Unable to move and scale photos for wallpaper on IPad mini after iOS 7 update.
After update to iOS7 on my IPad mini, I am able to select my personal photos for the wallpaper, but I cannot move and scale them to fit. The option is there but unresponsive. I already had to remove the protective case to access the new control panel via up swipe which must begin below the screen next to the "home" button to initiate. Now I can no longer personalize the wall paper with my own photos. It's been a frustrating experience without any real perceptible improvements.
What a nightmare! Had I known what was in store for me, I would never have updated my iPAD Mini to iOS7.
The calendar with it's ultra-thin Helvetica is near impossible to see. To add insult to injury, not being able
to move and size a wallpaper photo is just totally unacceptable. So annoying when software is thrown out
there for the general public when it's obviously not ready. I tried the solution:
Go to Settings > General > Assessibility > Reduce Motion "set to OFF"
Next, in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper (pick the wallpaper) - you should now be able to "Move and Scale" the photo that you've chosen for your wallpaper.
After you've SET the wallpaper, you can go back to Parallax motion by turning Reduce Motion to "ON" (see step 1)
And it just DOES NOT WORK. Plain and simple. I am so tired of Apple products that have bugs that we are all expected to work through and work out while paying anywhere from $500 to $2000 for a product. And of course you can't get online support in a quick, efficient manner. My big old $600 bite out the Apple is tasting mighty sour at the moment.
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ISO 7 move and scale photos for wallpaper does not work
Move and scale photos does not work when using photos as wall paper
What a nightmare! Had I known what was in store for me, I would never have updated my iPAD Mini to iOS7.
The calendar with it's ultra-thin Helvetica is near impossible to see. To add insult to injury, not being able
to move and size a wallpaper photo is just totally unacceptable. So annoying when software is thrown out
there for the general public when it's obviously not ready. I tried the solution:
Go to Settings > General > Assessibility > Reduce Motion "set to OFF"
Next, in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper (pick the wallpaper) - you should now be able to "Move and Scale" the photo that you've chosen for your wallpaper.
After you've SET the wallpaper, you can go back to Parallax motion by turning Reduce Motion to "ON" (see step 1)
And it just DOES NOT WORK. Plain and simple. I am so tired of Apple products that have bugs that we are all expected to work through and work out while paying anywhere from $500 to $2000 for a product. And of course you can't get online support in a quick, efficient manner. My big old $600 bite out the Apple is tasting mighty sour at the moment. -
Since downloading iOS 7 can't move and scale pics for wallpaper?
Any tips on how to move and scale pics for wallpaper? Cannot be done since downloading iOS 7
I have tried a lot of the suggesstions I've found here and on the web -- the "Accessibility >> Reduce Motion" on/off stuff, editing the original image in Photoshop and e-mailing it to myself (downsized it, changed the overall canvas size of the image, etc., etc.), and I've found that the best fix might just be a combination of some of them, along with some tweaking of the photo...
Ensure that "Reduce Motion" is ON (Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion, set the slider to "on" (green)).
When taking a new photo, take it with your iPhone/iPad, oriented vertically ("Portrait") -- This makes the whole process quite a bit easier.
Access the photo in the "Camera" app.
Tap Edit.
Use the Crop tool to remove excess content from left and right (basically, you want a vertical rectangle, with your subject matter centered in it).
Tap Crop. The image will be slightly enlarged to fit your screen.
Tap Save.
Tap the "square with a vertical arrow" button (bottom left) -- Sorry don't know what this button is called.
Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select "Use as Wallpaper".
Tap Set, then pick which screen(s) should use the photo. Bingo... new, properly-scaled wallpaper.
This is a band-aid at best, but it works. I've also Edited existing photos (taken in Landscape mode (wide)), and if I could crop the desired subject matter to fit in a tall rectangle, it more-or-less worked.
Side note: With "Reduce Motion" set to off, when I applied a photo as a wallpaper, I noticed that, even though I'd cropped it as a vertical rectangle, the image was still force-zoomed, and content was cropped out. Turn it back on, and the image was as I'd cropped it.
Hope this helps!
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SInce getting the new updates I am unable to move and scale a picture when I am trying to assign it as wallpaper or as a contact. Has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
It's a known issue. You do have more control if you go into the photos app, resize etc and then send it to your wallpaper. It wont' be perfect, but better.
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The new iOS is great no doubt. but why did apple remove the ability to move and scale photos to fit in the background? thats really week, uncalled for, I cannot think of a technical excuse. did anyone find a way around this??
Yeah, I understand about this new parallax feature, but that's not an excuse not to able to scale the image to fit right on my iPhone 5, 5s, iPod Touch or iPad, I mean really with today's technology Apple should be on top of its game! I been with Apple gadgets since day one I have invested years! Unfortunately seems like Apple is either starting to feed us rushed products & having us as testers without pay or their just cutting corners now? I have a love & hate thing going on with this iOS7, we spend lots of money on Apple gadgets!...Sorry but I'm starting to think about Samsung more & more from what I'm seeing & going through with Apple....
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How do I get a picture to stay when I move and scale it for my home screen?
