How to Make the iOS 18 Photos App Suck Less

[Steven SANH]

Do much easier to not upgrade to iOS 18

After reading all the reviews, I'm glad I'm staying on iOS 17.7 with my 14PM. I'm very happy with the layout of the Photos app. I can only see (if any) a need to "enhance it" -- not to totally overhaul it!

Perhaps Apple could make the old 17 Photos app available free in the Apple Store. That way, possibly everybody could be happy.

 

[whatgift]

I haven't met one person that is pleased with the new photos app.

That's because we don't know each other it seems! It's so much better in a lot of ways - I'd still argue that there's very few actual use cases where you can't navigate quicker now than you could before.

 

[ToddJ]

I want to start a petition to bring back the iOS 17 style back

 

[rvjimzhr]

With iOS 18, Apple overhauled the Photos app, introducing a new, unified design that did away with the navigation bar and merged everything into a single screen. It marked the single biggest change to image management since the launch of the Photos app, and it's been controversial with some users.

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There's no returning to what the Photos app used to be unless Apple decides to roll back the changes, but there are a few tweaks that can be made to make it easier to get used to the new layout.

First, if you haven't done so already, scroll down to the bottom of the Photos app and tap on Edit. From there, make sure all your most used Photos features are at the top of the app. In this section, you'll find Recent Days, Albums, People and Pets, Memories, and Pinned Collections.

Pinned Collections is a little confusing because it's a second customizable interface that has many of the same options as the main app, but think of it as a folder in a folder. It can be useful to put up top and add your most accessed utilities to, such as screenshots or specific albums.

You can rearrange the sections of your Photos app by dragging and dropping to reorder, plus you can hide any of the collections. If you don't want to see Featured Photos, Wallpaper Suggestions, or Trips, for example, you can uncheck those so they won't be listed in the app. If you don't like that redundant Pinned Collections section, you can hide that too.

If you haven't spent a lot of time fussing with the Photos app, you might not know about the filters. In the full Library view, which you get to by swiping down, tapping on the arrows will show you the filters option. You can filter for photos, videos, edited images, screenshots, and favorites, or sort by recently added or date captured. There are also options to weed out screenshots and Shared With You images from your main photo library.

The new Photos app isn't all bad. Search has improved quite a bit, and you can search for really specific parameters like "plants in Florida" or "Eric in a blue shirt."

What do you think of the iOS 18 Photos app? Are you getting used to it? Let us know in the comments below.

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I've put up with Apple changing things here and there and with a WORTHLESS Siri who gets worse with time BUT what they'e done with Photos is the end! Idiots decide to just change things 'willy nilly' it seems and the changes do nothing but add more confusion. My Photos are a mess!! I just don't get it but I'm tired tired tired. Am looking at Android for my next phone.

 

[waxBy5-munfum-zettes]

I've put up with Apple changing things here and there and with a WORTHLESS Siri who gets worse with time BUT what they'e done with Photos is the end! Idiots decide to just change things 'willy nilly' it seems and the changes do nothing but add more confusion. My Photos are a mess!! I just don't get it but I'm tired tired tired. Am looking at Android for my next phone.

They have turned a great app into a totally unusable garbage! Everything is chaos and the possibilities to customize are gone. In “slideshow” music, size and speed a nightmare. Also contemplating a complete move away from Apple.

 

[switz]

Another WTF act by Apple. Only if the majority of the customer base were upset and sales tanked would there be changes to remediate these issues.

 

[dandeco]

I'm glad iOS recently added an option in the Photos gallery's viewing options to filter out any pictures synced from your Mac, because then that makes it like the Camera Roll in previous iOS versions. (It's also in iPadOS, but I just said "iOS" due to both systems having that feature.)

 

[Coldsmoke55]

I want to start a petition to bring back the iOS 17 style back

While you’re at it, have the petition bring back the whole iPhoto app. That was the last time that Apple had a well thought out photo management software. It’s continually been a downhill slide since.