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In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way
to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Daniele
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On 10.01.26 20:41, D.M. Procida wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way to make it behave as in iOS 9?

iOS 9 was published September 2015. Forget it.
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On 10 Jan 2026 at 21:52:12 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 10.01.26 20:41, D.M. Procida wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the
beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way >> to make it behave as in iOS 9?

iOS 9 was published September 2015. Forget it.

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Daniele
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On 11.01.26 00:56, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 10 Jan 2026 at 21:52:12 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 10.01.26 20:41, D.M. Procida wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the >>> beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way
to make it behave as in iOS 9?

iOS 9 was published September 2015. Forget it.

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

AI exists.
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On 10/01/2026 19:41, D.M. Procida wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Daniele,

You aren't imagining things; Apple did indeed remove the "Repeat" toggle
from the Slideshow options in the iOS 10 Photos app, which is
particularly frustrating for those using older hardware like your iPad 4
as a dedicated photo frame.

Since the iPad 4 is capped at iOS 10.3.x, you won't see a native OS fix.
Here are a few ways to get that looping behavior back:

The "Memories" Workaround: Instead of hitting "Slideshow" on an album,
look for the "Memory" header or the "Play" icon at the top of an album.
iOS 10's Memories feature behaves differently than the legacy Slideshow
tool and sometimes defaults to a continuous loop, though it does force
its own transitions and music on you.

Export as a Video: This is often the most stable "set and forget"
method. Create the slideshow on your Mac, export it as an .mp4 or .m4v
file, and sync it to the iPad. Use a video player app (or the native
TV/Videos app) to play the file; the video player still retains a
"Repeat" toggle that the Photos app lost.

Third-Party Apps: Since the iPad 4 is a 32-bit device, modern apps won't
work, but if you have an older Apple ID, you can download "last
compatible versions" of digital frame apps. Apps like "Pic-Time" or
simple "Digital Photo Frame" utilities were designed specifically to
solve this exact iOS 10 oversight.

Guided Access: Some users found that starting the slideshow and then triple-clicking the Home button to engage Guided Access (enabled in
Settings > General > Accessibility) would occasionally force the app to restart the cycle rather than dropping back to the album view, though
this is a bit hit-and-miss.

Hope that helps you keep the old iPad useful!
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J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that? However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just donrCOt work. ItrCOs not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by
some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.
--
Cheers, Alan
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On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just donrCOt work. ItrCOs not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.
--
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J%rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J%rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just don't work. It's not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.

It is not for you to decide what ukcsm is about.
FYI, we had discussions about that when iPones and iPad first appeared.
The conclusion then was to keep uk.???.iPhone and iPad in ukcsm,
and not to create separate iPhone and iPad groups.

You are free of course to try to reverse that decision,
and you can try to create an UK.comp.???.ipad on our own,
if you want a group of your own,

Jan


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On 10/01/2026 19:41, D.M. Procida wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Daniele,

You aren't imagining things; Apple did indeed remove the "Repeat" toggle
from the Slideshow options in the iOS 10 Photos app, which is
particularly frustrating for those using older hardware like your iPad 4
as a dedicated photo frame.

Since the iPad 4 is capped at iOS 10.3.x, you won't see a native OS fix.
Here are a few ways to get that looping behavior back:

The "Memories" Workaround: Instead of hitting "Slideshow" on an album,
look for the "Memory" header or the "Play" icon at the top of an album.
iOS 10's Memories feature behaves differently than the legacy Slideshow
tool and sometimes defaults to a continuous loop, though it does force
its own transitions and music on you.

Export as a Video: This is often the most stable "set and forget"
method. Create the slideshow on your Mac, export it as an .mp4 or .m4v
file, and sync it to the iPad. Use a video player app (or the native
TV/Videos app) to play the file; the video player still retains a
"Repeat" toggle that the Photos app lost.

Third-Party Apps: Since the iPad 4 is a 32-bit device, modern apps won't
work, but if you have an older Apple ID, you can download "last
compatible versions" of digital frame apps. Apps like "Pic-Time" or
simple "Digital Photo Frame" utilities were designed specifically to
solve this exact iOS 10 oversight.

