iOS 18 photos app error attempting to save portrait photo with definition or noise reduction edits

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iOS 18 photos app error attempting to save portrait photo with definition or noise reduction edits

Hardware: iPhone 16 Pro Max 1TB

Software: iOS 18, Photos app, Portrait Mode photo taken with rear camera

Editing the photo using ƒ, lighting mode (Studio/Normal etc.), automatic adjustments, cropping, are all working fine. Any edit made to Adjust->Definition (even only "1") results in a long spinning wheel then a dialog "There was an error saving this photo. Please try again later." Exact same result if Adjust->Noise Reduction is edited at all (again, any value from 1..100). Adjust->Sharpness does not trigger this error.

Pretty sure this is actually a bug in Photos, but thought I'd run it through community thoughts before trying to open what I know will be an ignored radar. Any ideas about what might be going on? I have iCloud Photos turned off (default setting for me, I don't use iCloud Photos).

iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 21, 2024 7:00 PM

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sankar1601

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Sep 22, 2024 2:25 PM in response to THEbdw

I am getting the same error and it’s frustrating !! I left noise reduction to 0 and still spinning and giving that error -

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Sep 24, 2024 12:02 PM in response to THEbdw

This has been happening to me as well since I did the first (iOS 18) update after purchasing the iPhone 16 Pro. It is driving me crazy! I can use the "copy edits" feature to copy the photo-work I've done, but I have to go in and paste the edits, recrop, etc. when I give up. I've never been able to keep resaving and it eventually "take" once I get the error.

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Oct 17, 2024 4:01 PM in response to steve chemist

I can crop a photo and rotate but in portrait mode when I start making changes I get the error.

Resetting the phone had no effect. Turning off WiFi no effect. Turning off iCloud had no effect.

After trial and error saving EVERY change singly, I found that DEFINITION triggered the problem.

This may not singly be the culprit as it could be more complex reaction of multiple settings with DEFINITION.

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Oct 17, 2024 3:42 PM in response to shutterblog

I can crop a photo and rotate but in portrait mode when I start making changes I get the error.

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Oct 19, 2024 3:00 PM in response to THEbdw

Yes, I am having the error while running iPhone 16 Pro Max iOS 18.0.1. Have tried several hard resets and still I can’t save the “edited” file. It is happening on both iPhone 16 Pro Max and also iPad Pro M4 13” running iPadOS 18.0.1. So, this confirms it is a bug on both systems.

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