Can no longer change text color in markup in Photos app on iPhone

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Can no longer change text color in markup in Photos app on iPhone

This is a new ios 18 issue (not resolved by minor .0.1 update). Just last week I could add text boxes through the markup feature in Photos, then edit, move, and change the color of the text. I updated to 18 and that doesn't work anymore. I've seen two places where one can change the color, but it doesn't take. You can select a new color, then you X out of the box and it does not change. This is clearly an iOS 18 glitch. It would be great to have it fixed. I sometimes label photos and need a brighter text color to read well on the background.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 9, 2024 8:11 AM

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cbraunc

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Oct 13, 2024 3:41 PM in response to Seracious

When I press the color dot it won’t stay open long enough for me to select the color! This is happened after 18.1 Glitch?!

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Oct 12, 2024 4:19 AM in response to Seracious

I was so disappointed when I couldn’t change my font or color in the mark up feature! I hope Apple fixes this! that was my favorite feature as I do my editing of pictures on my phone!

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Eutectic

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Oct 13, 2024 6:54 PM in response to Phylisha527

I have the same problem! Very frustrating! Please fix ASAP ! Thank you

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Oct 17, 2024 10:42 AM in response to Seracious

Exactly the same here. It occurs when I choose to add text to a photo and select the color. It shuts off every time I select the color tool.

They put fancy stuff in updates (e.g. animated emojis for text) and then regular tools don’t work.

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Oct 18, 2024 12:32 PM in response to cbraunc

Thank you, but the problem is that it does not work for me and other users who do the exact thing you are showing us. Thanks for the image though.

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Seracious Author

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Oct 17, 2024 1:18 PM in response to Kurtosis12

If you have a reliable spot to post that Apple will attend to, please share. I have never found such a thing. I've wasted long hours with daffy tech support and have turned to public forums (which Apple does monitor) for such issues. You're really earning those points, eh?

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Oct 18, 2024 9:59 PM in response to Seracious

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.

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cbraunc

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Oct 17, 2024 5:31 PM in response to Seracious

So I discovered that when you hit the “+” to add text, then hit the “Aa”, that’s when you can select the color.

Trying to upload a screenshot…but it’s easy.

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Kurtosis12

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Oct 13, 2024 7:00 PM in response to Eutectic

This is a user fo user forum, no one here can fix it ASAP.

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Oct 17, 2024 10:44 AM in response to Kurtosis12

Oh that’s right. Telling about technical issues is just for venting our feelings.

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Answer 11

Oct 21, 2024 3:21 AM in response to Seracious

It’s frustrating to say the least. Also why did they remove the magnifying option that allows a portion of a photo to be zoomed in on? That was another feature that has vanished with recent updates.

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Oct 22, 2024 12:21 AM in response to cbraunc

Same problem here. Very frustrating. I upgraded to 16 Pro Max for what???

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