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Edit button missing on my photos in iPhone post iOS 18 update

I downloaded ios18 and now have no edit button on my photos in the gallery when I touch a photo. How do I get it back so I can use third party editing apps?



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iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 7:01 PM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2024 5:18 AM

Yes, thanks Apple. You’ve hidden the editing tools. You’ve moved my albums so I have to scroll down endlessly to get to them. And even the order of recent photos has changed so that now I can’t find anything. WHY?!?!?!?

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Dec 6, 2024 3:02 PM in response to manjorbenn

It is true that after the iOS 18 Apple made everything unnecessarily complicated for the Apple Community. They should have at least the decency of sending us an email or some thing explaining how to navigate through this “edit” function disappearing..!!!

Anyhow… here again is what I find out so far, after lots of clicking everywhere 🤦‍♀️ :

The edit function is there, under the 3 lines at the bottom of the screen on our Photos.

Click on the picture to edit

Double click on the 3 lines. An small inverse YELLOW triangle 🔻(sorry, we don’t have in yellow on our emojis) but anyhow is Yellow and it will show on top of the 3 lines.

Then :

A lock 🔒 will show on the right top corner of the screen

Click on the lock 🔒 and be at the lookout for “APPERANCE RATIO UNLOCKED “ (be aware that it will disappear very quickly 🤷‍♀️ you might need to try a few times to get the hang of it) ..

After all this unnecessary steps comparing to our prior and super easy “edit” button , you should be able to edit your pics again. Hope this helps . I’m trying to attach some pictures..!! If I can’t on this post .. I’ll try on the next one .

Regards my fellow apple 🍏 users 🙋‍♀️


Edit button missing on my photos in iPhone post iOS 18 update

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