Cannot share photos in iOS 18

Since upgrading to iOS 18, I am unable to share some photos. I am on 18.1.1 and the issue remains. I get the message “There was an error while preparing to share. Please try again later”.

This is happening on my iPhone (15 Pro Max) and iPad (Pro 13” M4).

Some photos can be shared without problems. Photos taken on the iPhone are able to be shared. Some photos imported as JPGs from my digital camera can be shared but others cannot; all imported at the same time.

I thought it might be an iCloud issue so logged out of iCloud and logged back in. The issue persists.

On my iPad I have saved originals of my entire photo library. But the issue remains.

I suspect this is a bug but I hope my photos have not been corrupted as they are the originals. I cannot save them to an external hard drive because Share will not send them to the Files app.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Nov 23, 2024 2:52 PM

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MartyB-C Author

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Posted on Dec 29, 2024 2:52 PM

iOS 18.2 appears to have solved the specific issues I posted. I can now share to Files without any problems, including the photos which previously could not be shared. Since 18.2 I have not found any photos that cannot not be shared.

Please note that many replies to my original posting described different sharing issues to the one I reported. I do not know if they have yet been solved.

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