Unable to crop photos normally after iOS 18.7 update on iPhone

Cropping is set to maintain the same aspect ratio (the relationship between width and height) as the original picture, so you can only change the size and where the center is.

The little button at the top of the screen

lets you change the aspect ratio. An aspect ratio of 16:9, for instance, is the usual value for television. The phone's sensor is 4:3. Freeform allows you to choose any rectangle you like.

Let us know if that works for you…

I read one of the above posts again. When you go to crop select "freeform" from the menu. (Look for it). That will let you revert to the easy crop function. I did update to IOS 21. It appears there.

Elsaclausen:

Is "Freeform" chosen, as shown in the previous explanation? If "Original" is chosen, then the relative sizes of the length and width will remain the same.

If you still have problems, include a screenshot like I did, and describe in detail what buttons you are pushing, and maybe we can figure it out.

Kilroy101 wrote: …select "freeform" from the menu. (Look for it).

There's nothing really changed here, except maybe which selection is the default-- perhaps in response to requests from users. You can enter your own request here:

Feedback - Photos - Apple

I’ve found it’s still imperfect even using Freeform. I’m never able to crop the entire photo as desired without having to press crop twice and repeat the process for each photo. It’s twice as long a process.

You can shift the picture below the cropping rectangle to move the cropping rectangle towards the sides. Have you tried this?

That's great! Cropping is one of the great secrets of photography. It helps give the eye a focus. I almost always crop to 16:9, because that makes the primary subjects large on my computer screen. And most of the time I crop inward to eliminate distractions. When taking pictures, I'm always trying to include more in the frame than I will actually want to see, so I have choices in the cropping I use.

You’re not the only one. The new update ruined the crop feature and mine does the same thing as you’re describing, it’s awful!

I have NOT been able to crop my photos on my iPhone since the last update 18.7.1. All the corners start moving at the same time.

I totally agree. Why they changed it I do not know. I expect there is a technique to overcome this. I just haven't found it yet.

There's an old saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it."

I’ll try it! Thanks:)