When I take a new photo, it does not immediately appear in my photos library. It downloads from iCloud? This is the dumbest possible change to photos with the new operating system. I would like to look at my photos immediately after taking them. Did the person in charge of this update ever use the camera or photos app previously? Truly baffling.
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Original Title: Photos in Library
Could you please add a bit more background information? Are you asking about an iPhone, iPad, a Mac? Which system version ate you using on your device?
When I take a new photo with my iPhone (with iOS26), the photo will appear instantly in the Photos Library on the iPhone, but it may take a while, until the photo will appear on my Mac with macOS26. iCloud Photos tends to pause to save battery power, so I have continually to trigger it to start syncing again.
This is different for screenshots. When I take a screenshot, it is not instantly saved to Photos, but waiting to be annotated. I have to tap the yellow checkmark in the upper right corner to save the screenshot to Photos.
New photos not immediately visible in Photos library after taking them on iOS
