I usually wait a few months before I update my phone OS.

Seeing iOS 18.2 is available and the summary shows "updated photos" which to me screams "we screwed this up and made everything way more complicated than it needed to be..also, you'll need to go to YouTube/Google to figure this out b/c it's no longer intuitive as we have to justify our jobs by changing things for the sake of changing things".

So I look online and sure enough, Apple Forums and Reddit are full of complaints that the new Photos App does indeed suck eggs.

But I also understand that the most vocal are usually folks who are not happy while those who are fine with the new stuff usually don't say anything.

I know Texags knows stuff. Thoughts?

It sucks!

Why don't people like it? I think it's fine....

I can't get it to send pictures via text messages. When I try to send them they won't attach. I have to go around my thumb to get to my ass to get them to go via text.

There are some annoyances for sure that Apple opts you into, like when viewing all the photos of a person or pet there's a slideshow that plays by default and takes up half the screen. That can be turned off by doing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplePhotos/comments/1fm0v0h/ios_ipados_18_disabling_top_slideshow_when/

Another annoyance with also viewing all photos of a person or pet, by default only some of the photos are visible and you have to click Show All to see everything.

I do like the editing capability to erase unwanted things in an image, so you can erase a photobomber for example and it looks very good.

You can also arrange/pin/unpin the sections in the Photos app like Memories or Utilities, so that is pretty handy.

Whatever design team was tasked with updating the Photos app need to all be let go. A complete disaster.

Photos app is HORRIBLE! Unbelievable how they screwed it up so bad.

htxag09 said:

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Why don't people like it? I think it's fine....

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Me too. I get the feeling i was never using the photos app to its full potential. I honestly couldn't even tell you what the old photos app looked like..

anyone tried this?



seems to make it look/function more like the old app.

I just make the suggested changes and the app is much more to my liking now. I take thousands of photos a year so having an easy user interface is imperative.