Cannot Share Photos in iOS 17

Using iOS 17 on an iPhone 15 Pro Max.


- I'm unable to take a picture and immediately share it - via any app. In other words, if I take a picture and want to immediately attach it to a text message, I cannot. I'm presented with the "Preparing..." pop-up up, and it eventually just times out with an "Unable to Share: There was an error while preparing to share. Please try again later." message. As of this morning, it seems that I only have to wait around 5 minutes to share a photo that I take. Before today, it seemed to take a lot longer.


- iCloud sync of new photos takes forever. I can’t be specific, but it’s somewhere between a few hours and a day. I took about 20 photos 45 minutes ago, and the iCloud Photo sync status has been stuck at “Syncing...” since then. Rebooting or enabling/re-enabling sync does nothing to resolve the issue.

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 8, 2023 08:26 PM

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Dec 24, 2023 04:00 PM in response to Emmet Smyth

very similar issue.

adding photos to a shared album I’ve had for 8 years of my dogs and after adding some photos from my album on my phone to the shared album I receive the “unable to share” try again later.

I waited 2 hours. Still unable to share

I’ve closed all apps.

turned wifi off and tried thru my cellphone network.

I’ve reset phone

nothing seems to work.


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