Stop random order in iPhoto slideshow

Every time I set slideshow photos manually they revert to a random order when playing. I need for this to not happen! Help

What version of Photo are you running? Are you playing the slideshow from an album? How are the photos sorted in the album?
There's a bug in iPhoto 9.5 and Mavericks and Yosemite in that slideshows from Albums do not play correctly if they are sorted manually. Only photos that have been sorted by date, keyword, rating or title will play from albums correctly.
Go to the App Store and update iPhoto to iPhoto 9.6 which fixes that bug.
To have a slideshow with photos sorted manually with iPhoto 9.5.1 use the slideshow mode in iPhoto.

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Hello,
I am organizing a slideshow with iPhoto 6 for my father-in-law's funeral tomorrow and have two questions:
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Julius:
You can play a slideshow with the slides in random order but you have to do it from an album and not a slideshow. Select the albums with your photos in it and click on the Play button. In the Setting box that comes up will be the options to shuffle the slides and one to loop. You can select the music to use and then save the settings. When you next select the album and Option-Click on the play button the slideshow will start without the setting window and play with the settings you saved. This is only for playing on your Mac. If you create a slideshow for a DVD the order is what you have when you create it.
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Thanks for your help!
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Petersit:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Are you selecting an album and then using the Play button in the bottom toolbar? If so, then in the Setting window there's a checkbox, checked by default, setting the order to random. Uncheck it.
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BJReis wrote:
. This may be due to somewhat older equipment:
GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro with a 4GB memory computer with Ddr3 running OSX 10.8.4
To be completely honest, FCPX is a RAM hog. It just is. But, RAM is relatively cheap, and the pay-off is good.
4GB is right on the edge, IMHO. 16G is ideal.
I wish you luck, hang in there, and standby for more help.

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