ap1974

Q: "Date Modified” issue - Yosemite

Hi everyone.

I have a huge collection of photos in a folder that were arranged by “Date Modified” but after upgrading to Yos,they appear in an numerical then alphabetical order.
I’m right clicking a blank space inside the actual folder & selecting “Date Modified” but it still shows all the pictures first numerically then alphabetically.Even the photos I have saved on an External HD are no longer showing in “Date Modified” order regardless of what I do.

Even if I try to arrange them by date created/added/last opened it does not arrange to those commands...The pictures just stay in numerical then alphabetical order. However,selecting "arrange by name" works fine

This is only happening to folders & photos that were created when using my previous OS (10.7.5.)

I created a new folder this morning,added new photos & I am able to arrange them by "date modified"

For some reason,photos that were saved prior to the upgrade cannot be arranged by "date modified."

 

Any feedback would be really appreciated.
Cheers

Posted on Apr 13, 2015 1:44 PM

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  • by judysings,

    judysings judysings Apr 16, 2015 12:51 PM in response to ap1974
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    Apr 16, 2015 12:51 PM in response to ap1974

    Hi ap1974,

    I understand you are trying to sort your files in Date Modified order, is that correct?  In all versions of OS X, you can change the view in Finder to List View.  Then click on the "Date Modified" column header and toggle between ascending and descending order.  

    Mac Basics: The Finder organizes all of your files - Apple Support
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201732

    Choose View > as List to see the items in a consecutive order. You can change the sort order of the list by clicking the headers (Name, Documents, Kind, Date) at the top of the list view. Click the same header a second time to switch between ascending and descending order.

    If an item is within a folder, you can click the triangle next to the folder name to see any items stored within that folder. 

     

     

    Hope that helps ...

    - Judy

  • by mccullochjp41,

    mccullochjp41 mccullochjp41 Oct 20, 2015 6:31 PM in response to judysings
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    Oct 20, 2015 6:31 PM in response to judysings

    No, I think your answer misses the original questioner's point, if I understand it correctly. List view doesn't really help with image files. You need to SEE at least the thumbnail at a decent size to know what the filenames mean.  You used to be able to organize the icon view by date modified.  I can't make that happen now.  Why this degradation in capability with these upgrades?  For photographers with a lot of photos this is a big pain.  To change to list view and then select the recent ones to find the images you've worked on, and then switch back to icon view to see what you've selected, is a cumbersome workaround. Apple can do better than this.