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Dropbox photos not staying 100% in chronological order
Hi! Basically, it's exactly what the title says. It's got nothing to do with the date I uploaded the pictures, but the file names themselves. For example, I've been scanning, cataloguing and organisi...
- Thanks for those screenshots, it's very helpful indeed li123.
From what I could see in the folder you're having this issue with, it seems this is because the images 101 - 160 have the same date (1991-05-26) as the images up to number 40.
The images 41 and after have a different date which is the reason why they come afterwards (1991-06-26).
Was this maybe a typo and the dates are supposed to be the same?
Daphne
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey li123, I hope you're having a good day!
Just to make sure we're on the same page, can you let me know where you're checking your files from? Eg. the mobile app, desktop app or website.
You should be able to click the "Name" column header to make sure that you're sorting by naming order, does this make any difference?
Let me know and we'll go from there!
Just to make sure we're on the same page, can you let me know where you're checking your files from? Eg. the mobile app, desktop app or website.
You should be able to click the "Name" column header to make sure that you're sorting by naming order, does this make any difference?
Let me know and we'll go from there!
Daphne I'm on the website; haven't tried it with a mobile app yet but I presume it would be the same. If I'm searching by filename for my photos, it will only let me group by relevance and last modified but if I go to the folder where those photos are stored it seems to be fine. So it's only on the one specific folder where this is causing me an issue; half in chronological order, then skips maybe 20 photos (all in chronological order) then back in chronological order. I think the photos below explain what I mean better. That's with the folder set to filter by name. If I filter by type (image) or extension (TIFF) they go out of order (which is obviously expected). I find it odd as it's seemingly just the one folder.
- DaphneThanks for those screenshots, it's very helpful indeed li123.
From what I could see in the folder you're having this issue with, it seems this is because the images 101 - 160 have the same date (1991-05-26) as the images up to number 40.
The images 41 and after have a different date which is the reason why they come afterwards (1991-06-26).
Was this maybe a typo and the dates are supposed to be the same?I am new to Dropbox and have a similar problem. I use a MacBook Pro 2020, macOS Big Sur. I have over 26,000 photographs in Dropbox and want to put them in chronological order, from oldest to most recent, by date taken. By date taken I mean the date the photos were ACTUALLY TAKEN, not when they were modified. I've tried when using the App and also accessing via the website,with no success. How, exactly, do I do this?
- Walter
Hey there BernadetteMadden - thanks for joining the discussion here and welcome to our Community.
At the moment, you can sort files via two options on our website: 'Order' and 'Show’, by clicking on the column header.'Order’ will determine if what is shown is displayed ascending or descending while ‘Show’ will display any of the following in the website’s file browser: name, type, extension, size, modified date, or members.
Depending on your computer's operating system, there may be additional sorting options on the Dropbox desktop application, such as tags, date created, date added, etc.
I hope this helps to some extent!
