Moving Pictures within Photos Library?

I am unable to drag and drop photos within my library. When I try to drag a photo it reverts to its' original place.

Posted on Mar 5, 2023 05:31 PM

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Mar 5, 2023 11:20 PM in response to Gebeskids-07

A photo will bounce back, if you try to add it to an album, where the photo has already been added to.


And you cannot drag photos to smart albums or some of the albums that Photos is creating automatically for us.


If you have been trying to rearrange the sequence of photos in an album and to drag them to a new place in the album, try to drag them in several, smaller steps. Photos does no longer scroll the album, while we are dragging, to allow us to drag over larger distances.


And you cannot move photos between albums, only add photos to additional albums. But when you add photos or videos to an album, the photo will not be removed from the album where you have selected it and dragged it from.


Mar 6, 2023 09:05 AM in response to Gebeskids-07

And you can't change the order of photos in Library View, or in any of the views at the top of the sidebar. If you want a "custom order" of your pictures, put the ones you want into an Album. You can select pictures you want and then choose "File>New Album With Selection." You'll get a new album that you can name as you please. Then you can sort them or drag them around.


As léonie said, the window does not scroll automatically-- on my Mac Air I drag a picture a bit, then keep my thumb down while I scroll with two fingers. It's like the game "Twister" but with fingers.

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