How do I get a picture to stay when I move and scale it for my home screen?
Unfortunately that seems to be a known bug. And something we have to wait for APple to fix. THere are other threads on the same topic and some people have work arounds so you might want to poke around in the 'more like this' on the right.
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Extremely frustrated with new iOS 7 wallpaper settings, cannot scale photos down to fit screen. So basic of a need! I turned on reduce screen motion on accessibility as instructed but still doesn't work!
I was able to move and scale my wallpaper by turning off the parallax motion.
Go to Settings > General > Assessibility > Reduce Motion "set to OFF"
Next, in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness > Choose Wallpaper - you should now be able to "Move and Scale" the photo that you've chosen for your wallpaper.
After you've SET the wallpaper, you can go back to Parallax motion by turning Reduce Motion to "ON". -
HT1933 Why can't I move and scale pictures for the back ground
I try to make my personal pics the screen saver and it doesn't let me move and scale it so it fits the screen.... The old system worked but this one doesn't. It gives me the option but I can't do anything.
You will need to either turn motion off or use a higher resolutio image - from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5595 :
When the parallax effect is on, you may notice the following:
Wallpaper, icons, and alerts shift slightly as you move your phone.
When you set a wallpaper in Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness, the photo or image will be slightly zoomed and can't be scaled to fit the screen.
If you zoom in, you will need to rescale your wallpaper to fit to the screen. You can't rescale certain photo formats, including landscape or square images. -
Trying to size my photo for wallpaper on iPad Retina
I am trying to use one of my photos, sized 2048 X 1536, for use as wallpaper. I have no problem selecting the desired photo. When I do that, the selected photo is shown enlarged, too big to fit the whole photo onto the screen. At the bottom of the selected photo it says "move and scale" but when I try to size the photo I get no response. I can pinch or spread the photo onscreen, but when I release it, it goes back to being too large.
In other words, how do I make the "move and scale" function work as intended? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!You want to print two photos on an A4 page, right?
1 - select the two photos and click on Print.
2 - set Page size to A4 borderless
3 - set Print size to Custom
4 - enter a width of A4's width less .25" and length to A4/2 less .25".
That should give you 2 photos per page with a minimal white border. If you try to set the width to exactly the width of the A4 page and exactly half the length it will revert to 1 photo per page. You can experiment with the .25" dimension a bit and might be able to get it a bit larger.
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How do I set a photo as wallpaper to my iPad Mini after iOS 7.0.2 software update?
I open up the Photos app on my iPad Mini to choose a photograph to use on my home screen and lock screen. First, I hit Select located in the upper right side of the screen of the app and I choose a photograph to use. Second, I choose AirDrop located on the upper left corner of the app. Afterwards, I choose Use as Wallpaper found in AirDrop. Next, the photo is shown with the words Move and Scale on it. Then I choose Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen and Set Both, not all do these at once though. When I click on each of these buttons nothing happens. The photograph I chose will not show up on my Lock Screen and Home Screen. I want to set this photograph to show up on both my Lock Screen and my Home Screen. I am getting very frustrated that I can not set a photograph to Set Both so that it shows up on both my Lock Screen and Home Screen at the same time. I forgot to say that I just went to my settings, then general, then reset and finally Reset All Settings before doing this, because I could not download any new apps at all. I am wondering if this has anything to do with this? I am willing to take any help I can get. In the end, I end up hitting cancel, because I am very frustrated.
Hello there, RedHead101.
The following iPhone Basics guide should help you with how to do this. It should work just like that on your iPad:
iOS 7 - iPhone Basics - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=tidetail&product=iphone&locale=en_US&tag= iOS%207
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
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Hi gruhland,
Thanks for your reply. It sounds like your device is actually in a restart loop, which is different from the process of a soft reset. Specifically, what I wanted you to try is this:
Resetting your device
If your device stops responding, you can reset it by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If resetting does not break the restart loop, it sounds like a different direction may be warranted here. Due to the nature of your issue you may find more assistance by using another one of Apple's support resources:
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
Take care,
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Using iTunes to transfer files:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4094?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
ttp://www.accellion.com/solutions/mobile-enablement/mobile-file-sharing
Start itunes. Plug in you iPad.
iPad to your computer via USB
-- "iExplorer's disk mounting features allow you to use your iPhone, iPod or iPad like a USB flash drive."
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/ -
YouTube Videos and others won't play on iPad mini after upgrade to iOS 7.0.2, any suggestions?
I upgraded my iPad mini to the iOS 7.0.2 software and now videos (YouTube, USA Today, etc) won't play. I have already done a restart (holding down the menu button and on button) and eern after restart, videos won't play. Any suggestions?
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"move and scale" to set Wallpaper?
the picutre I chose from my album is magnified, how do I scale it down to size? Is it the same way for when I look at websites, using my thumb and pointer finger? This method does nothing when I try to set my wallpaper pic!!! Can someone please advise? Thank you.
I looked in the manual and there is nothing for this issue. Ch. 3 Basics, page 24 - would this be the section to refer to? it says nothing :-(
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