Can't magnify in Markup after iPhone iOS 17 Update

I received a reply from apple to use magnifier through accessibility. Why? So I can take another screenshot? Then open another app to create a red circle around the text or area I’m describing? To do it again when I try to type text for it? Then, I guess I should share it to my mail, so I can take even longer to simply magnify a small location and label it to show an employee where the mess up is…. The person replied …”you can add filters..” this is not for fun or art. This is for work. Thanks apple…

I work as a Production Engineer in electronics manufacturing, the magnifier function is brilliant for magnifying faults on PCB assemblies without enhanced vision equipment. Please put this back in Apple.

This is downright infuriating. I use that tool EVERY SINGLE DAY (Im a small youtuber).

and they DOUBLED my workflow time by changing the shape tool! Now i have to select the color EVERY SINGLE TIME when not duplicating but worse, they FILL IT IN AUTOMATICALLY! WHAT THE HECK APPLE most people are higlighting something and just want the outline! Why would you have it default to solid?! Please just put it back the way it was. I dont understand these companies. We get into workflows FOR DECADES and then a youngen comes along wanting to change it that probably never used the features a day in their lives OR changes it to SUIT THEIR NEEDS. Forget the millions who have a workflow set up for a decade! Like i said, infuriated!

Yes, same happened to me too. I was perfectly good with my 16 iOS, but then one day I found out that my phone is updated and there is no magnifier option anymore in the markups. I often use it and need it😢 please, kindly return this feature.

Just updated my phone to iOS 17.2.1 today, still no magnifier option in photo edit.

and i left comment on their feedback channel regarding this feature missing.

I think Apple is now concerned with the issue on their series 9 watches. Being accused of a copyright infringement with a feature in the watch.

Pls bring back the Magnifier in the next iOS update. It was so easy to do photo edit when u need to highlight the importance of certain thing. It defeats the purpose of downloading 3rd party app to do the thing we originally can.

Just had the updated be done over night on my phone and I’m currently working and went to use the editing feature and went to use the magnifying option well guess what now I’m here and I and everyone else would appreciate that the old editing feature ( markup editing ) be brought back as it was more efficient and or add back the options that were removed/replaced back.

I just sadly discovered the no-magnifying-in-markup travesty today, and I have to tell you, I figured out I could still do it on my iPad!! Apparently that part of the update didn’t get to the iPad yet! 😂 yayyyy!

Please bring it back!!!! This is literally why I bought the iphone. I have only had android since cell phones came out lol. I needed this for my facial photos. I am an esthetician and this really helps

It seems to me that apple is willing to dismantle all the best feature of our smartphone. another missing feature that i loved so much is sign documents importing the signature with the camera.

i can inagine thath all this feature will be avaiable on third part apps, over a subscription plan.

shameful

Yes, the magnify option for photo editing is a must. I often photograph areas that I need to make sure specific portions are noticed. Please, please add the feature back as an additional edit option. I understand it may not be necessary for all pics, but it is very important. Many people don’t even know how to use it or what it does.

I’ve relied on the magnifying glass feature in the iOS Photos app for both professional training materials and personal use, thanks to its simplicity and effectiveness. Its removal in iOS 17 has significantly impacted my workflow, as alternative apps complicate what was once a straightforward process. The built-in magnifier was not only efficient but also intuitively designed, making detailed image examination accessible without the need for additional, complex apps. I urge Apple to consider its reinstatement, reflecting the real utility it offers to users who appreciate the clean and user-friendly design of the native Photos app.

I used it for work purposes.. Great tool for the blind, nearly impaired & visually didnt understand.. The magnifying feature was great.. Also where's the shapes in case there was something u needed to make specific high lighted to data entries . This not available in photo mark up???

Hello everyone,

I’m not sure this has been mentioned in this long thread but there is a workaround: share the picture with the Books app. Then, in the Books app, edit the picture and you’ll be able to use the magnify tool.

Was and still am so p is sed that they got rid of it.. I’m seriously considering going back to android. Their cameras are much better and I think they have some better features than Apple. Their platform is easy to use. I bet they wouldn’t get rid of their Magnifier. Seems to me we’ve already had a couple updates for 17 one of them should’ve been the return of the Magnifier.