Manual Sorting of Photos in iPhoto

Can't do it. Followed the directions but no luck. What is the trick?
JHC

do it in albums - not in events
LN

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I'm using iPhoto 11 and am trying to combine photos from three different cameras (so slightly different date/time stamp). I have copied all photos into an album, then sorted by date. Because of variation in date/time I need to sort manually to combine all pics from same activity. So after sorting by date I set view to sort manually. This worked just fine until I closed iPhoto and the manual sorting I had done was lost. Any suggestions?

from three different cameras (so slightly different date/time stamp)
Have you tried to adjust the time for the photos from the different cameras?
You can create three smart albums with the rule "Camera model is" to separate the photos from the three cameras in albums.
Then select all photos from one of the cameras and use the command "Photos > Adjust Date and Time". Now you can shift the time of all photos by the same amount, so that the dates in your cameras are perfectly in sync.
If you get the times in sync you probably need no longer to sort the albums manually, but the sorting should stick, when you close iPhoto.
Try to repair the iPhoto library with the First Aid Tools.
Press and hold down the alt/option key ⌥ and the command keys at the same time and launch iPhoto. Keep holding down both keys until you see the First Aid panel. From the panel select to "Repair database".

IPhoto manual sort, not in events or albums.

I'm running Mavericks on MBP, I would like to manually sort my photos in iPhoto in order uploaded. Not in events, in photo view where you can see all your photos. I do not want to organize an album. I cannot drag and drop photos in order. Manual sort is grayed out, I cannot change this. Past answers to this question suggest if start manually moving things then the option will become available. I cannot manually move anything, it just won't respond. Help please.

You can't do what you want. The Library (whether in Events or Photos view) cannot be sorted manually. If you want to use manual sorting you must use Albums.

Trying to make a book - iPhoto changing the order of my manually sorted album. Help?

I'm trying to make a book from an album.
I have manually sorted the photos in the album and wanted autoflow to fill the book in.
However, when I create a new book from the album, iPhoto seems to re-order the photos by one of the other options (eg: by date.) If I change that sort option under view - sort, and switch it to manual, it wants me to manually re-sort based on the previous setting. I have already done my sorting in the album. Is there a configuration I can do that will get iPhoto to recognise that manual album order?
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The only solution I've seen reported is to change the dates of the photos using the batch change command with a increment so the date sort will be the same as your manual sort - you can search the forum for one of these posts - and I do not remember how they proposed to undo the date change
LN

Iphoto manual sort

I am unable to manually sort my photos within an event. The options to Sort Photos > Reset Manual Sort or select Sort Photos > Manually are gray.

Longer explanation:
Events are organisation for those who can't really be bothered. They are automatic - based entirely on Date and Time the camera records the photos as taken.
You can move photos between Events, you can Merge Events, you can Rename them and sort them in various ways except one: You cannot manually sort in an Event as Events are all automated.
If you want to manually sort in an Event then you've outgrown Events as an organising tool. Now it's time to look at albums (Where you can manually sort) which are much more flexible than Events as an organising tool.

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No there is no way to do this.
Also, sorting by size would enable you to resize photos that take massage amounts of room unneccesarily.
No it wouldn't. There's no way to change the filesize in iPhoto, it always preserves the original file.

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Hello. I have a large batch of photos from a 12 day, family trip. Over 4000 pictures coming in from various relatives cameras, and my goal is to whittle this down and put together a nice slide show AND a cd that has the best pics in a chronological order (I want to make this as easy for Grandma to look at/download as possible). However, not everyone has correct 'time/date' settings, so Im spending a lot of time manually reordering. (because of the inconsistant source/time stamping, I cannot order these by 'name' or 'date'.
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Ive then gone into the 'Wednesday Best' folder and manually sorted the photos to make a more chronological order.
Ive repeated this for all 12 days. Ive got everything in the order I would like. Except they are in 12 separate little folders.
Where I get into trouble is I want to make one large 'master' slide show, but it seems every time I try duplicating/copying/moving a 'manually reordered' group of pictures, that order gets reset.
I want these pictures to remain in the order that I have spent hours and hours on. And I cant figure out how to do this. Can I lock them down or make sure this 'reordering' is set?
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thank you..!
erik

Batch rename the contents each folder via the Photos ➙ Batch Change ➙ Title to Text with the option checked to add a sequential number to each photo. You'll get something like this: Photo-01, Photo-02, Photo-03.. When you're finsidhed with all of the folders put them all into a single album with the sort set to By Title. That will give you what you want.
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GPS data has disappeared from my photos in iphoto

I imported photos into iphoto, edited (for hours) and shut program down. I have now gone back into the event and all the GPS Data has disappeared. Can anyone help me?

Sorry, for lack of info. iPhoto '11 on Mountain Lion. The GPS data was on the photos, I had previously added it to the images via a Holux image tracker device and program. While editing and sorting the photos in iphoto the GPS data was there as the images were marked on the map. I finished and closed iPhoto. I then opened it and exported the photos from the event I had just sorted/edited to a USB to use elsewhere. On returning to iPhoto I noticed that there was no information in Places.
I created a new library and imported the images back into iPhoto (the new library just to not interfere with the first) from the USB. Still no place info.
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IPhoto: How can I sort photos within an event? I can't figure out how to activate the Manual Sort.

iPhoto: How can I sort photos within an event. I can't figure out how to activate the Manual Sort button.

Only albums can be sorted manually. Events can only be sorted automatically according to one of the predefined settings "Date, Keywords, Title, Rating".
If you need a manual sort order, selectaall photos in the event and create an album: File > New Album

I created an album from photos taken off three different cameras. I am sorting the photos manually and when I close iPhoto, the photos move back either by date or by camera import time. How can I keep the photos from moving around?

I created an album from photos taken off three different cameras. I am sorting the photos manually and when I close iPhoto, the photos move back either by date or by camera import time. How can I keep the photos from moving around?

Don't tell us, tell them
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html is the place for feature requests and feedback

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Not sure you can.
Library Manager creates an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.

IPhoto '11 -- manual sort of event photos is not available

Hi,
When viewing an Event, for some reason, I am unable to drag and drop to sort the photos. View > Sort Photos shows Manually and Reset Manual Sort are grayed out.
I am able to do a manual sort of the Events themselves in the Events window, but when I open an Event and view the photos in that Event, I can't reorder them. I am reading the Help file, and I can't see why this isn't working.
Doing a manual sort in an Album works by dragging and dropping.
Thanks for any help.
John

That's correct. The manual sort applies only to the Events themselves, not their photos. Within an Event photos can be sorted by Date, Keyword, Title or Rating. Not manually. Send a feature request to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
If you want to sort the contents of an Event manually drag the Event into the Album section of the left hand pane to create an Album of that event. Then you can use a manual sort.

In Iphoto my manually sort is grayed out. I am unable to rearrange my photos. Any suggestions??

In IPhoto (Events), my "manually sort" is grayed out. I am unable to rearrange my photos. Any suggestions??

Hello Terence,
Okay I will try reformating the camera's card. However all is well when I export photos to my iMac at home or onto my iPad.
If your suggestion does not work should I try reinstalling iPhoto from the iLife disk? If so, how do I go about doing that or is there a website somewhere explaining this?
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