If you’re using the Mac Photos application to import and organize your photos in albums, and encounter an issue where the photos in your albums are not sorted correctly by the date they were taken. Despite selecting options like "Keep Sorted by Oldest First" or "Keep Sorted by Newest First," some Mac users have reported that their photos appear in random order or sorted by the date they were added. Fortunately, there are several ways you can take to resolve this issue.
1. Verify the Camera Date of Imported Photos
Open the Mac Photos application and select an imported photo, and click the Info button to view the photo date and other photo information. Note that the displayed date may be the date the photo was added to the library rather than the original camera date.
To confirm the camera date (EXIF date) of the photo, follow these steps: select the photo in Mac Photos app, go to File menu -> Export -> Export 1 Unmodified Original For 1 Photo…
And then open the exported original photo with macOS Preview application, go to the File menu item -> Tools -> show Inspector -> view the EXIF date (Date Time Original) to verify the camera date under Exif photo metadata tag.
2. Adjust Date, Time, and Time Zone of Photos
If there is an offset between the camera date and the EXIF date, the Mac Photos app allows you to adjust the date offset and time zone. Select a photo in the Mac Photos app, go to the File menu -> Image -> Adjust Date and Time, then you can adjust the year, month, day, hour, minute, second and time zone as well as the nearest city. Then click the "Adjust" button to save the changes.
3. Copy Camera Date to Creation Date of Photos
If the photo's date information is based on the added date rather than the camera date, manually adjusting the offset for each photo can be time-consuming. Instead, consider using a third-party application like Photo Exifer to copy the camera date to the creation date. Download and install Photo Exifer application on Mac.
Export original photos from Mac Photos application, and then run Photo Exifer, import these photos, select photos in Photo Exifer, click Quick Action -> Copy Camera date to Created date, this action will batch write the EXIF date to the created date of the selected photos.
4. Add or Edit the Camera Date of Photos
If you are unable to view the EXIF date (Date Time Original) under the EXIF photo metadata tag, it means that the photo does not contain the camera date. In this case, you can use the Photo Exifer application to add an EXIF date.
Launch Photo Exifer application, import photos into Photo Exifer, select photos in Photo Exifer, click Edit Exif data button, add or change the value of the camera date or other photo metadata information, and click the "Apply" button.
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