# iPhone: "Take photo" does not add photo to note

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [7 July 2018 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333 "2018-07-07T08:55:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![thiemster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@thiemster](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/thiemster)\
**Post date:** [7 July 2018 08:55 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333/1 "2018-07-07T08:55:31Z")

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When trying to add a photo in the joplin app on iPhone (ios 11.4) this is not possible via “take photo”.  
When confirming “Use Photo” the note stays empty.  
The same is working when taking a photo from the library.

Just had a look at github and saw that this issue is reported there as well:

> <https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/658>

Brings me to the question:  
Do you prefer opening issues here, in this forum or on github?

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [7 July 2018 17:39 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333/2 "2018-07-07T17:39:50Z")

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The github issue tracker is mainly used for confirmed bugs and accepted feature requests.

If you know that it is a bug, a ticket on github is preferred. However, sometimes it is not entirely clear, whether something is a bug, thus people tend to open a question or problem report in the forum first.

Maybe @laurent can add a section to the web site that explains where to post when.

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**Author:** ![diver-down](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/diver-down/32/442_2.png) [@diver-down](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/diver-down)\
**Post date:** [10 October 2018 12:17 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333/3 "2018-10-10T12:17:27Z")

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Just replying to confirm that I am also experiencing this issue on all iOS devices. Unable to insert photos to notes.

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**Author:** ![eagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@eagle](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/eagle)\
**Post date:** [10 October 2018 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/iphone-take-photo-does-not-add-photo-to-note/333/4 "2018-10-10T13:29:04Z")

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Same here. Add photo from librarry works. Add photo by “Take photo” does not work.

iPad Mini 2, iOS 12.0, Syncing with Dropbox API.

Btw: Perhaps some of you other iOS users could take a look at this post and confirm wether you are able to set alarms on todos with iOS devices?

> **[Cannot set alarm on ipad](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/cannot-set-alarm-on-ipad/745)**
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> Using Joplin on iPad mini 2 I can not find a way to set the alarm. The “Date&Time” selector does not seem to work… Thanks for any help!