problem with iphone photos app when tryin to markup photos with text

Update 18.0.1 didn't fix it on my phone. Problem is still there after the update.

Same exact issue here. Glad to see that I’m not the only one. I’m using an iPhone 14 Pro. Seems to be a glitch. Hopefully Apple will correct it sooner rather than later.

The problem didn't start on my iPhone 15 until I installed the iOS 18.0.1!

Same issues here. Had a 12 Pro, updated to iOS 18, immediately noticed that changing text color in markup wouldn’t work, almost as if the color screen was force closing. It fixed itself for a couple days, then the same issue came back. My husband has a 14 Pro, my son has a 14, and their markup works just fine. I just upgraded to a 16 Pro since I was eligible for an upgrade and my 12 Pro became so laggy. I have the same issues with markup with my 16 Pro as I did with my 12 Pro, so it’s not a phone issue. The issue seems very user specific, but I do think it’s an issue with iCloud. I can save a photo to my files, open up the photo within the files app, and markup works just fine. It does not work through the photo app.

Yes , definitely a glitch , @applesupport please sort it out having same issue here , someone on here said he or she could colour the text red with 3dots and “format” …. Couldn’t find that at all !!! Seems like this function needs fixing !!!!

This workaround fails on my iPhone 12 mini with version 18.1.1 An even more cumbersome similar workaround posted on a different thread on this glitch does work. Follow steps precisely & works.

I'm having the same issue on iPhone 13 Pro using IOS 18. Can't change the font color for "added text" on photo markups.

I just ran across this easy, apparently PERMANENT fix to the text-editing bugs. This fix was provided by user Ecran bleu on another Apple Support Discussion page regarding this issue.

• Open your photo and click the 'edit' icon.
• Click the "markup" icon at top-right.
• Select the pencil-eraser icon at the bottom.
• Tap your photo.

Now you should be able to click the + on the bottom-right as usual, choose "Add Text," and edit as you normally do. You should be able to click the Aa icon and change font colors with no issues.

I only had to do this fix one time. Afterward I was able to add text and change font colors to other photos without having to do any extra steps, and I could edit the text on older photos that had already been edited. (i.e., the Photos app was back to normal.) To make sure this fix would "stick" I shut down my iPhone and restarted it, and afterward I was still able to successfully add/update text and fonts colors with no issues and without having to take any extra steps.

If this fix works for you, please go to the Apple discussion titled, "iOS 18 Photos Text Color Issue (iOS 18 Photos Text Color Issue - Apple Community) and thank user Ecran bleu.

I don't use Markup much, so I'm a bit of a novice. But I just tried it on my phone: I chose Text, deleted the word Text, typed "Balloon" in default black, selected the text, and chose Format>More (...) from the pop up menu. I switched to red, and the it seemed to work for me:

I admit that I tried changing the color in the original drawing window, and it didn't work. But then I found (...) Format in the Pop up.

Is this Format screen the one that you're using? What happens for you?

Once I select the option in this menu to change the font color on the photo, the entire menu disappears. I have the iphone xr. My phone is up to date and I have not found an answer to this issue.

Hi pdesaab07- this is long reply & post. Hopefully you can see it all after I post it.

I’ve posted couple times on this thread- the one you mention was to someone who couldn’t find “edit” on Photos. Plus I had trouble trying to post screenshots of each of many steps in text-color edit fail workaround - it overran Apple space limits. I’ll try again for anyone still having probs.

Pull up a photo > the word “Edit” no longer appears like before on upper right, but now you have to tap the icon at middle bottom right that looks like three lines w circles > tap pencil icon upper right > tap “+” bottom right > tap “add text” > double-tap the TEXT that appeared on your photo until it is highlighted and the “cut/copy/paste/>” pop up menu appears (you may have to double-tap a couple times) > tap the “>” on the popup > tap “Format” > tap “More” > on the Format pop up that appears at bottom, tap the color circle icon > tap any color (it won’t matter, nothing will happen yet) > tap the “X” to move out of color chart > IMPORTANT: tap again, but ONLY ONCE, on the word “TEXT” in the middle of your photo > tap the “Aa” on popup that appears > now you will have the popup menu that was “disappearing” when you try to change text color the usual way. Only this time the menu won’t disappear - hence, workaround > tap the color circle icon > choose the color you want to change your text to > tap the “X” of color chart > and, FINALLY your text will be the new color you selected. Hope this works for you.

Same here! iOS 18+ here on iPhone 16 Pro, and I’m also not able to use markup to edit my added text in photos (size, color, font, etc). The color menu basically just flashes briefly then closes immediately, returning me to the photo with just the original plain black text.

Is Apple working on a fix for this?

Tyia.

Myself and many others have reported this same issue. It involves many different iphones, mine being Xr, but we all have the same complaint, that the results are from the last big update. Yet Apple has made zero response about this, and they have not provided an update to fix this issue. It is very frustrating because I use this tool very often, like many others who have contributed to this discussion. Maybe Apple has no idea how to fix it, or to them, it’s just not a big enough issue to waste their time on.

First of the advisor is not the problem. Apple itself is the problem. You Apple train and advise your support team always wrong and unreliable information. Almost every time I have to go on internet or look at Apple discussion treads and find the solution. And the solution for rebooting or reinstalling the new phone hardware almost never works. Stop giving your tech people this choice. The problem almost always relies in your very own software glitches.

So for this problem of text to change color.

I found that you can do the format by selecting the word and taping format.

But then later reading more I. Discussions I later found that you can hit markup and tape in the erase and then everything goes back to normal. So again. An Apple glitch. Very frustrating and disappointing a company so massive can’t share this information in all related issues. Because I learned that months ago from the treads that if you did this with the erase it would solve the problem. So again. Why did I contact three tech people and all them told me to reset my phone or do a hard reset. Lucky I don’t listen to this people and make it harder on myself to reprogram ever Back. I learned 10 years ago this resetting almost never works. Stop tell the people this.

Running 18.01. Problem still exists.