Guided Access: Some users found that starting the slideshow and then triple-clicking the Home button to engage Guided Access (enabled in
Settings > General > Accessibility) would occasionally force the app to restart the cycle rather than dropping back to the album view, though
this is a bit hit-and-miss.

Hope that helps you keep the old iPad useful!
--
Kind regards,
David
Reposted - just in case you missed my first post!
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On 11.01.26 13:03, J. J. Lodder wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just don't work. It's >>> not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by >>> some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is
uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.

It is not for you to decide what ukcsm is about.

None of your business. The name and the purpose of the group is clear. Dedidated groups for iPads exist.

FYI, we had discussions about that when iPones and iPad first appeared.
The conclusion then was to keep uk.???.iPhone and iPad in ukcsm,
and not to create separate iPhone and iPad groups.

I do not care. Why don't you give the OP the answer he is looking for
instead of mimicking a net cop? *LOL*

You are free of course to try to reverse that decision,
and you can try to create an UK.comp.???.ipad on our own,
if you want a group of your own,

I have no intention to discuss with *you* what I do or I don't do.
--
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On 10 Jan 2026 at 19:41:59 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Found it - there's a "Repeat" setting in the slideshow options that I failed
to see...

Option-blindness. Must be losing my touch.

Daniele
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On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

I suggest you consider boiling your head.

Daniele
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On 11/01/2026 13:10, J||rg Lorenz wrote:

On 11.01.26 13:03, J. J. Lodder wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just don't work. It's >>>> not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by >>>> some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is
uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.

It is not for you to decide what ukcsm is about.

None of your business. The name and the purpose of the group is clear. Dedidated groups for iPads exist.

FYI, we had discussions about that when iPones and iPad first appeared.
The conclusion then was to keep uk.???.iPhone and iPad in ukcsm,
and not to create separate iPhone and iPad groups.

I do not care. Why don't you give the OP the answer he is looking for
instead of mimicking a net cop? *LOL*

You are free of course to try to reverse that decision,
and you can try to create an UK.comp.???.ipad on our own,
if you want a group of your own,

I have no intention to discuss with *you* what I do or I don't do.

You really SHOULD have more respect for your elders (and betters!).

*We* won the war, not you lot! Efyc
--
Just joking my friend!
Kind regards,
David

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In article <10jvmii$31gnt$1@solani.org>,
J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

AI exists.

You make this group a much less pleasant place.

-- Richard
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On 11.01.26 14:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

I suggest you consider boiling your head

*You* better consider the probability of *useful help* in this group.
--
"Ave! Morituri te salutant!"
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On 11 Jan 2026 at 3:12:50rC>pm GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 14:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

I suggest you consider boiling your head

*You* better consider the probability of *useful help* in this group.

He's been giving and receiving useful help in this group for a lot longer than you have.
--
TimH
pull tooth to reply by email
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On 11.01.26 16:28, TimH wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 3:12:50rC>pm GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 14:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: >>>

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who >>>> can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

I suggest you consider boiling your head

*You* better consider the probability of *useful help* in this group.

He's been giving and receiving useful help in this group for a lot longer than
you have.

To remind you: We are discussing a very specific and a very borderline
issue of an 10year out of support iPad. Pls feel free to give the OP the correct answer he is looking for. And I think I have an idea what the
only answer is he is emotionally ready to accept.
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On 11/01/2026 11:13, J||rg Lorenz wrote:

On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just donrCOt work. ItrCOs >> not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by >> some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.

I think to be fair to everyone, normally, people who have nothing to say generally don't say anything...
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On 11/01/2026 13:10, J||rg Lorenz wrote:

On 11.01.26 13:03, J. J. Lodder wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 11.01.26 12:01, Alan B wrote:

J||rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

AI exists.

Perhaps he has already tried that?

Speculation. No indication for this.

However from my experiences the
solutions AI offers are frequently over complex or just don't work. It's >>>> not helped by certain users who suggest solutions so obviously composed by >>>> some AI site but not acknowledged or linked.

No connection to what I said.

BTW: There is an iPad-group in the Usenet (comp.mobile.ipad). Here is
uk.comp.sys.mac. But even there remains the question who is willing or
able to help D.M. Procida with such a 10year old system.

