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I've just opened Photos and find that the sets of pictures I've uploaded over the years, instead of being in order of upload dates, are jumbled up - so that a set from 2015 may be followed by a set from 2009, a set from 2014 by a set from 2011, and so on. How can I reorganise them so as to get back to date order, oldest first, most recent last?
iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.2)
Where are you looking at the photos in Photos? There are two predefined views "Photos" and "All Photos".
Both views have a fixed sort order.
But you can create your own "My All Photos" album as a smart album and sort it by the capture date or the title.
File > New Smart Album. Then use a rule "Date is after 1.1.1000" to include all photos from your library.
Where are you looking at the photos in Photos? There are two predefined views "Photos" and "All Photos".
Both views have a fixed sort order.
But you can create your own "My All Photos" album as a smart album and sort it by the capture date or the title.
File > New Smart Album. Then use a rule "Date is after 1.1.1000" to include all photos from your library.
You're welcome 🙂
Any album you create yourself can be sorted freely by more options. If the predefined albums do not suffice, feel free to build your own structure on top of the basic library views, using albums, smart albums, and folders to group them.
See the screenshot in my post above: Re: organise photos by date taken
You can sort any album by the capture date, as long as it is an album or smart album you created yourself. The predefined albums that come with photos have a fixed, predefined sort order.
But this requires that you are running a newer version of Photos. It is not possible in Photos 1,0 on Yosemite.
Thank you for your swift reply. I looked in All Photos, and that's where I found the uploaded sets all jumbled up (and, on marking all pix for edit and going to View>Sort> found the only option available, Keep Sorted by Oldest Date Added, ticked but knocked back, and thus impossible to re-activate). Following your advice, however, looking in Photos I found the sets in date order, oldest first. Thanks again.
I see what your response is but I still don't have a clue as to what to do. I thought at one time there was an option to organize pics according to date taken but I don't seem to have that option anymore..
You could also create a smart album with this criteria
and you can then sort them in any one of these options:
I'm a simple soul, but thanks for your advice on the options.
organise photos by date taken
