Sorting albums in iphoto

I have a lot of different albums which appear in the order in which they were created. I am happy to keep my photos in date order, but would prefer the albums to be alphabetically listed. Is there a way of doing this. Also can I file albums within folders to make things easier? Many thanks

1 - no it won't but of course you have a backup so if anything goes wrong you can go back to just before it happened
2 - sorting albums does just that - sorts albums - it does nothing to photos or to events ore anything else
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Dear list members, I always sorted my albums manually in iPhoto 11. However, since the last updates, I can't do that anymore. The only possibility when I drag an album is to nest it within another album, and not to place it between two other albums, for instance. Could you please help me?

it just takes a bit of finesse to get the album in the right postition before releasing. Are you able to get this line from the album that you're dragging?
When it shows up as you see and you release the album it will drop in between the two. Of course I'm using a Magic Mouse on an iMac. The track pad preferences may have to be tweaked so it's easier to find that spot and release.
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I'm able to sort albums both way, inside folders and those out of folders. The feature exists. As a test launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos, create a number of albums and albums in a folder and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it? I'm running iPhoto 9.4.3 on 10.8.4.
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T

Two choices - load your backup or do it manually
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Solution for sorting or rearranging albums in Iphoto 08

Solution for sorting
Right click (control click) anyplace in the source pane on the left and select sort albums (as far as I can see this can not be undone)
or rearranging albums in Iphoto 08
Drag them to the order you want in the source pane on the left
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lekos:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you referring to Events in the Events or Photos window? In the Events window you can sort the Events by title or date but in the Photos window Events can only be sorted by Date, either ascending or descending by using the View->Sort menu options.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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D.

Spare yourself the frustration of sorting photos with the Photo App.
Use a 3rd party apps like Photo Manager Pro. You'll be able to drag the photos to any position you want.
https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/photo-manager-pro/id393858562?mt=8

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how do I put my photo albums in iphoto in alphabetical order without inserting them into other albums?

As Larry has pointed out right click to get this:
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I created an album in iPhoto and every time I click on slideshow it plays the pictures backwards from the order in the album. How do I change that?

I created an album in iPhoto and every time I click on slideshow it plays the pictures backwards from the order in the album. How do I change that?

When running a slideshow from an album it will not run properly if the photos are sorted manually. Sort them by any of the other options, title, date, rating, etc. and it will play correctly.
Send a report of the problem to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
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OT

Sort Albums Doesn't Work

I have a bunch of albums in iPhoto that I am trying to sort, and it just doesn't work.
When I select them, right-click, and choose "Sort Albums" from the context menu, either *nothing* happens, or else the order of the albums is altered in some seemingly random way but the results are not alphabetical order.
I don't see how the program could somehow not understand "alphabetical" so there must be something keeping it from actually doing the sort. Anybody have any clues?

When there is a selection, if "Sort Albums" will do nothing then the option should be greyed out. Otherwise, it should sort those items which are selected. Doing nothing and giving the user no feedback is not acceptible.
You are right, that is confusing. It is either a bug or a poor design.
You may want to send feedback to Apple - use the form: Apple - Aperture - Feedback

Sorting albums in folders

With iPhoto 11 I use to create folder in the source left panel Album and that I drag the event into the folder. Right clicking on the folder name I can sort the folders, but the events inside the folders aren't sorted. Right click the event name into the folder shows "sort album" but it does anything.
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Terence,
thanks for the response. I now understand the design constraint.
But here where I ned further guidance.. Not quite there.
1. Create a NEW Album with the high level folder highlighted
2. Select the source images from the LIBRARY-->Photos (now all selected in yellow)
3. Drag and drop these (30+ ) photos into my new Album (ie France under my Holidays folder)
4. I see ALL the photos in the NEW ALBUM ('FRANCE') that were in the folder.
I can goto the ALBUM and select all unwanted and CUT them out from the folder, but my questions is
How do I create a NEW ALBUM and have nothing in it.. When I drop photos into this ALBUM, I see everything else from the folder level in it as well..
Is this due to what I have currently selected (ie the folder, when I create the NEW ALBUM)..??
Almost there !!
Regards
Ray
(Melbourne Australia)

