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Q: Can I recover photos from an ICloud account that expired before I got a chance to renew it?

Our dog is fighting Blood Cancer and may pass soon.

 

We had the majority of our photos from when she was young on our ICloud account and it expired before we got a chance to renew it due to all our money going to the costs needed to fight the cancer.

 

We renewed and the data was gone as expected. I thought I had the pics backed up on a physical drive but it appears I don't.

 

I don't suppose there's any way to get those back, right? I know it's supposed to be gone, but then they say you can still recover data off of deleted devices, so I thought I'd take a one in a million shot and ask.

 

Thanks!

 

Virgine

Posted on Apr 20, 2014 5:20 AM

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Q: Can I recover photos from an ICloud account that expired before I got a chance to renew it?

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  • by QuickTimeKirk,

    QuickTimeKirk QuickTimeKirk Apr 20, 2014 5:31 AM in response to THX5334
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    Apr 20, 2014 5:31 AM in response to THX5334

    iCloud doesn't "store" your photos in a fashion you can view from a browser.

    Photo Stream files last 30 days and are "pushed" to other devices with the same Apple ID. Camera roll files from an iOS device can be backed up to iCloud and then "restored" to the device. Most people backup using iTunes to their computer. Look there for a "restore from backup" option.