Download photos from Photos app in order picture taken

mckristof wrote:

Btw, what program are you using in your example Old Toad.

You mentioned the ability to export the photos into a slideshow, iDVD, etc. The last time I made this video, I exported these photos into iMovie and created a movie of my daughter's first year of life, much like I am doing now. Can I still export these photos in sequential order using the method above with the folders?

The screenshot is from Photos 3.0 in High Sierra.

I think you would be better served to created the slideshow in Photos as it's easier to adjust order, add titles, etc. However, the two themes in the Photos slideshow that do not mess with the order of the images is Classic and Ken Burns. The others have some slides that have multiple Photos in them and will take what it needs (orientation wise) for the slide and can mess up your predetermined order. Not so with Classic or Ken Burns.d

However, you're much more experienced with iMovie (I don't use it at all) so may feel more comfortable using it.

As for getting the images from Photos to iMovie you don't need to export. Just put them in an album in Photos, sort as needed, and then access that album from within iMovie:

However, if you export the Photos out of the library remember the Finder sorts on title or file created date, not EXIF image creation date. So you'll have to rename the photos sequentially so that the Finder will sort them in the order you want.

You're confusing the created date for the image files with the EXIF capture date for the images themselves. They are two different dates. The Finder only works with the the file created date.

So to get the photo in the order taken or created you need to put them in a Photo library which will sort by the creation date, either newest first or oldest first.

If the photo are in a library now put them in an album and sort By Date, oldest first:

Now you can create a slideshow (and export it as a video) in Photos from the album. Or if you have iDVD you can create a slideshow in iDVD, with music if desired, and burn to disk so it can be played on any set top DVD player on a TV set.

Or, create a book with the pictures, with caption, etc., save as a PDF file, convert each page of the PDF file to a jpg file, import back into Photos or iDVD to make the video or slideshow. I create a book of each grandchild of their first year. I also made a video DVD of the book to it could be viewed by many at one time and gave it along with the book as a gift.

Is there a plugin i can use, or anything else other than downloading each file, one by one, and renaming them, one by one, to ensure the photos are sequential?

The application Raw Right Away can copy the embedded EXIF capture date to the creation date and modified date of a batch of selected files. You can purchase it at the AppStore. Its main purpose is to be preview RAW files in the Finder with all metadata shown, but it installs also two services "Apply World Time Stamp" and "Apply Camera Time Stamp". If you select several photos and ctrl-click tem or right-click them, you can click one of these commands to set the file dates to the capture date in one go. This tool has been pointed out by datasetready in this discussion: Re: How can I keep the original creation date when copying photos from my android phone to Finder?

If you already own GraphicConverter 10 you can also use it to correct the file creation dates. Or "A Better Finder Attributes". None of these programs are free.