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rolian
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
How to sort photos in a Dropbox folder by creation date( date/time photo taken)
I am missing the feature to sort photos only by "photo taken date/time".
In Dropbox I created a folder to store all my photos for a recent trip. It includes not only photos from my camera but als...
- 6 years ago
Hello Lusil,
Thanks for your reply. The previous upload had been thru the Aperture on my IMAC.
After your recommendation I directly uploaded a photo I had taken on my IPhone.
Same result, even when viewing thru Dropbox Desktop application on IMAC.
The creation date in Dropbox is identical to upload date and not when photo was taken.
So I guess manual renaming of photos is the workaround.
Greetings, Rolian
awpconsulting
New member | Level 2
This is a drag considering I just uploaded 592 pictures from the lacrosse season and just paid for more room so that I could send to the team. Unfortunately like others, the photos are all mixed up and not in any date order from the season and I cannot sort them that way. Will dropbox be making a fix to this at any point?
Rich
6 years agoSuper User II
Not likely, since they've removed more photo features than they'e added. Dropbox simply isn't the best tool for photo mangement.
Use one of the many third-party utilities available that can use rename files based on a photo's EXIF data. Run it against the folder containing the photos within your local Dropbox folder, and Dropbox will simply sync the changes.
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