Photo memories not created automatically

Hi!

a while ago (a year+) my phone stopped creating memories automatically. It used to create them regularly, for individual days, periods, people, etc. Then, it suddenly stopped creating them. I can still manually create memories, but the photo app simply doesn’t create them automatically anymore, although I still take pictures just as regularly as before. Switching devices hasn't changed this odd behavior and in fact I cannot recall having made any change to trigger this. When trying to find a solution to this issue, I kept running into threads where people ask how to turn memories off - but in fact I quite like that function, so I’d appreciate if someone could advise me how to turn it back on. By the way: the old memories are still available, and some of them are still being updated, e.g. ones showing pictures of people, if those memories had been created long ago. It’s just that new topics/themes (such as for a vacation) are not being created any longer.


Thanks for any advice!

Posted on Apr 26, 2018 10:22 AM

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May 6, 2018 11:45 AM in response to Chinaski_h

I have not had any new memories created since Oct 2017, I'm sure there was an iPhone/iOS firmware update near that time since my CarPlay no longer functioned either. As I recall, 11.2 was the problem. When I updated to 11.2.6, my CarPlay issue was fixed. But no new memories, even though I have lots of new photos. I can create memories from my albums but kind of liked when they were auto-created. But that automatic function does not work any longer on iPhone or my iPad.

Since others have reported that 11.3 update broke CarPlay again, I am not updating until the Apple induced bugs are cleared out again / people report no issues. Auto update is OFF. It means more work for me, since I'll have to search forums and do general Google searches to find reported issues. They seem to introduce as many bugs as they fix. QC is out to lunch. It is getting almost as aggravating as Windows was when I switched to Apple.

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