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TSteelim
post Sep 13 2011, 12:23 AM, updated 15y ago

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Hi,

I did a search but could not find any related topic.

Anyway, I don't know if anyone have countrified this or not but here it goes. I am having problem with the arrangement/sequence of the pictures which I sync with my iPad. I would assume that it should follow the same sequence as what is in the computer (basically sorted by name), but it seems that the iPad has an idea of its own.

To make things a little worse, the file name is not shown when viewing photos on the iPad.


I tried using an app called Photo Privacy which allows you to sort pictures by size, name, date, etc., but when I choose "sort by name", it still does not sort correctly. Using that app, I can see that the name has been change to something else.

I hope my above explanation makes some sense.

Thanks for reading and I do hope someone can help me sort out this problem (preferably without needing to purchase an app). :respect: :respect: :respect:


Added on September 13, 2011, 2:51 pm35 views but no reply (^_^;)

no one facing this problem?

This post has been edited by teelim: Sep 13 2011, 02:51 PM
TSteelim
post Sep 17 2011, 03:20 PM

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thanks, but $14.99 is pretty steep just to sort photos. sweat.gif


Added on September 22, 2011, 6:28 pmHuhu... I sort of solved my problem.

for those who may be facing the same problem, you can try to download a free software (for windows) called iTag. It basically lets you change the time/date the picture is taken (i recommend you only do this to a duplicate file).

What I did was I changed all the time/date for all my picture files had the same time/date. This would then "force" the iPad to sort the files based on the name. A point to note though, naming your file 001 is the same as just 1. So you need to put an alphabet infront of the 001, e.g. A001, so that it won't sort the pictures as 1, 10, 11, 12... 2, 20, 21... etc.

So, yes, you may need to rename ALL your files. But so far, this is the only free method I have found

Hope this helps those who are facing the same problem

This post has been edited by teelim: Sep 22 2011, 06:29 PM

 

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