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Since iOS 13 update. . JPG problem. Cannot Load Photo. There was an error loading this photo

I upgraded to iOS 13 and now if I try to edit photos which I've uploaded from my PC to iPhone via iCloud, I get an error saying "Cannot Load Photo. There was an error loading this photo".


I can view the photos fine but if I try to upload the photo to Instagram I get this message "Could not open photo. Please try again in a moment."


Photos that have been taken on my iPhone are fine. I can edit those as I've normally done. There are instances though which I need to upload images which were not taken with my iPhone.


I can reproduce the steps.

1. I've uploaded a photo to iCloud on the Desktop.

2. I go into my iPhone or iPad and in the Photo App press edit.

The message says - "Cannot Load Photo "- I cannot edit my photo in the Photo's own App.


3. I try to load it into Instagram to edit and get the error message - "Could not open photo. Please try again in a moment".


4. I then try another tactic.

I open the Snapseed App and load the same photo into Snapseed and I receive a message saying - "This image is read-only. Saving will create a copy." So I did that and it works fine from there. I can upload to Instagram and edit a copy of the original photo from which Photo App wouldn't do.


So I got to thinking deep about this peculiar problem.


I played around with the file formats in Photoshop and saving them different ways.


If I save the file as " Save As" and then save it as a "jpeg" file, then all is okay. I upload the photo to iCloud from my PC and all is fine. I can then edit the photo in the iPhone Photo App and upload to Instagram.


However if I save the same file from Photoshop as "Save As" and then save it as a "jpg" file, I then upload that "jpg" file to the iCloud from my PC, it's then that I cannot edit that photo and that is where the error messages come in - from the Photo App when trying to edit, to Instagram when trying to upload.


Snapseed tells me that the jpg file I've uploaded is a read-only image.


So the problem is with the file jpg not jpeg. Why?


So I've discovered that to upload images to my iCloud via PC and to be able to edit those photos or upload to Instagram then they have to be an actual "jpeg" file, not a jpg file.


I hope this makes sense and I hope someone can tell me what's going on.


Why the change? I can only surmise that it's with the latest iOS update.

Posted on Sep 29, 2019 7:23 AM

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Posted on Oct 6, 2019 1:40 PM

Have you tried posting a picture from Photos app to Instagram? It works for me and I’m having the same issues as you are. This is a work around I discovered by accident. I’m also able to post pics regardless of jpeg name when I use Uplet. (3rd party app) It has to be an issue with iOS 13 and Instagram together. Maybe see if Instagram has a fix?

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Oct 6, 2019 8:56 PM in response to m5zealot

From what I gather, the 'some' photos from iCloud become 'read only' photos and Instagram won't upload to their site unless you use the workaround but funnily enough you can share the same photo to Facebook.


It's a problem with iOS13 and iCloud.


Sometimes when I upload a photo from my desktop to iCloud the photo won't appear in iCloud. This only ever happened since the iOS upgrade.

Oct 11, 2019 1:41 AM in response to Rosa07

Apple Engineers contacted me today as they said they would and they cannot reproduce the problem, even though they've screen shared my devices and I've uploaded detailed step by step screenshots, they're not seeing the problem.


So this time what they did was wait until I uploaded a photo to iCloud.com and then on my iPhone I had to open the photo and as usual, Photos could not load photo. Then they were able to to perform an enhanced logging session and collect the actual data from my phone.


I will hear from them again Wednesday next week.


It just seems I'm going over and over this issue with the engineers and they're not getting it.


Perhaps if more of us contacted https://getsupport.apple.com/ they might get an idea that this is really an issue in discussions.apple.com - even though I've told them about the discussions here, I don't think they look to be honest.

Oct 11, 2019 4:06 AM in response to Rosa07

I'm having the same issue. I only updated because I needed to install imovie but I wish I hadn't bothered. I don't have much on my phone at all but I do use it for IG for my business and now I can't post because all my photos are edited on my desktop. I'm currently on a chat with Apple but they are saying it's IG's fault and I need to contact them.

Oct 11, 2019 5:11 AM in response to GingerCatLJ

Thanks for your input. We need to try and convince Apple it's their problem.


