Why is the cleanup function leaving pixel spots on iOS 18.3.1?

Does anyone know how to fix the new cleanup function in the photos app on iOS 18.3.1, when I use it the glowing line instead of making corrections leaves large square pixel spots everywhere.

There is no other tool to make corrections anymore and this function isn’t working properly


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MacBook Air, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 16, 2025 06:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 17, 2025 11:02 AM

Bert_Snow wrote: … when I use it the glowing line instead of making corrections leaves large square pixel spots

If you use Clean Up on a face, it pixelates the face so you can show the picture to people without violating the subject's privacy.

It's cool to have that ability.


However, if you zoom in, the size of the Clean Up circle stays the same, even though the picture gets bigger, Clean Up doesn't see the whole face, so it doesn't pixelate.

Here, I've removed a number of spots on and around my great-uncle's face. (Since the spots are gone, I put circles where the spots used to be…)


Clean Up still seems to do the same stuff that Retouch did-- you just have to zoom in.

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Feb 17, 2025 11:02 AM in response to Bert_Snow

Bert_Snow wrote: … when I use it the glowing line instead of making corrections leaves large square pixel spots

If you use Clean Up on a face, it pixelates the face so you can show the picture to people without violating the subject's privacy.

It's cool to have that ability.


However, if you zoom in, the size of the Clean Up circle stays the same, even though the picture gets bigger, Clean Up doesn't see the whole face, so it doesn't pixelate.

Here, I've removed a number of spots on and around my great-uncle's face. (Since the spots are gone, I put circles where the spots used to be…)


Clean Up still seems to do the same stuff that Retouch did-- you just have to zoom in.

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Why is the cleanup function leaving pixel spots on iOS 18.3.1?

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