How can you sort Album or Smart Album photos?

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How can you sort Album or Smart Album photos?

Is there anyway to sort the photos in an album or smart album by title or any other attribute besides Date? In iPhoto you could sort them by choosing View > Sort Photos > ...

But the only choice in the Photos View menu is: Keep Sorted by Date... OR if you right click on an Album or Smart album in the Photos sidebar, there is an option to Sort by Name;

but this does NOT sort the contents of the selected album, just the albums in the enclosing folder in the sidebar by name...

null-OTHER, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Photos App

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 9:05 AM

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léonie

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Apr 17, 2015 12:51 PM in response to victorvs

You can sort regular albums manually by dragging the items. Disable "View > Keep sorted by date". But for smart albums this option cannot be disabled.

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Apr 17, 2015 9:35 AM in response to léonie

Thanks léonie that lets me sort the few albums i have manually; hopefully they'll add sorting (by title, etc) for Smart Albums in the near future as the vast majority of albums i use are smart albums...

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victorvs Author

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Apr 17, 2015 1:38 PM in response to victorvs

Submitted a Photos Enhancement request at https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

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