Sorting Albums in alphabetic order on iPad

I set up a set of Albums in iPhotos on my iMac. Later I added a new album and it went to the bottom of the list of albums on the left side of screen. I physically dragged that last album up among the other albums to put it in alpha order. All well and good.
Problem is when I sync my iPad, that last album doses not appear in alpha order
; it stays at bottom of group.
Please help me put this and future albums in alpha order. Thanks

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I'm not sure if this matches your conditions, but if you have not done so already then try adding either of the criteria:
"Playlist is Music" (which is the general Music category, which can serve as a playlist name), or
"Media Kind is Music"
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When adding a new photo to an album in iPhoto 8 it changes the order of the photos in the album; how do I stop this ?

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Sorting images in iPhoto?

What is this issue with sorting photos in IPhoto? My process so far: I import photos from my iPhone. They appear in the 'Last Import" folder. (Or Last 12 Months - this happens from both folders.)
After the import from the phone is complete, I open the "Last Import" folder, select individual photos and drag them to the correct named albums that I've created under "Albums". Once the pics are moved to the albums, (and I check by opening, closing, and reopening those folders to be sure they're there) I then delete them from the Last Import" or "Last 12 Months" folder, to keep track of what's been filed and what hasn't.
This process seems to works fine. When I check the created albums, all images are filed correctly. And then, at some point, I go back and check - and all of the moved images from the entire work session are gone from their named albums. ?! These files HAD been in those albums! now are gone. ?
I check the Trash file in iPhoto, and all photos seem to be there - I think. But now - the new **** is that I cannot sort the images directly from the Trash file back into the correct named albums, or any folder in iPhoto. All photos have to be dragged out from the Trash and into a file on my desktop. Then laboriously re-imported BACK into iPhoto, to start the whole lengthy, stupid, opaque process over again.
Obviously I'm missing a step, or something - but what?? I thought I was being very methodical. I have to say this is really annoying and counterintuitive for Apple. But please let me know what the correct process is. My greatest concern is that I have actually lost some images - but can't tell that without going through a much longer search of every album and folder…is it possible that some images have been permanently deleted?
Thanks in advance. Please excuse my frustration and exasperation.

You're confusing a list with a place.
The only place in iPhoto that contains your actual photos is the Library. The Library has several ways of viewing:
Events: broken into chunks based on date and time
Photos: The whole thing as a single entity
Faces: Those photos you've categorised by people you've identified
Places: As above but by locations on the planet.
Every Photo is in the Library. This is like iTunes, every song is in the Library. Playlists reference songs in the Library. So it's an user selected list of songs "that I would like played together".
An Album is a list of photos I would like to view together. Albums reference the Photos in the Library to make the list. They're not duplicated, just referenced. So it's the same photo in the Library as in the Album.
Because it's the same photo when you delete from the Library you also delete from the Albums.
Last Import, Last 12 Months, Flagged etc are all Lists not places. But they are a little different in that they reference the Library directly. When you delete from them you're deleting from the Library. So the photos are deleted from all the Albums as well.
Last Import, Flagged etc are also Smart Albums. A Smart Album is - basically - a Saved Search. Think of it this way: Last Import is the answer to a Question: 'What are the last Photos I imported?' Flagged: 'What are the Photos I have Flagged' etc.
The only way to get photos out of the 'Last Import' is to have a different answer to the question: Import more photos.
So there is redundancy - several ways of doing things - in iPhoto, but no duplication.
So, import your Photos. Find them in the Library (Events or Photos View, doesn't matter) and drag from there to the Album of your choice.
And remember there are several ways to achieve the same thing.
You can restore photos from the iPhoto trash by right clicking on them and selecting 'Restore to Library'
To actually lose photos from iPhoto via the trash you would need to empty the iPhoto trash and thereafter empty the System Trash. Each time you will get a warning. At each step they are recoverable.
Regards
TD

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