I do NOT like what Apple did to the Photos in iOS 18... I can not find the Camera Roll. Closest is Recent Days, but it does not show all the pictures that were on the Camera Roll. I have to use a third party app on my PC to see the photos. I think Apple screwed up somewhere. Come on Apple, put Camera Roll back the way it used to be and the way it should be.
iPhone SE, iOS 18
Your library is the camera roll. What was called "Camera Roll" was changed to "Recents" in a past iOS update (forget which one) and has now dropped that name and is just your Library.
Any picture you take will be in your library, and as such that is your camera roll.
I don't believe there has ever been a separate Camera Roll to the general library. It was just called "Camera Roll" but contained the same things Library does now.
Pictures may still be there, I look for hours to find anything...
the only way I could find a certain picture, was to connect the phone to my computer and go through the folders in explorer to find it ... waste of time.
Bring back the old camera roll please.
tom_993 wrote:
Best you Google that. There's a lot of info about the issue.
I've used Explorer lots of times to copy the Camera Roll (Recents) to my PC and no problems, I also sometimes email them to myself. The EXIF is always there which I remove when I sync them to my phone.
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Lawrence Finch wrote:
Do you have Background App Refresh turned off? That might be one reason it isn’t making progress. Also, do you leave the phone plugged in overnight, or at least for long periods of time?
Yeah... mine was turned off... I just turned it on and I'll see what happens and yes, I plug it in every night... I just went through the list of apps in Background App Refresh and Photos is not listed in there
NewVisionGrowthFund wrote:
The overall update is amazing, however this picture, album, favorites, movie chaos is the worst move I've seen apple do in an upgrade. I literally can't even find a video that was taken last night. Everything is scrambled and is a serious pain to deal with. With hundreds of thousands spent on apple products, I've never had an issue and love the company but being a long time apple person, its rare to see such a drastic bad move on something so functional, efficient for user ability. Bring it back Apple!
Well said. Now please tell Apple via: Feedback - Photos - Apple
wynford wrote:
iOS 18.0.1 is available and no Photos fix!!!
I haven't seen any major bugs reported in Photos. If you are seeing one, you should let Apple know:
You can also tell them you don't like the new interface but I wouldn't expect to see any major changes in that anytime soon.
You absolutely read zero posts in this thread to make that comment, for those of us that sync photos they’ve removed camera roll/recents and it causes a huge issue for managing photos….. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
railroadme wrote:
You absolutely read zero posts in this thread to make that comment,
Incorrect.
for those of us that sync photos they’ve removed camera roll/recents and it causes a huge issue for managing photos…
That is not a bug. That was a feature change. The feedback link is good for letting Apple know what you think about that as well.
The "Camera Roll" or "Recents" is in the Camera app. It's in the lower left corner. If you click on the small picture it will enlarge and you can scroll thru all the pictures in the "camera roll". Someone had commented on this feed earlier. Hope this helps.
The Camera App shows all the photos in the camera roll but only in tiny little thumbnails. Would be better if the thumbnails were bigger and also available in the Photos App.
Just found this→4 easy tweaks to fix the Photos app in iOS 18
Do you have Background App Refresh turned off? That might be one reason it isn’t making progress. Also, do you leave the phone plugged in overnight, or at least for long periods of time?
LOL, you’ll soon realize Recently Saved is NOT the same as the old Recents/Roll. It doesn’t contain your photos (only SAVED images).
wynford wrote:
I do NOT like what Apple did to the Photos in iOS 18... I can not find the Camera Roll. Closest is Recent Days, but it does not show all the pictures that were on the Camera Roll. I have to use a third party app on my PC to see the photos. I think Apple screwed up somewhere. Come on Apple, put Camera Roll back the way it used to be and the way it should be.
Camera app, your library is right there it didn't go anywhere, do some exploring and you'll find it.
I did all last evening and this morning and, like I said, all I could see is Recent Days and it does not show all the photos that should be there. I have 6 photos in the Camera Roll in the third party app and Recent Days only shows (Yesterday) 4 photos. Where are the other 2 photos. I have all the Customize options on. If I want to send someone a photo from a week ago (the missing ones) I can't as I can't find it. The other options in Recent Days are from about 6 months ago and older and I am not going through over 6500 photos to try and find the 2 missing ones.
weber88 wrote:
I need this back ASAP. The way I use photos is completely broken now. I need a place to see all photos that are on my iphone and have not yet been transferred off my device.
*** EVERYONE Request it to come back ... ***
I have provided Apple with feedback about how I think the changes to Photos are, so far, some of the things I like best about iOS 18. Photos is gorgeous and so much more flexible.
Where did the Camera Roll go in iOS 18
