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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?
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi BernadetteMadden, this would depend on how the Mac OS shows files in Finder, and wouldn't be related to Dropbox itself.
Have you tried selecting the columns and choosing the Date created column and sorting via that method?
Have you tried selecting the columns and choosing the Date created column and sorting via that method?
Thank you, but I've already tried all those options. I have wasted an awful lot of time searching the net and have not found the answer to my problem. So, let me ask you a simple question : Is it ever possible to take a number of photographs, which are on a Mac in the correct order of the date each photograph was taken, and store them in Dropbox in exactly the same order? A simple yes or no will do.
- JayIt would be possible if you numbered the images at the beginning of each filename, such as 00001, 00002, etc (since you have over 26k images) in the order you want them, and then sort the files in alphabetical order on the Dropbox site.
Thank you...but I think we both know that adding a number to each image when there are over 26,000 is not a realistic solution to my problem.
- JayWhile there isn't a feature to rename files using Dropbox itself, there are other apps and services which could automatically batch rename the files for you, including built-in features in Mac OS.
I don't want to have to rename files, just keep the dates and times that the photos were taken and sort them that way.The data is still on the images, Dropbox just isn't reading it. If this can't be done in Dropbox please let me know.Or if you know of another app that will enable Dropbox to do this could you let me know that too please.
- JayIt wouldn't be possible to sort the images on the Dropbox site by creation date.
The only sorting options on the site are by name, modification date. number of invited members, type of file, file extension, and finally the size of the file. Thank you for finally giving me a straight answer to my question. I'm sorry that Dropbox can't sort by the original date the image was taken, as it means I will no longer be able to use it. I notice that there a lot of people out there who also file their images in that way so perhaps Dropbox might consider adding it to their 'sort by ' choices.
- JayIf you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!
- Dear Jay at Dropbox. This has to be the most life-wasting reply I've ever read. How long do you think it would take a human being to put numerically chronological digits in front of Apple's weird file naming system (presumably done as an encryptive method to defy people using non-Apple softwares?)
I have a similar dilemma as I am trying to get my daughter's holiday snaps from her iPhone into a Dropbox folder of our choice. She doesn't have sufficient memory left on her Laptop PC to do this in one go so we are attempting to find an alternative approach. Please assist. It is the .jpeg files that are the major issue - the .jpg files are seemingly okay as they are titled in the format of :
" Photo date, timestamp "
whereas the .jpeg files have the weird (Apple?) format of :
a random mix of upper case letters & numbers in the following sequences:
" 8 DIGITS-4DIGITS-4DIGITS-4DIGITS-12DIGITS" I have over 50,000 photos at the moment ,so, NO.....manually uploading is not the answer
