can't download photos to edit them!!

I've recently discovered that when I try edit certain photos of mine the download button appears and won't move meaning that I can't edit/ crop/ revert the photo. The photos are all safe in icloud but I can no longer edit them on my iphone. my photos are set to 'optimise storage' but I always used to be able to access my old photos to edit them. Has anyone else come across this problem?

iPhone 14

Posted on Jan 29, 2025 06:42 AM

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Jan 29, 2025 08:31 AM in response to lowcallie

Let's see: You click on the Edit icon, it goes into Edit mode, but you see this

and it doesn't get finished. Is that right?


Could you give us some more information?

  • What iOS are you running?
  • At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, what does it say? For instance, mine says 76.64 GB of 128 GB used.
  • At Settings>Apple ID>iCloud, what does iCloud storage say?  mine says 110 GB of 200 GB used.


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can't download photos to edit them!!

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