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.
Well, it worked. By unsyncing my pics thru itunes I essentially got my camera roll back. Great, except now I don't have the 2000 pics on my phone that I had organized into groups. Bring back Camera Roll!!!
wynford wrote:
11,471 views and 161 comments and almost all of us hate the new Photos app...
Out of how many millions of users?
Will Apple listen to us or keep it the way it is now?
Will Apple revert to the iOS 17 version of Photos? Almost certainly not. Will they continue to make changes in Photos? Definitely. And, you can be assured that when they do, people will be angry that they didn't leave it the way it is now.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
wynford wrote:
11,471 views and 161 comments and almost all of us hate the new Photos app...
Out of how many millions of users?
Millions and millions and millions who probably don't about Apple's community support
freirauf wrote:
The Utiful Photo Organizer app is a quite good alternative because it a) is very easy to use, b) allows you to move photos out of the camera roll to separate folders, so that the photos disappear from the camera roll (yay!), and c) lets you sync your photo folders between your iOS devices.
If you look at that app, it doesn't say, but it's only a 30 day trial and under settings, at the top it says "Unlock all access" and when you tap that, it's $39.99 per year... USELESS!
wynford wrote:
IdrisSeabright wrote:
wynford wrote:
11,471 views and 161 comments and almost all of us hate the new Photos app...
Out of how many millions of users?
Millions and millions and millions who probably don't about Apple's community support
I think you missed my point. But that's okay.
wynford wrote:
freirauf wrote:
The Utiful Photo Organizer app is a quite good alternative because it a) is very easy to use, b) allows you to move photos out of the camera roll to separate folders, so that the photos disappear from the camera roll (yay!), and c) lets you sync your photo folders between your iOS devices.
If you look at that app, it doesn't say, but it's only a 30 day trial and under settings, at the top it says "Unlock all access" and when you tap that, it's $39.99 per year... USELESS!
For me as a contractor who uses his phone camera a lot for work (before-after photos, site inspections, phases of customer projects etc. but also tons of screenshots with valuable information) this Utiful app is a life-saver and worth every penny! I love it and use it daily for my work! It helps me keep my work pictures perfectly organized and ready to be references anytime. But it gives me much more in fact because with it I can keep my work pictures physically separated from my family and vacation pics. So in my camera roll I actually have a timeline of all my nice photographs without any clutter at all. Well, I had it, until Apple released iOS 18 and now the Photos app messed it up!!
I already do what you outlined. I create the folders on my desktop in a folder I named "iPhone Pictures" and put the subfolfders in it. When syncing with iTunes, I select the folders I want and they all show in "From My Mac".
I didn't realize that at first. I'm happy to have the folder back, but you are correct it doesn't put new photos in there and I don't see a way to easily move them there. At least I'm "almost" there.
Thank you for the great information! What I'm really trying to figure out is how to turn off the "Library" folder. Is there a way to do that? I don't want every photo since 1996 grouped into one folder (the Library) as it has become following the recent iOS update. I'd prefer to only see the Camera Roll or Recent Photos like before. How can I disable the Library folder?
crecord1 wrote:
Everything in my old recents folder is there. My screenshots show up there. Any photo I add is there.
Could you please use the "" Quote when replying to a comment. It's hard trying to remember what people are replying to with so many comments.
Thanks
wynford wrote:
Could you please use the "" Quote when replying to a comment. It's hard trying to remember what people are replying to with so many comments.
What makes it even more confusing is that there are multiple ways of sorting threads. I sort by "Oldest" but I don't think that's the default.
I’m sick to death of Apple, firstly, even after UNsyncing my devices from iCloud my notes are still syncing across 2 iPads and a iPhone. Secondly of my 2 iPads, iPhone 8 and 12 and work iPhone 15 only my work iPhone 15 and old backup 8 have deleted notes option even after the idiot on Apple support told me tips are to iOS 18. Still nothing do I’ve now lost 10 years of notes. This new photo thing is a total cluster and proves Apple like telling people how and what they can do with their device. NO MORE tomorrow I’m buying a Samsung and getting rid of apple off out of my life. Their tech support don’t know the difference between an iPad and a house brick
Yeah you not the one, I was always very much apple person but I think I will choose "freedom" and move to samsung myself. It maybe sounds silly but I have enough apple control. I already stop using music, because apple has told me what songs I can sync and what not. Now with this the photo app mess- I am getting sick of it.
Same problem. I cannot find camera roll
WR4444 wrote:
Same problem. I cannot find camera roll
same answer applies to you too.
Where did the Camera Roll go in iOS 18
