answer, but congratulations on the first post in this new forum.
As Alley_Cat mentioned the only sort by date is in the Moments section. If you're looking in the All Photos sections it's only by Date Added:
In the Photos mode or an album it's by Date (EXIF capture date):
In the "folder" titled iPhoto Events, which is a collection of albums representing the events from the iPhoto Library, it's by Title also.
You can sort albums by date from the view menu.
Do you want to sort the albums, or the photos in the albums?
Or do you want to sort the albums in the list of albums? You can simply drag them around and rearrange them.
When I last openeed the library 'package' photos were stored in folders by date of import which seemed silly to me, but there you go, is that still the case?
Thank you!
Thank you for your response. I meant to say, is there any way I can arrange my albums, while in the "album" view mode (where I can see all my albums) by date? I understand when you say within an album they are arranged by date, but I'm talking about when looking at all the albums. Im apologize if your previous post answers this and Im just reiterating the same thing. I do know that the albums can be dragged to be rearranged, but since I have so many, it would be far too complicated.
I was just curious, because that option (for me) made it much faster to find photos.
Thanks again for your help
Oops. Léonie has the right answer, either manually or by Name:
Thank you for your help
Thank you for your help!
This is a complete oversight by Apple (nothing new there), I want to be able to see my albums in date order with the oldest at the top, currently they're mixed up but mainly in the reverse order. The only way to fix it is to manually sort everything. That would be difficult enough but with Apple's obsession with minimalism you can even get the date information about the albums without going into each album first.
Thank you for your help!
You're welcome!
I just upgraded to the new photo app and have the same question. I would like to have the albums sorted by date, but with the newest folders at the top (just like in the previous version)...ESPECIALLY since the new albums are added to the top. Since I have over 12,000 photos and 200 albums (or events), I'm not that interested in manually dragging the ones from the bottom up to the top. I even tried naming the folders with year.month and sorting by name, but it sorts it again oldest to newest. Lame. Why would I be interested in viewing pictures from 15 years ago as the first option?
Tell Apple what additional features you want in Photos via both http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html and http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html since they don't have a feedback page for Photos as yet.
How do I arrange albums by date in the new Photos app on Mac
