iOS 18: Master the New Search Features in the Photos App

[Manzzle]

When watching videos in the iOS 18 photos app, you no can't scrub through the video when you make it full screen. You can only do so when it's not in full screen. Why did they do this?

 

[timeislove]

When I type a search into the Photos app, the results screen indicates that indexing is still running:

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as far as i know, similar to curation, the indexing would be completed if you leave your phone connected to power and stayed overnight.

 

[timeislove]

As I get older, I start to understand why old people are often so rude and angry.

You get used to something. Perhaps you even like it. Then it gets taken away from you and replaced with something inferior. On iOS/macOS this is something you have to deal with every year. Every year something I use is taken away.

My elderly mother is in tears every year because she has to keep relearning how to use her phone and computer. Maybe that would be ok if things were for the better, but they never are. UI peaked a long time ago, and now it’s just change for the sake of change.

There are dumb phones (contrary to smart phones) available in the market for old folks. Big screen, large fonts. The trustful Nokia 3210 is one of the good choices.

 

[dakicka]

They need to simply add a search function for Albums. Having to scroll through them is a pain, especially with how they changed the layout in the update, ugh. A quick search by name would be so much easier for people that have dozens of galleries.

 

[Fraserpatty]

They need to simply add a search function for Albums. Having to scroll through them is a pain, especially with how they changed the layout in the update, ugh. A quick search by name would be so much easier for people that have dozens of galleries.

Or alphabetize the names of the albums. I must have nearly 100 of them.

 

[Ricebucket]

you can no longer search by exact date. I found that to be very useful previously. But now you can only search up to a year and month, which is a step backwards.

 

[timeislove]

you can no longer search by exact date. I found that to be very useful previously. But now you can only search up to a year and month, which is a step backwards.

Did you feel the new search is capable of handling natural language?

I feel like it simply breaks down the line into keywords, and now you said it no longer support searching for dates!


It is a big step back!

 

[dakicka]

Or alphabetize the names of the albums. I must have nearly 100 of them.

Agreed. There should be sort options. A-Z, Z-A, Date new to old, Date old to new. AND a search at the top. Instagram stories added this recently and I’ve been asking Apple to add it via feedback submissions for several years.

Apple also ruined photos with video playback. It’s an abomination. You can’t watch videos properly frame by frame, they removed the timeline at the bottom and it’s impossible to get to exact frames. The time dragged is on top of the video and the video opens in a small screen. Then when zooming in at all you can’t watch the entire duration of the video. It is a combo of bugs and disgusting UX backwards updates.

 

[Fraserpatty]

Agreed. There should be sort options. A-Z, Z-A, Date new to old, Date old to new. AND a search at the top. Instagram stories added this recently and I’ve been asking Apple to add it via feedback submissions for several years.

Apple also ruined photos with video playback. It’s an abomination. You can’t watch videos properly frame by frame, they removed the timeline at the bottom and it’s impossible to get to exact frames. The time dragged is on top of the video and the video opens in a small screen. Then when zooming in at all you can’t watch the entire duration of the video. It is a combo of bugs and disgusting UX backwards updates.

Yes. But I think I prefer alphabetizing. I have a lot of old photos and people give me old photos occasionally. I take a picture of them to scan them into my library, but I may never remember, when looking for them, exactly when I put them in. However, I do put them in the appropriate album they should go in. When searching for them I would then look by the subject matter name. Hopefully Apple will do this in the future.

 

[timeislove]

you can no longer search by exact date. I found that to be very useful previously. But now you can only search up to a year and month, which is a step backwards.

Tried again the date search.

As you said exact date search is failed, to be exact, no longer recognised as date search thanks to the so called “natural language search”

Now, only possible with year month search, but the format is unforgivable. Numeric date format, month preceding or year preceding, dash or slash as delimiters, giving confusing search results.

The redesign of photo app is a total failure! Without new features but introducing bugs and hassles to users !

 

[Fraserpatty]

Agreed. There should be sort options. A-Z, Z-A, Date new to old, Date old to new. AND a search at the top. Instagram stories added this recently and I’ve been asking Apple to add it via feedback submissions for several years.

Apple also ruined photos with video playback. It’s an abomination. You can’t watch videos properly frame by frame, they removed the timeline at the bottom and it’s impossible to get to exact frames. The time dragged is on top of the video and the video opens in a small screen. Then when zooming in at all you can’t watch the entire duration of the video. It is a combo of bugs and disgusting UX backwards updates.

Happy birthday Siri!