Strange erratic sorting in PL8

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Hi all
My configuration:

  • MacOS Ventura
  • DPL 8.3.0 Elite

I have an issue that never happened before but first the context.
As a rule of thumb, after I imported on my drive a new set of photos this what I do first with Automator:

  1. I apply a unique ID on each.
  2. I rename them in batch.
    Then with DPL:
  3. I select them all and create virtual copies.
  4. Once I decided which are the keepers I edit their VCs only, the Master remaining untouched. I sometimes create more than one VC but not systemically.
  5. I apply one star to the Master and two stars to the VC of the keepers.
  6. When I am done, in the PhotoLibrary, I sort them by rank and trash the zero-starred, non-keepers.

Yet a strange issue occurs now. See the image below:

DPL sorting
DPL sorting1866Ɨ1308 196 KB

  • All the pictures belong to a pair Master-VC, yet the ones I highlighted are separated from their buddies.
  • Moreover many of the pairs are in the wrong order that should be 1. Master, 2. VC.

Here is another example. All the pics are new, with a VC each, not edited. The order of the pairs is random.

MuseĢe de Cluny
MuseĢe de Cluny1870Ɨ856 342 KB

How to fix the issue?
TIA
Regards
Nick

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Check how you set sort order and if all badges are enabled in PhotoLabā€™s preference settings.

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Thanks for your quick response platypus
Problem solved: I noticed in the Sort local menu that the Images Addition Order item was in the reverse order. This impacted the secondary order of the sorting. I had probably inadvertently set it that way. I put back to its normal order and everything went back to normal.
Nick

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