Unable to make memories from albums

Why can’t I create memories from certain albums??


Some allow me to do it but others don’t. I can’t identify what is unique with them.. The photos in those albums are all part of my personal library. Are they too many photos in the album for a memory to be created?


Thanks for the responses :)

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on May 24, 2023 12:57 AM

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May 25, 2023 01:17 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thanks for the help. However I am aware that albums are just to organise photos and not copies of the main library.


My issue is different. It seems like if you create an album with approximately more than five hundred photos you cannot create a Memory Video. Which kind of sucks.


This takes away the whole feature of the iPhone automatically selecting photos to make a nice memory video instantly. I can also choose photos myself and put them in a video, but it takes a lot more time and effort. :(

May 24, 2023 01:06 AM in response to kethore

Which Album?


On an iPhone, when you add photos to an album, those photos are not duplicated within the album itself. The photos in your albums are essentially pointers or references to the original photos stored in your photo library.


For example, let's say you have a photo library on your iPhone with 100 photos. If you create an album called "Family Vacation" and add 20 photos to that album, those 20 photos are not physically copied or duplicated. Instead, the album contains references to the original photos in your library.


This means that the photos you see in your album are the same as the ones in the "Recent" album under the Albums tab or in the "All Photos" section of your photo library. Any changes you make to a photo, such as edits or deletions, will be reflected across all instances of that photo, whether it's in an album or the main library. So, you don't have to worry about duplicated photos taking up extra storage space on your iPhone.

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