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Not sure why some of my photos upload sideways, maybe it's a ??

@culinarycara Hi! When you upload pictures to CoSo the metadata is stripped to preserve your privacy. Apple includes orientation information in its metadata so pictures go sideways. @th3j35t3r is working on a fix.

@culinarycara In the meantime if you do any crop to the photo it'll fix.

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It's a . We strip EXIF metadata when you upload; iPhones inconveniently store orientation data there.

Make any edit at all to the photo before uploading, just save it in the orientation you want before posting.

Boy, I get tired of typing this over and over.

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The reason is that stuff like your location is ALSO in the EXIF data, it's a privacy and security measure.

@culinarycara seeing the same thing; I think it’s a mobile app bug (not sure though).

@culinarycara This is a known issue and a "feature".

CoSo strips off metadata to protect privacy, but this can also strip off instructions to display the photo in a particular orientation.

I haven't run into this myself, but I suspect it can be fixed by editing the image so that it's actually stored the way you want it displayed.

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