display exif data, sort on exif data

Is there any way with the Photos app to display pictures sorted by exif data? Is there any way to show the exif data along side the photos when viewing the pictures in the "all photos" view?

No way. Photos is sadly lacking with respect to metadata. You can only display the title with the thumbnails, but not sort by title.

Keep using iPhoto or Aperture while the developers will hopefully add updates and make Photos more usable for large photo libraries.

If you are going to switch to non-Apple DAMs, compare the options. Lightroom is not the only remaining professional application. Have a look at Capture One Pro; it is more similar to Aperture, or if you like the Linux world, have a look at the free digikam for Mac.
https://www.digikam.org

iPhoto is already at end of life but will be compatible with 10.10 for the life of 10.10. There will not be any updates.

Is there any way to show the exif data along side the photos when viewing the pictures in the "all photos" view?

Not in the way you're referring to but there is an Applescript/Automator workflow that will write the Capture date to the Title filed for each file. It's in the Photos for Mac User Tips and called Photos for Mac: Batch Changing the Title to the Capture Date

In the all photos window the photos are sorted by date added. If you create a new album and add all the photos to it you can sort by capture date.

The script that's available will give you this as the title:

They can always be reverted back to the file name with this script/workflow: Photos for Mac: Batch Changing the Titles to the Filename. I prefer to save the script as an application as I find it easier to apply as an app.

Photos is designed to be similar to that on the iPhone and iPad. It's strictly consumer based and not anywhere what a professional photographer would need.

You might want to consider other DAM (digital asset management) apps to manage your image files. I use Media Pro 1 and is allows sorting by all of these:

It can also show most of the EXIF or ITPC fields under the thumbnail, space permitting.

Other DAM apps are discussed at The DAM Forum.

Thanks for the recommendation. Could you please tell me if I move all my pictures out of Mac Photos into Media Pro, will the date created data be changed to today's date?

The EXIF date created will not be changed. However, if you move the files out of the library to another volume so that a new file is created the File Created Date will change.

Also, if you still have your iPhoto library and iPhoto 9.6.1 you can use Media Pro to write all of the metadata added by iPhoto, i.e. keywords, titles, descriptions, etc., to the original files so that you will have them embedded in the files to be used by MP1. This tutorial describes how: #4 - Converting an Photo 6(06), 7(08), 8(09) or 9(11) Library to an Media Pro Catalog System

There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.

One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself.

The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.

Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.

Photo applications like iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata.

When you export from iPhoto to the Finder new file is created containing your Photo (and its Exif). The File date is - quite accurately - reported as the date of Export.

However, the Photo Date doesn't change.

The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.

So, your photo has the correct date, and so does the file, but they are different things. To sort on the Photo date you'll need to use a photo app.

Many thanks Toad

This discussion is nearly a year old. Since the original question has been posted, the sort options for photos have been improved a bit. And you can now use PowerPhotos as a companion to Photos and browse your Photos Library from Power Photos with titles and subtitles blow the thumbnails, or in a nice let view with metadata. You can click the columns in the list view and view your albums sorted by the metadata in the columns. That is very versatile.

Power Photos can also help to manage several Photos Libraries and to move photos between photos libraries. The trial is free - give it a try. https://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos/