Hi
Photos is sorting photos taken in one day randomly. This happens with photos imported from the same iPhone.
I have tried selecting all photos in an album (not smart) and ticking 'Keep sorted by oldest first' but it does not work.
Tried changing the setting to no avail.
I'm on MacOS 10.13.6
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), iMac 9.1 Early 2009 24" 3.06GHz
If photos are out of order in the moments, it could be a problem with the time zone that Photos assigned, when you imported the photos to your Mac. Did you import the photos at the same time? While still in Scotland? Or did you import some of the photos later, while in a differnet timezone?
To check the timezone, that Photos applied, open for each of the incorrectly sorted photos the panel "Image > Adjust Date & Time" separately and look at the timezone and the "closest city" at the bottom. Are both images using the same time zone? If not, change the timezone for the photos that are out of line. This will shift the "time adjusted" by an hour or so. Correct the "time adjusted" back to the "Time original", so that only the timezone will change and click "Apply".
If photos are out of order in the moments, it could be a problem with the time zone that Photos assigned, when you imported the photos to your Mac. Did you import the photos at the same time? While still in Scotland? Or did you import some of the photos later, while in a differnet timezone?
To check the timezone, that Photos applied, open for each of the incorrectly sorted photos the panel "Image > Adjust Date & Time" separately and look at the timezone and the "closest city" at the bottom. Are both images using the same time zone? If not, change the timezone for the photos that are out of line. This will shift the "time adjusted" by an hour or so. Correct the "time adjusted" back to the "Time original", so that only the timezone will change and click "Apply".
Yes!
That is the issue. Still a pain to look at the time zone of 700+ photos to adjust it.
One problem that I could see is that the offending photos were 'inside' ie no gps reception and those were assigned my home time zone rather than the last timezone it was in 2 minutes ago!
Anyway that pointed me in the right direction.
Still going through all the photos...
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you are wanting to look at your photos in order by date taken on your iMac. In the Photos application, when you click the first Photos album you see, and then choose the Moments tab at the top of the screen, you will see all of your photos in chronological order with the oldest photos at the top and the most recent photos at the bottom. In any albums you create, you can drag to arrange the albums in any sorting order you'd like.
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Enjoy your day!
Hi
Thank you for your response. What you say should happen is exactly what is not happening.
Photos are not in 'Date\Time Taken' order in the 'Moments' section and I cannot move photos that are in an album. In any case reordering 700 photos manually is not very nice now is it?
I may be missing something quite obvious but I've tried hints and tips from other people and it is not working.
I have 'Keep sorted by oldest first' selected.
If you look at the 'Get Info' panel for each of the highlighted photo, you can see that the second photo was taken before the first one. The sequence is similar in the 'Moments' tab.
Can't import photos on the day to my iMac if I'm on holiday.
pierrefromattard wrote:
Can't import photos on the day to my iMac if I'm on holiday.
That is why I am always taking a portable mac with me when I m travelling. It is still getting messy, when I am crossing the border between timezones before I can import the photos.
It would be nice if one could create a smart folder based on a Time-zone.
Indeed! And it would help, if the times in the Info panel could be shown with the timezone used by Photos for that picture. It is too much trouble to open "Adjust Date & Tiem" for each picture just to see the timezone for the time stamp.
Smart folder for non-GPS tagged photos is a good idea.
Can't import photos on the day to my iMac if I'm on holiday.
Thank you for your insight.
Unfortunately I don't have a portable Mac.
It would be nice if one could create a smart folder based on a Time-zone.
That would make it easier.
One problem that I could see is that the offending photos were 'inside' ie no gps reception and those were assigned my home time zone rather than the last timezone it was in 2 minutes ago!
If the photos still have no location assigned, you can search for them with a smart album with the rule "Photo - is not - tagged with GPS"
Then you can adjust the time zone for them all at once by selecting them in the smart album.
But this will not work, if you already added a location manually.
I am trying to avoid this problem by importing all photos to my MacBook Pro directly on the day I have taken them, while I am still in the same timezone.
Photos not sorted by time