It is not for you to decide what ukcsm is about.

None of your business. The name and the purpose of the group is clear. Dedidated groups for iPads exist.

FYI, we had discussions about that when iPones and iPad first appeared.
The conclusion then was to keep uk.???.iPhone and iPad in ukcsm,
and not to create separate iPhone and iPad groups.

I do not care. Why don't you give the OP the answer he is looking for
instead of mimicking a net cop? *LOL*

You are free of course to try to reverse that decision,
and you can try to create an UK.comp.???.ipad on our own,
if you want a group of your own,

I have no intention to discuss with *you* what I do or I don't do.

Oooh! meow!

Wrong side of the bed this morning?
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On 11/01/2026 15:12, J||rg Lorenz wrote:

On 11.01.26 14:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who
can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS?

I suggest you consider boiling your head

*You* better consider the probability of *useful help* in this group.

You really are in a bad mood aren't you? Better go and have a lie down in a dark space...
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On 11/01/2026 15:49, J||rg Lorenz wrote:

On 11.01.26 16:28, TimH wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 3:12:50rC>pm GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: >>

On 11.01.26 14:21, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 08:21:38 GMT, "J||rg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: >>>>

Thank you for that thoughtful and insightful contribution.

Your welcome. Why do you think there is someone in the UK-Mac-group who >>>>> can help you with a borderline application of an 10 year old iPad-OS? >>>>

I suggest you consider boiling your head

*You* better consider the probability of *useful help* in this group.

He's been giving and receiving useful help in this group for a lot longer than
you have.

To remind you: We are discussing a very specific and a very borderline
issue of an 10year out of support iPad. Pls feel free to give the OP the correct answer he is looking for. And I think I have an idea what the
only answer is he is emotionally ready to accept.

We don't need reminding, we know. But we do keep getting reminded about how petty some people can be.
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D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

On 10 Jan 2026 at 19:41:59 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way
to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Found it - there's a "Repeat" setting in the slideshow options that I failed to see...

Option-blindness. Must be losing my touch.

Join the gang!
--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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On 11 Jan 2026 at 18:06:59 GMT, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote:

D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

On 10 Jan 2026 at 19:41:59 GMT, "D.M. Procida"
<daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the >>> beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way
to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Found it - there's a "Repeat" setting in the slideshow options that I failed >> to see...

Option-blindness. Must be losing my touch.

Join the gang!

One thing I like about the slideshow options is that the speed setting for transitions is a slider with a tortoise at one end and a hare at the other. Like the mouse-click settings in the Finder, in the days long before System 7.

Nowadays I wouldn't use a hare and tortoise as elements in a speed setting interface, but I still like it. There was fun and invention in it, and not
just lazy adoption of whatever splashy effects and behaviours modern hardware make easy to produce.

Daniele
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D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

On 11 Jan 2026 at 18:06:59 GMT, "Liz Tuddenham" <Liz Tuddenham> wrote:

D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

On 10 Jan 2026 at 19:41:59 GMT, "D.M. Procida"
<daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the >>> beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there
any way to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Found it - there's a "Repeat" setting in the slideshow options that I
failed to see...

Option-blindness. Must be losing my touch.

Join the gang!

One thing I like about the slideshow options is that the speed setting for transitions is a slider with a tortoise at one end and a hare at the other. Like the mouse-click settings in the Finder, in the days long before System 7.

Nowadays I wouldn't use a hare and tortoise as elements in a speed setting interface, but I still like it. There was fun and invention in it, and not just lazy adoption of whatever splashy effects and behaviours modern hardware make easy to produce.

Friend of mine still has it,
on the controls for her electric wheelchair,

Jan

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On 11.01.26 14:20, D.M. Procida wrote:

On 10 Jan 2026 at 19:41:59 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

In Photos in iOS 9 a slideshow will lay indefinitely, cycling back to the
beginning when it reaches the end.

Annoyingly in iOS 10, it just stops!

Other than reverting to iOS 9 on this iPad (4th-generation) is there any way >> to make it behave as in iOS 9?

Found it - there's a "Repeat" setting in the slideshow options that I failed to see...

Option-blindness. Must be losing my touch.

Aha.
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