I too edit most of my photos on my desktop.


It's not Instagram's fault. I've contacted Instagram. I've had to uninstall and re-install Instagram and no luck, yet I can post the same photo to Facebook even though Photos won't load the photo and won't export into Instagram. Facebook owns Instagram.


Not only am I seeing problems here in the Apple Community about Photos not being able to Load Photo, but in the Photoshop Community I'm in, people are having all sorts of problems with file incompatibility since iOS 13 and Catalina for Mac users.


It seems like something or some code/codecs Apple used in their recent iOS 13 update has upset the apple cart on so many levels and either the Apple engineers aren't getting it or not admitting to it.


Maybe with your continued chat with Apple, suggest that this is not Instagram's fault as another user (me) has already contacted Instagram. It's only ever been since iOS 13 that the problem has started and people are complaining of the same thing in Apple and Photoshop communities.


I've been fortunate that I have a link to upload screenshots and share data from my iPhone and www.icloud.com with Apple Engineers but so far they haven't been able to replicate the problem. They are still working on it and will get back to me on Wednesday 16th.


It's doing my head in as I have to do a long workaround to post to Instagram.


The thing is even though Photos 'Cannot Load Photo' I can still open that image in another photo app on my iPhone. I use an app called Snapseed. When I first load a photo from my Photo Library in the Snapseed App, Snapseed tells me it is a 'Read Only Image' and that any changes will only save the image as a copy. Which is fine by me.


The point is, which I told the Apple Engineers, if another iPhone photo app tells me that the photo I've imported from my Photo Library is a read only image, then something is going wrong when www.icloud.com imports the image to Photos Library.





Oct 11, 2019 5:56 AM in response to Rosa07

I've reported it to Instagram and Apple and neither are admitting it's their issue. Apple say it's only Instagram so it's not their fault, Instagram say they know nothing about it. We can only hope that as more and more people update their IOS and get the same issue, more people will shout and clog up the support lines for both sides to work together on a permanent fix. I have to add a footer because of the new rules on advertising in the UK and I use pictures that are sent to me by my design team and I've not taken them myself so I can't even add the banner while it's still on my phone.


I've tried posting from Photos but even though it looks like it has shared, it doesn't seem to make it's way to my feed. I'm so frustrated and it has taken so much time without getting anywhere too!

Oct 11, 2019 6:11 AM in response to GingerCatLJ

I hear you and totally agree!


I've mentioned to others to call support as several voices are better than one!


I'm glad I've still got an open support ticket with Apple Engineers and I'm continually feeding them examples of the issue via screen shots.


I noticed that there was an update to iCloud on desktop this morning and I've just discovered that no photo that I've uploaded from desktop to www.icloud.com will open on my iPhone. I've just posted my findings to Apple. It makes me think there's a problem with www.icloud.com

Oct 12, 2019 2:45 AM in response to Rosa07

It’s definitely the cloud that’s the issue. I emailed a photo to a friend and she sent it back via WhatsApp and it worked perfectly. If I download the same photo from my emails on my phone it has to go through the cloud and doesn’t work. I’m not home today so I can’t feed it back to Apple but it’s definitely their issue and not instagram.

Oct 12, 2019 4:33 AM in response to GingerCatLJ

I had a classic example of the stuff up with www.icloud.com which I'd sent to Apple -


I went to upload a .jpeg file from my pc to www.icloud.com and received and error message from www.icloud.com which said "There was a problem uploading 1 file. Only files in JPEG format can be uploaded".


The file I was uploading was a JPEG file and to make sure I checked the photo's properties and yes you guessed right . . . the "Item type" was a "JPEG" file.

Oct 13, 2019 8:38 PM in response to Missbay

Missbay - it's a real pain. I hear you.


Ever since iOS 13 I've been having the same problem.


I've been in constant contact with Apple Support feeding the Engineers screen shots with what's been happening with photos in the Photos Library. I've shared my iPhone and PC with them and they still can't see a problem. The last time we spoke was when they collected my data from my iPhone and I will hear from them on Wednesday 16 Oct.


Hopefully they find something and I will post here.



Since iOS 13 update. . JPG problem. Cannot Load Photo. There was an error loading this photo

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