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Locking the sequence of photos within a Photos folder - how?

I need to send a Photos folder and maintain the current arrangement. There are 978 photos arranged to match a corresponding list of descriptions. The usual Photos "scramble on transfer" is a disaster. The photos are not titled and were created at random times so none of the Photos sort choices seem to work.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 30, 2023 9:41 PM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2023 6:53 AM

For your future use: you can use, from the menu, "File>Export>Export nn Photos" and choose "Sequential" for the file name:


and it will produce a series of files like this:

keeping your original order.

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Locking the sequence of photos within a Photos folder - how?

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