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The "Recent Days" collection in Photos on my iPhone isn't showing recent photos. I've taken a few pics in the last couple of weeks but the Recent Days section has no pics later than May 15th. I can't find any settings for the Recent Days collection. I've checked that the missing pics have got dates. Anyone any idea why the Recent Days collection is ignoring all the pics I've taken since May?
Thanks in advance.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1
"Recent Days" is on the iPhone and iPad, but don't find a "Recent Days" section on my Mac. Oh, I see-- you've listed a Mac, but you're talking about the iPhone?
I agree that "Recent Days" seems a bit flaky on the iPhone and iPad. Pictures I took yesterday with my iPhone show up in "Days" on the Mac, but not in "Recent Days" on the iPhone or iPad.
I don't take many pictures with my phone-- I usually use a separate camera-- but I notice that some days when I have taken an iPhone picture or two don't show up at all on the Mac or iPhone.
Makes you wonder…
Since I sync my phone with my Mac through iCloud Photos, I don't do much editing or curating on the phone; I do all that stuff on my Mac. So recent pictures from my Nikon go into albums, and those sync with the phone. iPhone camera pictures sync back to the Mac, and I put them in albums. On my iPhone, when I look for recent pictures that haven't yet been placed, I just look at the bottom of the Library. I haven't found myself using many of the pre-built views-- recently saved, sometimes, but I very seldom look at "Recent Days," "Pinned Collections," "Memories," "Trips," or "Featured Photos." I sometimes enjoy them when they show up in the widget on my iPad, though.
I'm happy those things are there for people who enjoy them, but I feel free to ignore them and make my own albums.
If I filter on "Months" in the library view I get similarly erratic behaviour. I thought that maybe the phone wasn't dating the pics but I can do a Siri search by date and it finds them so it's not the date tag and it's not that the phone needs to complete an index.
Indeed. In the "Months" there are even less photos shown than in the recent days. I am just using them as a quick way to get close to the day I really want to view and then use the the command ⋅⋅⋅ > Show in All Photos to see all photos taken at a similar date.
It is highly inconvenient that Apple has removed the "Days" tab and we are only left with "Months" and "Years" and incomplete "Recent Days". You may want to send a feature request to Apple to bring the Days back.
Thanks, Richard.
Yes, I meant iPhone, not Mac. I tried reposting it with the correct refs but the mods binned it as a duplicate.
Good to know I'm not the only one having problems. Like you, I mostly use a camera to take pics and the iPhone is just for disposable stuff. I took a pic of a wine label the other day so I could buy it again but when I went to the shop it wasn't in recents. If I filter on "Months" in the library view I get similarly erratic behaviour. I thought that maybe the phone wasn't dating the pics but I can do a Siri search by date and it finds them so it's not the date tag and it's not that the phone needs to complete an index.
Thanks, léonie. I've put in a bug report.
You're welcome, Zurarczurx 😊
iOS 18 Photos App - Recent Days not showing recent photos
