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Have just updated to iPad OS18 on my iPad Mini 6 and photo thumbnails are tiny! They can be enlarged, but only temporarily. How can I get them to stay a decent size so I can actually see them?!
Thanks in advance for any advice!
iPad mini 6, iPadOS 18
I don't even have the 3 across option this is the worst feature they could have done especially for people who are vision impaired. Apple please fix this so we can make it remember how we want to see our photos NOT how you think we should.
I don't even have the 3 across option this is the worst feature they could have done especially for people who are vision impaired. Apple please fix this so we can make it remember how we want to see our photos NOT how you think we should.
I’ve just had a look, and yes, in every album or utility there are five photos across. But in the main library (photos)there are 11 tiny ones across. Like you, if I zoom to five, every time I go off to another app and come back it’s returned to eleven, which are far too small to be useful on an iPad Mini.
I went to the bottom of my IPad 10. Tapped the arrows and zoomed to 3 across. Mine is staying at 3 when I close the app and re-open.
Thanks for replying.
Before software update when iPad mini was in landscape mode I used to get five thumbnails in a row in the Photo app.
Now I get Eleven! Which means they’re very small and not a lot of use.
It’s possible to zoom them so you get five in a row again, but it only lasts while you are in the app and it’s a bit of a pain to have to do it every time you go back in.
On my iPad, the default in "Recently Saved" is 5 across. In "Photos" (Library) it's 7 across. If I zoom to 5, go to another view, and come back it is still 5. If I close Photos and re-open it, or if I just switch to another app and switch back, the Library view goes back to 7.
Seven's not so bad on an iPad, but that's really tiny on a phone. Let Apple know here:
Thanks for the reply. I’m still hoping someone will have a solution to make the enlargement permanent!
That is so weird! For me it will stay at 3, but not 5. Well, that's something, anyway!
Richard, thank you so much for this! I’ve just tried zooming to 3 across and, yes, it will stay at 3, even after closing and reopening the app! Very bizarre!
Hi Amazin’ Mac Mini, Kerrichelene’s suggestion works perfectly. Just annoying it won’t stay at 5 rather than 3, which is how it used to be and which suited me better.
On my iPad Pro 13 the thumbnails are 15 across in landscape! I've tried everything I can think of, but they are still tiny! I hope there is a fix for this coming soon.
Once of the intermediate sizes should accommodate 5 across. You need to play around with the zoom level.
I have not found a way to make it permanent, and if the Photos app is closed it will revert to the smaller size.
click here ➜ View photos and videos on iPad - Apple Support
Just updated iPhone Pro 13 to iOS 18. When I zoom in to make it 5 in a row it stays that way even if I close down photo album then come back to it. Not an issue for me
However you are correct. It doesn’t work with iPad 😢
Same here, zooming in on thumbnails in the Photos app will always at some point go back to default tiny thumbnails which is very annoying.
ipad Air 3rd gen, iPad OS 18
Swipe down to switch from “Photos” to Library” which is above Photos.
Then you can pinch in / out to view 3 / 5 etc.
It seems to keep this for “Photos”.
I think “Photos” perhaps stays as you size in “Library” but not sure.
Easy enough to adjust once I realized Photos was not the Library.
And how to get to Library.
photo thumbnail size in ipad os 18
