Ordering Folders

Hi,
I've been trying to figure this out without success. Is it possible to organise the Folders section (left-hand side of the screen) by date, rather than by name alphabetically? This is the way I'd like to work, but I'm not sure it's possible.
Cheers, Olly.

That's not quite what I meant. If you invoke the Import option in File (right at the beginning) the pulldown date options only have the ones that are shown and there is no way to either edit those or add to them. I realize that the user has 8 possiblities ("Into one folder" and 7 "By Date") but these are the options determined by Adobe and not 'by user'. Yes, it is better than only 1...or none...but still I think there should be the means/ways to change those.
Say, for example, someone likes to organize by YMD but with spelling out of the the month (eg. 2008MAR29) or perhaps prefers underscores (eg. 29_03_08) or any number of different ways (eg. 2008~03~29). Should we not have the option/power to change these things? After all the options that are given to use only are used to name a folder and do not do anything to the actual workings of the program.
However, if I understand you correctly, once we use one of these date options for an import we can change it in the 'used' window directly below the "Organize:" field and the modified version will stay for later imports and be changable? I guess I'll have to try this out.
As it is I prefer to name my folders in this manner...
"080330-Shoot Name" and the files as in this manner...
"080330-Shoot Name-original image number.CR2"...or ".DNG"
What I have to this point been doing is to insert my card into the reader, invoke Windows Explorer, make a folder where I want it, name the folder to what I want, open up a window with the files on the card, copy them from card to folder, close out after copying, start up a rename program, edit the file name parameters and within seconds all the files are named as I prefer in a folder named as I prefer. It's only then that I 'import in place' within LR.
Yes, my method is a kludge but I have full control of where things go and how they are named *before* I start up LR. This cannot be fully automated (due to changing dates and names) but it is SO much faster than doing it through LR.

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==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
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100 30.9M 100 30.9M 0 0 1202k 0 0:00:26 0:00:26 --:--:-- 1341k
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java-policy-settings.desktop ... Passed
jre.sh ... Passed
jre.csh ... Passed
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Total Installed Size: 655.01 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -10.09 MiB
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I have mac version 10.10.1 yosemite.Using LR3. I exported 7 sub folders from LR to an external hard drive in order to free up space on my mac hd.

encountered two problems:
1. instead of seeing the 7 sub folders in the external drive, all the images are out of order, entirely scrambled. when I open LR3 however, the contents of these folders are greyed out and show 0 images. I can see the question mark next to the image saying it is located elsewhere (i.e. on the external hd)If I plug in the external hd I can open the images and edit in CS5, but as I said it 's like finding a needle in the haystack.
2. no new space shows up on my mac hd even though that was the reason I made the export.
is there a way to fix this? I have a different external hd that backs up LR. Currently it is not plugged in. I am afraid to plug it in because it will take the new LR configuration and I'd lose any option to correct the problem. I also , on the same (different) hd I have Time Machine backup. would that help to fix the problem and bring back the organization I previously had with the 7 subfolders. All that organization is currently lost,i.e. show as greyed out 0 content in LR on my mac hd and shows as scrambled on the external hd.
Can I fix this??

zarowin, you want to move the files. Not export them! See here: Move folders around in Lightroom | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom tutorials. There are two ways to do that. One is to move the folders inside Lightroom to your external HD, the other is to move them in the finder and reconnect the folders afterwards using the tips in the link dj linked to above. Also, you really should upgrade your Lightroom. LR 3 is not fully Yosemite compatible. I think the problems are mostly cosmetic though.
Periodically I get a prompt in lr asking if I want to back up lr and I have been consistent about doing so. At this point however, since those out of order images have be “exported” (am I using the right word??) to the second external hd, into a folder without subfolders, (hence the scrambling effect), if I were to plug in the external hd that is my backup drive (for time machine as well as for lr), won’t it be backing up the mistake I made by not using subfolders ongto the other external drive, thereby compounding the problem?
This warning has nothing to do with Time Machine. It is Lightroom's own backup. Every week or so, it will generate a backup Library that you can revert to in the case of trouble. In fact, you can usually safely delete the very old ones but keep them from the last month or so. Look for them in a folder called "Backups" right next to your main catalog file (probably in your Pictures folder). Be sure to only throw away the oldest backups. If you have never done this and have a large catalog with 10's of thousands of images you probably have easily 100 GB of these backups. Just calculate how much space you are wasting if you started doing this around LR 3, several years of backup catalogs at a frequency of once a week, and a typical catalog size of 1.5 GB (my main catalog is over 2GB).
Lastly, Time Machine backup doesn't overwrite older versions. It keeps versions around of all your catalog files (including the backups!).

HT4796 I can't see where are the folders that I had in my old PC on my new Mac after the migration. Even when I see it on my Mac using the search box, it doesn't appear with the right order of my old PC. I need some help, please.

I used the Migration utilitie from Lion and eventhough I know the folders are there (with a quick search I find images etc) the proper order is not displayed.

Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

All my folders display in finder in alphabetical order a to z. However when I add a file as an attachment to an email the window that opens for me to select the folder from now displays them in alphabetical order from z to a. How can I alter it? Thank you

All my folders in finder show as in alphabetical order a to z. However, when I access them because I want to attach one to an email they display as z to a. How can I change this? it's been annoying me for ages. Many thanks.

When you add an attachment and you open a window to locate it, click on the little arrow I've indicated on the image and it should re-organise them as you want:

HT201320 Does my email service provider have to provide the ability for me to create an IMAP email account in order for me to create Sub-folders within Apple Mail?

Hi, Apple Mail provides a function to create sub-folders within my mailbox so that I can group emails of similar subjects or from the same sender. My service provider only provides POP email protocol and the New Folder button does not appear in my Apple Mail account for that service provider. Icloud provides the opportunity for the iPad user to select between POP and IMAP. I can select IMAP and the New Folder button appears allowing me to create sub-folders within the icloud email account. Does this mean I cannot create sub-folders in my email account unless my service provider provides customers with the option of creating an IMAP email account?
This appears to be a problem for quite a few Apple Mail users, but service providers appear reticent to provide a response other than 'use Microsoft Exchange / Hotmail, Google GMail, or some other third party email service provider'. This is why I have chosen icloud as my email service provider. It is Apple and therefore Apple supports it. I have been a Telstra customer for over 15 years and they informed me today, strongly, that they support their own products and services, not Apple products, even though Telstra sell them. When I asked the Telstra Customer Support Manager whether they support Telstra customers, I was informed 'no, because the Telstra customer is not a Telstra product or service'. I have since cancelled my Telstra email account and am in the process of cancelling all of my Telstra services.

Apple Sceptic wrote:
Does this mean I cannot create sub-folders in my email account unless my service provider provides customers with the option of creating an IMAP email account?
Yes. That is what it means. You need an IMAP account in order to create sub folders on the iPad.

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