Photos out of chronological order in albums

Since the 'upgrade' to Photos Ver. 1.0 (209.52.0) from iPhoto, my photos appear out of chronological order after import into albums. I haven't found any 'sort' feature and photos cannot be 'dragged' into another location either (I should not have to do that anyway!!). This happens whether all the photos are from one camera or from both my cameras. This did not happen in iPhoto and no times/dates were altered from the original. This seems such a basic thing. Anyone know how to fix this?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Jun 28, 2015 7:11 PM

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Mar 27, 2016 7:41 AM in response to tk1ders

My problem is similar, but slightly different. When I import photos from my camera--one day, one location, one time zone--they are imported out of sequence. The first photos loaded were shot in the evening, then some from morning, a few more evening, some afternoon, more evening, then the morning ones again. There's no rhyme or reason to it, just an unholy mess of 712 photos out of order. Anybody got any ideas how to resolve this?


FWIW, I think Apple has overthought Photos and is too cute by half with the whole application. iPhoto worked much more simply and intuitively, and I wasn't left trying to decide if I was having a Moment or Burst or a thrombo. If they want to add an improvement, a toggle to "make this app act like iPhoto" would be fine with me.


My rant is concluded.


Any thoughts on my mishmash issue? TYIA.

Aug 5, 2016 8:45 AM in response to tk1ders

I just figured out why my photos are like this, even though I have the option to sort photos in chronological order.. I use my iPhone to take HDR and non-HDR pictures, and TrueHDR as well. Different pictures work out in different apps and I filter later. The iPhone pictures are grouped correctly chronologically, and the TrueHDR pictures are grouped separately and chronologically. Hence the mixup.

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