Find out why some photos zoom in automatically to fill the entire iPhone or iPad screen, and how you can stop this from happening.

While scrolling through videos on X (formerly Twitter), you may have noticed that tall vertical videos are slightly zoomed to take up the entire iPhone screen. You can pinch in slightly with two fingers to restore the original video size and see a bit of black bars on the top and bottom.

Along the same lines, iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 add a new zoom to fill feature that slightly zooms a photo that’s already too tall and nearly the same aspect ratio as your device screen. The automatic zoom eliminates the small black bars or white gradient at the top and bottom to ensure a nice, full-screen experience when viewing tall pictures. This new setting is enabled by default.

However, if you’d rather view tall pictures in their original dimensions without automatic zooming in, follow the steps below to turn off automatic zoom for the Apple Photos app.

Stop tall pictures from zooming in automatically

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 27 or iPadOS 27 (both are currently in beta).
2. Tap Apps from the bottom.
3. Select Photos from the list of applications.
4. Tap View Options.
5. Turn off Zoom Photos to Fill.

Now, force-quit and reopen the Photos app, and tall images that nearly match the screen’s aspect ratio will no longer zoom in automatically.

For example, this tall image of an Apple Pie takes up the entire screen on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, leaving no empty spaces. But after turning off Zoom Photos to Fill, the same image shows a white gradient at the top and bottom, and tapping on the screen to enter full-screen mode shows black borders.

Also, new in iOS 27:

• Shared iCloud photo albums will now take up your iCloud space
• How to see all your ID card photos in one place on iPhone
• How to give 1 to 5 stars to your photos on iPhone, iPad, Mac

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/07/28/zoom-photos-to-fill-ios/

Apple’s market value briefly crossed the $5 trillion mark for the first time on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, making the iPhone maker only the second company in history to achieve that level after Nvidia.

Shares of Apple rose as high as $342.89 during the session, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $5.036 trillion. They later traded at $339.70, leaving the company valued at about $4.991 trillion.

The milestone comes just weeks after Apple reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable company, overtaking Nvidia. The chipmaker had held the top spot since June 2025 and was the first firm ever to breach $5 trillion.

Apple’s strong performance this year has been fueled by solid demand for its products and a deliberate decision to stay largely on the sidelines of the costly artificial-intelligence infrastructure race that has pressured cash flows at many of its Big Tech peers. While the company has struggled to develop competitive in-house AI models, it has leaned on Google’s technology to power features such as an upgraded Siri, avoiding the heavy data-center investments that have made some investors cautious about returns.

Holding iPhone prices steady last month — while raising prices on MacBooks and iPads — has also supported demand, as consumers bought the flagship device ahead of expected future price increases. To further boost accessibility, Apple launched a U.S. device-leasing program on Tuesday in partnership with Klarna. Monthly payments start at $17.99 for an iPhone, $11.99 for an Apple Watch or iPad, and $24.99 for a Mac.

“Apple has resisted the AI spending race, betting that customer experience — not infrastructure investment — will ultimately determine the winners,” Dipanjan Chatterjee, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester, told Reuters. “The new leasing program is a clever response: it doesn’t reduce the price of an iPhone, but it changes how consumers perceive the cost by replacing sticker shock with a predictable monthly payment.”

Including Tuesday’s gains, Apple stock has climbed 24% year-to-date, outperforming the rest of the so-called Magnificent 7 technology stocks. The company is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter results after the market close on Thursday, with analysts forecasting more than 15% year-over-year revenue growth.
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As usual, we’ll have Apple’s earnings results for you as soon as they are released on Thursday, Thursday, July 30th right around 4:30pm EDT / 1:30pm PDT. We’ll follow that with live notes from Apple’s conference call with analysts starting at 5:00pm EDT / 2:00pm PDT.

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Source link: https://macdailynews.com/2026/07/28/apple-briefly-hits-5-trillion-market-cap-becoming-only-the-second-company-to-reach-the-milestone/