Thanks, tp, but I knew all that about albums. I need to reorder the photos that sync with a folder on my Mac. Otherwise, slide shows are useless.
Iâm using a lot of guesswork here, but letâs see if Iâve got the right idea of what is going on.
You have a folder on your Mac that you are syncing to an album on the iPad via iTunes or another app. You want to re-arrange the photos in the synced folder so you can use it as a slide show.
If thatâs right, yep, itâs not going to work. When you sync folders to Photos through iTunes (or other apps) you get exactly what you synced. Since a folder does not have a way of custom arranging photos, neither does the album. Asynced album is going to mirror the folder. Syncing is not copying. It maintains a one-to-one relationship to the original folder, so that future syncs wonât get messed up.
What would work better is to import that folder to the iPad and create a local album. That can be re-ordered. There are several apps that can to this.
Or you could use Photos on the Mac, and create and sync your photos that way. You albums will sync both ways, which means you can change the order on either device.
Or, you could import the photos to a third party slideshow app.
Or something else I have not thought of.
Photos is a good basic photo app, but itâs isnât terribly flexible and lacks advanced features.