Pinch to zoom out, iPhone Photos app
Is anyone else having this problem, I can zoom out of the grid view of Library, but only so there's 5 on each row. I want to really zoom out so I can see more like a year at one go. If I go into Collections, then Media Types, I can zoom out, but that's restricting me, I'd like to do that in the whole of the Library.
Have they change this for some strange reason?
iPhone 16 Pro
My iPad is 26.2.1, and in Library view it does not allow more than 5 across when held vertically, and 9 across when held horizontally. That is really weird.
In Albums it behaves normally.
So weird.
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TonyRicardo wrote:
i got the same :( i usted to use that function a lot!
As we've pointed out, it's 26.2.1, and everyone is affected.
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Hi Richard,
I've just been speaking with Apple and that is now the expected look! So no zooming out for me! If you have all of your photos shown in grid form in the Library, you can't see more than 5 images per row.
Perhaps you're not on 26.2.1?
I wonder why they'd change it?!
Thanks, appreciate your time :)
21pilot wrote:… This is the most unhelpful thread I have ever read in my entire life
And a pretty unhelpful comment. I'm impressed you read the whole thing. In case you missed it:
As we've pointed out, it's 26.2.1, and everyone is affected.
Go ahead and let Apple know what you think at this site:
It looks like you're using iOS 26-- what is the actual version number?
Have you tried a forced restart?
Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
This is different from a simple Power Off. I had to continue holding the button down past the "slide to power off" message, and then I released the button only after the Apple Logo appeared indicating a re-start.
slaterk wrote: … 26.2.1 ... is that what you mean? I had put that but only further down my reply :)
oops-- missed it. I have a 16 at 26.2 (with a message to go to 2.1)
Just did a force restart (had restarted before), and still no joy - will only let me zoom out to 5 pics per row
Drat! How about storage? At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, what does it say? For instance, mine says 59.64 GB of 128 GB used. Do you have at least 10% of your storage free?
Are you using iCloud Photos? Do you use Optimize Storage?
I have not heard of anyone having a similar issue…
melissa-b wrote:
Me too. Beyond frustrating. I have about 77k photos and used that option all the time to view them. I have the iPhone 13 Pro and on 26.2.1. I hope Apple add that view feature back in.
It's 26.2.1 for everyone:
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Sam1122334 wrote: I have this issue / ‘feature’ too since upgrading to iOS 26.2.1. I hope they change it back in the future!
As we've pointed out, it's 26.2.1 for everyone:
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ValentynaF wrote: Could you please tell me, have they said anywhere that they’re definitely planning to bring this feature back?
Nobody, especially on Reddit, knows what's coming. The "final" beta version is out there, but changes happen even after that.
And, as I said earlier, it's way, way easier to use albums and folders for organization.
So, go ahead and let Apple know what you think at this site:
Complaining on this Community of Users site won't change anything.
Go ahead and let Apple know what you think at this site:
My 16 is now 26.2.1, and in ALBUMS I can do the two levels past 5 -- the ones for which the thumbnails are too small to see detail. But in LIBRARY I can only zoom out to 5. (also 7 horizontal.)
Curiouser and curiouser.
I already called Apple customer service, it is Standard with the new version 26.2.1. If more ppl complain, they will go back to the Zoom out into numerous photos in a row. It is very frustrating now. The previous versions were much better, simpler, easy to get oriented in and locate a photo. I love the easy access and navigating with the iPad touch screen, but many good features are always eliminated with each update. They need to do a public survey next time.
I’m going crazy that they removed such an important feature!
People who work with digital content have tens of thousands of photos. It was so convenient to work with the full zoom-out view.
I’m incredibly upset.
they seem to have fixed/reversed this in 26.3 (thank god)
I don't want to downplay the weirdness of this new limitation, but I've got to say that I never use Library like that. I use Folders and albums to keep my pictures organized and easy to find. My pictures are organized like this:
Each year is a folder that has albums and folders inside. For earlier times, my year folders are inside decade folders. There's also a folder for folders with albums organized by topics like Music or Horses or Flowers or My Brother's Family, etc. So a picture of my niece riding a horse in 2019 might be in three different albums in three different folders. Putting a picture in several albums doesn't take up any more storage, and that organization makes it way easier to find the picture I want.
But it's still weird that we can't see more pictures at once in Library. Seeing more pictures in a window in the Library, with way more pictures, seems more important than in collections…
Pinch to zoom out, iPhone Photos app
