Can't select multiple pictures to add to another photo album in iOS9

Just upgraded my 5s iPhone and I found 4 images that will crash Photos when I try to select and add them to an existing album.

They were received via a text and saved from there to the camera roll. I deleted them from the Camera Roll and saved them again from the same text message. The new batch does not crash Photos when trying to add to an album.

Go to the Finder ➙ Preferences and check the following boxes:

Now your boot drive, called Mac HD by default will show up on the Desktop.

To find all possible copies of iPhoto.app on your drive first do a search in Spotlight for iPhoto.app.

I tested on my Pad and iPhone with iOS9 and Photos does not crash, when I select more than two photos to add to an album.

Send a bug report to Apple using the feedback form. Apple - Feedback

Check, if the problem depends on the particular album or the photos you are selecting. If not,I'd try if restoring the device with iTunes will help to reinstall the iOS9 upgrade, see: Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup - Apple Support

Now I can't move any of the photos taken before the iOS nine update.

Can you export any of those problem files to the Desktop as originals?

Repair the library according to this Apple document: Repair Your Library.

Just upgraded my 5s iPhone and I found 4 images that will crash Photos when I try to select and add them to an existing album.

They were received via a text and saved from there to the camera roll.

is there anything about these files that is peculiar? Like the filenames for example? Some ethnic characters in the filenames or vers long filenames?

Three of the four have the same file name: FullSizeRender.jpg.jpeg. The last is IMG_5449.JPG.jpeg. The double .jpeg is added by the Message app.

However, these four now work OK when saving to an album. As I said previously I delete the four and then re-saved them from the text message to the Camera Roll.

So in your case it was necessary to identify corrupted image image files; that is why I asked bisousros, if it happens for any photo or just specific photos.

Nd the answer was:

It doesn't matter what i select whether it be a .gif, a regular photo or a video. It crashes all the same.

If all photos are problematic, we would have to delete all photos. That is why I was hoping, that restoring might help. It will recreate the library and reinstall Photos.

Perhapss bisousros could test once again, if Photos really crashes for each and every pair of photos.

I Am having the same problem. Though it is not ALL photos. Seems to be ones that have be captured in an app other than "camera".

In my case that is Instagram. If I have taken a photo IN knstagram, it causes photos to exit when I go to add to album. But if I have taken the picture inthe iPhone camera and then apply a filter in Instagram say, both versions can be added.

Perhaps it is something to do with file names? Instagram in my case, uses different file type than the default camera app on the iPhone that is how incompatible with "add to album" feature?

I had this issue at first, now it seems like I can move as many photos as I want as long as they were taken since the iOS 9 update. Now I can't move any of the photos taken before the iOS nine update. The app just crashes. They were all taken on my camera so I don't to see how there could be a file name issue. The file names are just however my iPhone does it.

It doesn't look like my Photos application on my Macbook Air can even see the photos in my iPhone 5. I checked out the option to sync photos but it looks like it wants to sync all the photos on my computer onto my phone which would be a disaster.

Thanks so much for your help!

The plot thickens... I managed to import everything in both Photos and image capture, but couldn't find an option to export them from Image Capture, and now I can't open Photos because it needs an update, and I can't connect to the app store. I'm hoping these are all just bugs that will be fixed. I can live without adding pictures to albums for now. Weird. Thanks again.

Ok, they are now on my computer in a folder labeled pictures. So that was successful. After switching from using my hotspot to using wifi, I can connect to the app store but it says the Photos update is unavailable at this time and to try again later, which is what it's been saying for about a week. I hadn't worried about it because I'd never used it. Bizarre.

You export them out of the Photos library via the File ➙ Export Unmodified Original menu option:

This looks like bug. You should be able to add all photos you select.

have you tried to restart the iPhone and tested again?