Apple launched iOS 26 on September 15, and the update brought a new Liquid Glass redesign, call screening and many hidden features for your iPhone. But when Apple released iOS 18 in 2024, it brought a simple change to Photos to make it easier to find recently saved photos, regardless of when they were taken. The change sorts your photos by when they were added to Photos, not when the photo was taken, and has saved me a lot of time searching for photos.
Previously, if someone sent me a photo and I saved it, the photo would be placed in chronological order – based on when the photo was taken – alongside all my other photos. So if a family member sent me a photo from last summer and I saved it, the photo would get lost in a sea of other photos from last year.
I would scroll through hundreds of photos and videos to find it, and sometimes I would give up. But there is a toggle in Photos called Sort by recently added which lets you sort your photos based on when they were saved on your device, not when they were taken.
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Here’s how to sort your photos by when they were saved in Photos so you don’t lose a photo again.
How to Sort Your Photos Based on When They Were Saved
1. Open Photos.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Play Sort by recently added.
Once you tap this option, you’ll see your photos change to adjust to the setting change. Your last saved or taken photo will now be at the bottom of the grid, even if it was from your wedding years ago.
To learn more about iOS 26, here it is my operating system reviewhow to reduce the effects of Liquid Glass and how block spam calls in the update. You can also check out our iOS 26 Cheat Sheet.
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