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How to Make the iOS 18 Photos App Suck Less
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True that. We are licensed to use it, however that being the case we should always have the option to roll back the iPhone to the OS that it shipped with, as with macOS
It’s not right that the experience of an expensive device can be ruined with a software update without the option to go back.
As the software Apple releases every year is essentially beta quality they should keep the most current (new and latest major version) and one back (latest dot release) available to users. For example 18.2 and 17.7
You always have the option to go back to the previous iOS version if you're dissatisfied with changes. For a few days, anyways.
See on Android, if you don't like the photo gallery app on your phone - just download a new one and set it as the default. Why can't we do that on iOS?
At the same time, even after they ruined it, it's still better than anything else on any other platform.
Which is doubly depressing.
You have no idea what the word "always" means do you?
Which doesn’t always give you enough time to fully delve into the new OS. It’s not long, or good enough.
18.0 Photos was bad because it was jank, 18.1 addressed my complaints and I don't even really think about the old one.
The new Mail app is similarly freeze-prone as 18.0 Photos, hoping either 18.2.1 or 18.3 fixes that - if I tap on a mail drop down notification it'll just freeze the app and I have to close it and relaunch to open the email.
The new Mail app is similarly freeze-prone as 18.0 Photos, hoping either 18.2.1 or 18.3 fixes that - if I tap on a mail drop down notification it'll just freeze the app and I have to close it and relaunch to open the email.
I get used to it quickly and the new look/features don't bother me at all.
Wait, you mean customers who actually bought the product?
The majority? The majority of billions of users? I would like that substantiated with all billion+ users.
There is some crap to call out. No doubt.
Give me back my scrub bar for videos. Pretty please?
Among other things that people have already mentioned, Apple has continued with piling on more gestures and getting rid of (software) buttons. Everything is a gesture or swipe, and that causes problems. For example, if you try to select multiple photos by holding and swiping up from an album, when you reach the top, if you do not stop at the exact time you reach the top row but continue the upward motion, the selection process disappears and it goes to play a video of the album (even though I have that "preview" feature disabled).
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Exactly. Them ****ing with the photos app made me start to think about going back to Android. It’s not the only thing but it just annoyed me so much that I remembered if this was Android I could just use another photo app.
All apple had to do was nothing. There was nothing wrong with the old design.
I love it. It’s my favorite change of iOS 18. It actually exposes all of its features.
The only tab I used in the old design was the “all photos” tab. My brain essentially ignored the other tabs. There was no reason to view them.
Now I regularly scroll through all of options provided.
No. What it means is that you don't even truly own the software.
And it wasn't good to begin with. Where the hell is the uncollected filter like in macos?!
Sorry, but there’s NOTHING that can be done to make it suck less. These type of articles just give false hope.
Try HyperOS 2.0 Android 15 on Xiaomi. After being with Apple since 2007 incl. every single iPhone, every MacBook Pro, multiple iMacs, iPads, Apple Watches, Homepods, Headphones and Displays, Im with Xiaomi Mix Flip now and have to say that Apple has lost all signs of innovation since years.
iPhone incl. iOS feels like a not finished product now. Hardware with weird physical camera button, black faceID area covering data on the screen etc. and Software that got ugly, laggy, with confusing settings, destroyed standard apps like photos etc. is just sad.
HyperOS is the most similar Android OS to iOS and you will find everything easily if you try. I am monitoring Android since 2009 and wrote reviews for over 360 devices in multiple magazines.
Until now, Android was buggy, laggy, unnecessarily complicated and inefficient for me. This completely changed in 2024. I have to say that Android 15 on asian phones like OnePlus or Xiaomi is now what Apple used to be long times ago when everything just worked and was innovative. If you want to give Android a try, now is the time.
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Instead of changing the UI for no reason, they should have looked at Android and copied some of its actual useful features that you can CHOOSE to use or not.
On Android I like that I am able to see easily what Album a Photo is part of or if it has already been sorted into an Album or not or how it lets you combine multiple photos and only shows you the best of them by default (stacked). I also appreciate that you can choose not to add screenshots to your camera roll
On Android I like that I am able to see easily what Album a Photo is part of or if it has already been sorted into an Album or not or how it lets you combine multiple photos and only shows you the best of them by default (stacked). I also appreciate that you can choose not to add screenshots to your camera roll
So, "Insanely great" has been kicked to the curb by "sucks less".
What a sad commentary on the state of things.
What a sad commentary on the state of things.
Reorganizing folders is great. But having all photos at the top where I don’t want them is annoying. The best I could do is sort by date.
The new Photos (and Mail) app demonstrates why Apple shouldn't be listening to those clamoring for changes for the sake of change. If it ain't broke, don't' fix it.
