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What happened to "recents" (previously "camera roll") in ios18? I see an album separating out downloaded pics which is nice and they are all in the library but no separate album for pictures I've recently taken. I don't use the cloud and I would use recents to see when I needed to sync to my iMac. I can see them one at a time in the camera app but no count. I feel this is a big omission.
Count on Apple to mess it up. I have never interacted with a company that moved so slowly, or takes away things that are good and makes them more complicated. REALLY disappointed to lose Recents! The page I use is so cluttered - it reminds me of a Samsung TV. I like simple interfaces!
Count on Apple to mess it up. I have never interacted with a company that moved so slowly, or takes away things that are good and makes them more complicated. REALLY disappointed to lose Recents! The page I use is so cluttered - it reminds me of a Samsung TV. I like simple interfaces!
This may be what you are asking, not sure, but if you open photos, swipe down to get “Library” to show at top left of screen vs “Photos”. That took me awhile to figure out lol.
Then select the arrows bottom left, option to sort by date in photo metadata or sort by recently added regardless of source.
Ensure under Filters that “all” is selected.
I want all the pictures in a camera roll not divided by days. After I sync with my iMac I then delete them. Then they are in the “from my Mac” section organized by me into months and subjects. This new interface is too cluttered.
Yes, It is a big omission, but Recents is gone is 18. Recently Saved is not the same thing unfortunately. No matter what
settings you change, or how you rearrange the groupings, you will NOT get Recents functionality back, sadly.
Thanks for the suggestion. It just seems like now there is extra work to do to get it the way I want it. Sometimes I think that software designers think that when they make things “automatic”, it is easier for us. Maybe for some people it is. I like being able to have things be simple, without me having to do a bunch of extra steps.
Thanks for your insight Idris. That’s not what this thread is about. I’m just voicing my frustration, and I don’t need to be talked down to for “taking this too seriously”. Unless you have anything concrete to say, please go find another thread to troll.
You are not offering technical support. You are basically telling people that you don’t understand why they feel the way they do, and that other people feel differently. You were trying to convince people not to feel the way they do. That is not why they are here. Look up the definition of the word commiserate.
I would like to congratulate Lori_999 for giving an actual answer to the question! Yes! The whole Library can be sorted by Capture Date like Library has always been, or it can be sorted by "Added Date" exactly like the old Recents view. It's all still there. Thank you, Lori!
I just wanted to reply to another member. I hate the way Apple messes with photos, for instance. I don't want Recent Days showing!!!😖 You're alienating your users.
vivienfromholt wrote:
I just wanted to reply to another member. I hate the way Apple messes with photos, for instance. I don't want Recent Days showing!!!
You don't need to have it showing if you dont' want it. Swipe down to the bottom of the screen, tap on "Customize and Reorder" and untick "Recent Days." See, not so hard.
When you open photos you open into recent days. Check the customize link at the bottom of the "Home Screen" for details.
I feel your pain.
Excuse me…that is Photos iOS. It really is messed up there. I’ve got to dig around to find anything.
However, it is always a learning curve with some new things.
Although on mine, it does show the Library above "Featured Photos >”, with the recent photos at the bottom of the Library. ; and below that is “Recent Days”.
and they did put a category in there called “Recent Days” below that
I did find it still in the Mac version.
I have it in Photos Version 8.0 (560.0.110)
krispyk wrote:
Count on Apple to mess it up. I have never interacted with a company that moved so slowly, or takes away things that are good and makes them more complicated. REALLY disappointed to lose Recents! The page I use is so cluttered - it reminds me of a Samsung TV. I like simple interfaces!
Have you done any customization yet? There are a number of things you can hide.
Legends20036 wrote:
If you scroll to far one way any filters you have set get removed (for example favorited videos and it just goes back to all of you get to the end).
Sorry. I have no idea what that means.
krispyk wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. It just seems like now there is extra work to do to get it the way I want it. Sometimes I think that software designers think that when they make things “automatic”, it is easier for us. Maybe for some people it is. I like being able to have things be simple, without me having to do a bunch of extra steps.
Or, it makes it possible for those of use who never liked Photos to adjust it more to our liking.
If Apple gives no choices (their default), people complain about the lack of choices. If they give choices, people complain about things not being simple. There are always going to be people who like the way they've done things and ones who don't. The trick is to not take any of this too seriously.
What happened to "recents" in photos in ios 18?
