After updating to iOS 18, Photo App is not working on my iPhone 14 Pro

I do have problem with photo app but little different. I cant change font size and color of text. Sometime can change font size but never color or different font. This happens after updating to iOS 18.0.1 and continue even after updating to iOS 18.1. I have iPhone 13.

hi! yes my phone still does have the original batt and my max capacity is still at 93% so i don’t really know what could be the problem here.. also forgot to say that my apps that are in a folder don’t display it’s icons for some reason, ever since i updated to ios 18

mellah33 wrote: "...my phone still does have the original batt and my max capacity is still at 93%..."

mellah ~ That's unexpectedly high for an iPhone 12 Pro Max battery that could be four years old. Max capacity can decline by 1% / month, so I wonder how accurate that 93% is. Check which version of iOS you're running:

Settings > General > About > iOS Version

...and if it's not the current 18.1, update.

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iOS 18 photo app is TERRIBLE!!!!!!! Please Apple: go back to the previous lay-out!!! This is so clutter, difficult to manage. One can not find the albums WE (users) created. Instead there are a bunch of albums or collections made by AI. Plus it doesn’t even do it well!!!!!!!!

Majocorrales wrote: "...Please Apple: go back to the previous lay-out!!!..."

Majocorrales ~ As this is a user-to-user community, Apple won't see your request. Use this form:

Feedback - Photos - Apple

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Same thing with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. I upgraded to 18 last night and my photos are gone and the app stopped working. Any app I try to use photos from it won’t work. You can’t even load them from the camera app.

The new “features” added to the photo app could be causing these crashes?

I have an iPhone 12 mini, just updated to OS18. When I open Folders, I click an Album key photo and get a complete freeze of the Photo app. BUT not all Folders>Albums freeze.

Why, oh why, did Apple decide to add a Movie Button to the Photo app? Then to pre-select music from some performer whom I don’t know and never want to hear again. How do I turn off the Photo app > Movie > Music option?

Who asked Apple to start an auto slide show in the Photo app? At least this can be unseen by scrolling the photo array upwards, although one of the slides still freezes behind ala wallpaper.

Apple apps and programming is becoming more and more like Microsoft — which has always been an anathema to those in creative fields because the user has no autonomy. MS programs were preset so the user had to work very, very hard to override what MS had assumed the user would want.

Apple — less is more. Let the user opt-in to features, not be forced to opt-out or worse, have to undergo choices that we don’t want. Now that Jobs is gone, Apple is fast-becoming a user-enemy company. Please stop it. We need solid programming, not bells and whistles. Hire experienced, wise, common-sense, long-range thinkers and humanistic developers.

Jayne De Sesa wrote: "The new “features” added to the photo app could be causing these crashes?

I have an iPhone 12 mini, just updated to OS18..."

Jayne ~ There's another possibility: The long process of applying an iOS update to an old iPhone with a weak battery can be the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back." So...

Does your iPhone 12 mini still have its original battery?

And what's the Maximum Capacity % here?...

Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging

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Thank you, my iPhone 12mini, is at 79% capacity relative to when it was new -- the battery iPhone app says "lower capacity may result in fewer hours of usage between charges. It does not say "you may experience photo app crashes in iPhone OS 18.1.1.

PS: The battery app says that Photos background activity is 9%.

Jayne De Sesa wrote: "...my iPhone 12mini, is at 79% capacity (...) It does not say "you may experience photo app crashes in iPhone OS 18.1.1."

Jayne ~ It's unreasonable to expect it to say that, considering there are many apps that could crash due to that weak, aging battery. Apple suggests replacing it at around 80% max capacity to avoid a variety of possible issues, including app crashes.

iPhone Battery Service

About genuine iPhone batteries

Repair Provider Verification

(Articles found by searching Apple's Knowledge Base.)

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Do not even THINK about trying to edit in iOS 18 photos app…NOTHING works, what a disappointment. Apple FIX THIS come on…you are way better than this…neither iPhone 14 Pro Max, nor iPad Pro 12.9” 4th gen work. Get this fixed, please

So frustrating… no longer automatically syncs to date / time & I can’t easily access my favourites.

Even more frustrating trying to find my favourites or an album when using an editing app… bring back the old photos please

I would guess that the ambitions of this app's director of programmers imagined that everyone wants bells and whistles. However, the programming is too complicated to function well. I would think that most want a more simplified app that functions as it should. We are only along for the ride, rather than being well-served by the competitive race for market share.

Yes, thank you, I will also do that, as I have before. The purpose of also posting here is for the community, not only singular communications with Apple. Of course, Apple should be monitoring these posts as a user-friendly gesture.