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  1. swiftfreak

    Universal My Personal Puzzles — Turn your own photos into jigsaw puzzles. Try free.

    Hello all, Indie iOS dev here. I just shipped My Personal Puzzles — a jigsaw game where the puzzles are your own photos, not stock sunsets some algorithm picked. Also, never any ads or subscriptions - I am tired of both. The loop is simple: pick a photo from your library → pick a difficulty →...
  2. Danorak81

    Photos, Actual Photo's, Editing & Sharing...

    Hi all, I'm running iOS26 (26.5). I'm constantly encountering an issue with Photos on my iPhone (17PM). I take a lot of photos, I like editing them (not heavily) to get the best images. I find AirDrop hit and miss, so more often than not, will set up a shared album of a specific day out so my...
  3. ezez

    Universal AlbumBlueprint: rebuild iCloud Shared Photo Library albums and folders

    Hi everyone, I’m the developer of AlbumBlueprint, a small iPhone/iPad app for one very specific Photos problem: iCloud Shared Photo Library shares the photos and videos, but it does not copy one person’s album and folder structure to everyone else’s device. So if I organize a Shared Library...
  4. A

    iPhone iOS Photos is way worse now, right?

    I know that with the rebuild of iOS Photos (last year?) there was some criticism about the user experience but I haven't really been paying much attention lately. Nor have I been as invested in using my phone as I used to (everything just seems worse and frustrating). What prompted me to ask...
  5. T

    Feedback to Apple: Multiple libraries to Photos!

    I sent this: What do you think?
  6. J

    Photos does not see new images on my iPhone

    I have had a look at older threads, but could not find one discussing this same problem. Recently I have encountered a problem I have had before: when I connect my iPhone (13 Pro, iOS 26.3) to my MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, Tahoe 26.3) somehow the Photos app refuses to show all the new photos on it...
  7. S

    macOS Photos drag & drop does not give you the original file

    I’m trying to understand whether this is intended behavior or simply very poor UX. I’m using Photos on macOS. When I select a photo and click Info, Photos clearly shows a file size of several megabytes. If I then drag that same photo from Photos into Telegram and explicitly send it as a...
  8. anjanesh

    iPhone 12 Pro Max Offloading content to iCloud

    I'm on an iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB. iPhone Storage is at 212GB of 256GB used. I'm on iCloud at 2TB plan with 359GB used. Photos take 108GB on my iPhone. If I delete all my photos on my iPhone will they still be retained in iCloud ?
  9. S

    AI Search in Photos on Mac not working

    I am on macOS Tahoe 6.10. The AI powered natural language intelligence search that's supposed to be built into the current version of macOS and Photos doesn't work for me. For example, if I type "black shirt" it shows nothing (I have several photos with people in black t-shirts, shirts or tops -...
  10. A

    Downloading Photos is stalled.

    I'm trying to run a backup for Photos. It's stuck at "Downloading 10,248". This is out of 14,318 photos and 559 videos. I've got a Mac Mini (OS 15.6.1) that's wired to my router (wifi disabled) and I'm getting 300-350Mbps. I've tried pausing and unpausing. I've tried relaunching Photos...
  11. roxics

    iCloud I'm confused

    I've got one of those stupid 32GB iPads because I wasn't smart enough to pay more for more memory. A few years ago when it filled up I signed up to iCloud to offload stuff automatically. Now I'm trying to get all of that off of iCloud and onto my mac. So I decided to sync it with Photos app on...
  12. Morac

    Can’t create photo memories 4 days after restore says still analyzing photos

    My M4 ipad Pro had been able to create memories after updating to iPadOS 26, but I did a restore on it to try and fix a different issue. That was on Tuesday. It’s now Saturday and I still can’t create memories on it as it says it’s unavailable until there are more photos and videos available...
  13. jdavid_rp

    iPhone 15/Plus Night mode: Adobe Indigo VS Apple Camera

    I just wanted to share some comparisons between the adobe app Project Indigo and the iOS native camera. using a MagSafe tripod to keep it steady so both apps could use the longest exposure time. I was the most surprised with the pic that shows the yellow cart, both on autofocus. I tried to tap...
  14. bobbytomorow

    Prevent Camera App From Dimming Pictures of Screens?

    I've had this issue for years now and never have figured out how to prevent the camera app from auto dimming (and making warmer) pictures I take of screens turned on. For example if I take a picture of a laptop with its display off the image will be normal but if I take a picture with is display...
  15. luisadastwin

    Photos and videos date on iPhone vs PC

    Photos and Videos on iPhone have a specific Date of when they were taken. And I take it very seriously. When I use iCloud for Windows, I can't seem to find a FIELD of the file that truly represents that date. Sometimes it is on the "Date taken". Sometimes that field is empty. And sometimes the...
  16. 2024

    Photos Shared-Library Question

    I have a question re the storage implications of combining two personal photos libraries into one shared library. This would involve two iPhones, each with its own account and photos library. Each of these libraries (let’s say they’re 30GB and 50GB respectively) is duplicated in its own user...
  17. B

    Duplicates in Photos on Mac

    Hi All, Could someone please help me understand how to tell Photo's, that two photo's which it thinks are duplicates, are not? I can't find anything in the Photo's help. Cheers.
  18. macsince2008

    ProRAW Photos Soften Drastically Upon Editing - Anyone Else?

    Hi everyone, I've noticed something that's a bit frustrating with ProRAW photos on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. When I view a ProRAW image in the Photos app, it initially appears sharp and well-processed, almost like a really good HEIF Max image. However, the instant I tap "Edit," the image softens...
  19. hot_ham_water

    22D72 (18.3.1) icloud photo sync hangs with most recent video

    Running 22D72 (18.3.1) on 15 pro max. Plenty of storage on phone and in icloud. Phone is on power (70%), and connected to wifi with airplane mode enabled to narrow this down, since all of the apple support pages say wifi is required to sync, even tho prior to this, cellular was working fine for...
  20. maverick28

    Aperture 3.5 and iPhoto 9.5 no longer connect to iCloud Photos

    Hello, After reformatting the drive and reinstalling Mavericks, I cannot start using my Shared Streams, which require iCloud. Aperture tells me to sign into iCloud despite my being signed into it. I use two Apple ID accounts; however, until the drive reformation, I had no issues using the...