arnpa
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Q: What happened to my photos after upgrading to IOS 8

What happened to my photos after upgrading to IOS 8.0.2? How do I recover them?j

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 5.1

Posted on Oct 8, 2014 8:37 PM

by jeremy_v,Solvedanswer
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A:

Hi arnpa,

 

Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.

 

If you've updated your iOS device to iOS 8, the photos should still be on the device. The photos will be organized differently than they were previously, though.

In iOS 8, the Photos app organizes photos by date instead of by device or photo source. Here are some questions you might have about Photos after updating to iOS 8.

 

Where can I find the Camera Roll?

 

The Photos app in iOS 8 doesn't separate photos and videos based on how they were added to your device. Instead of a Camera Roll, your photos and videos (even ones that you didn't take with or save to your device) are organized by date in Photos.

 

When you open the Photos app and tap the Photos tab, you'll see your photos and videos listed by Moments, Collections, and Years. Tap Moments to see individual photos organized by date and location, tap Collections to zoom out to a more condensed view, and then tap Years to zoom out even more. Tap a collection or year to zoom back in.

 

And you'll now have a Recently Added album, which shows the photos and videos added to your device in the last 30 days, organized by date. To see your Recently Added album, tap Albums > Recently Added.

 

Where can I find the My Photo Stream album?

 

In iOS 8, there's no longer a separate My Photo Stream album. Instead, photos that were in the My Photo Stream album are now in the Recently Added album.

If you were using iPhoto for iOS, make sure that you migrated your photos.

From:

 

Get help finding your Photos in iOS 8

 

If the photos are no longer on your device, and you backed up to iCloud or iTunes, you may need to restore from a backup:

 

Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

 

Best Regards,

 

Jeremy

Posted on Oct 10, 2014 11:48 AM

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  • by jeremy_v,Solvedanswer

    jeremy_v jeremy_v Oct 10, 2014 11:48 AM in response to arnpa
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    Oct 10, 2014 11:48 AM in response to arnpa

    Hi arnpa,

     

    Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.

     

    If you've updated your iOS device to iOS 8, the photos should still be on the device. The photos will be organized differently than they were previously, though.

    In iOS 8, the Photos app organizes photos by date instead of by device or photo source. Here are some questions you might have about Photos after updating to iOS 8.

     

    Where can I find the Camera Roll?

     

    The Photos app in iOS 8 doesn't separate photos and videos based on how they were added to your device. Instead of a Camera Roll, your photos and videos (even ones that you didn't take with or save to your device) are organized by date in Photos.

     

    When you open the Photos app and tap the Photos tab, you'll see your photos and videos listed by Moments, Collections, and Years. Tap Moments to see individual photos organized by date and location, tap Collections to zoom out to a more condensed view, and then tap Years to zoom out even more. Tap a collection or year to zoom back in.

     

    And you'll now have a Recently Added album, which shows the photos and videos added to your device in the last 30 days, organized by date. To see your Recently Added album, tap Albums > Recently Added.

     

    Where can I find the My Photo Stream album?

     

    In iOS 8, there's no longer a separate My Photo Stream album. Instead, photos that were in the My Photo Stream album are now in the Recently Added album.

    If you were using iPhoto for iOS, make sure that you migrated your photos.

    From:

     

    Get help finding your Photos in iOS 8

     

    If the photos are no longer on your device, and you backed up to iCloud or iTunes, you may need to restore from a backup:

     

    Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Jeremy

  • by tanyafromga,

    tanyafromga tanyafromga Oct 10, 2014 11:58 AM in response to arnpa
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    Oct 10, 2014 11:58 AM in response to arnpa

    To answer your question truthfully:  Apple decided that you don't get to organize your photos the way you choose anymore.  You'll do it the way they choose.  Sure, you can reconstruct a similar scheme with the new ios8, but it's going to take you a long time of going through all your photos to organize them in the way that you like. 

     

    Apple seems to be taking advice from facebook:  make unnecessary changes that don't really seem logical in order to appear to be doing something new and exciting.  Just making change for the sake of change. 

     

    Apple has a leash on its customers, and like Princess Leia said to Darth Vader:  "the more you tighten your grip, the more the systems will slip through your fingers."

     

    Apple's strong financial standing, at this point, is merely due to psychology.  They no longer offer anything that others cannot also offer.  But the others do it with less parameters, giving the customer the freedom to organize his or her device how he or she sees fit.

     

    I've been an Apple user since 1992.  Name any Apple product and I've owned it (desktops, laptops, ipods, iphones, ipads, and Apple TV).

     

    Now I'm down to the iPhone 5s and the Apple TV.  My desktop is a Dell, and so are the house laptops.  And unless Apple has a radical change in attitude that shows respect for the customer, I'll buy a different phone (Android or Windows) and then I'll have no use for my Apple TV anymore.

     

    22 years as an Apple customer, but it looks like that is quickly coming to an end.  I'm simply tired of being told what I can do with the things I own.

     

    Oh, and I paid 5 bucks for iPhoto, and with the new update it's now gone.  Not lost, but gone (no longer supported).  Maybe Apple should come into my home and take away something I paid for because they don't want me to have it anymore.

     

    My wife switched to an Android phone, and she has zero regrets.  It fits her personal and profession life much better.  There is much more freedom in her device than mine (iPhone 5s).  I'm certainly not getting a 6.

     

    Might want to hold out on those new headquarters, Apple.  But if you do continue to build it, make sure the walls don't bend.

  • by Matt888888,

    Matt888888 Matt888888 Oct 10, 2014 12:20 PM in response to jeremy_v
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    Oct 10, 2014 12:20 PM in response to jeremy_v

    Is there any way to undo this change?  l really do not like it.  The new organization jumbles together all of my photos, so when I'm looking at family photos I see my work pictures and anything else that was added at the same time.

  • by arnpa,

    arnpa arnpa Oct 11, 2014 2:04 PM in response to jeremy_v
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    Oct 11, 2014 2:04 PM in response to jeremy_v

    Jeremy,

    Tanks, Very helpful

    Arnpa

  • by arnpa,

    arnpa arnpa Oct 11, 2014 2:25 PM in response to jeremy_v
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    Oct 11, 2014 2:25 PM in response to jeremy_v

    Jeremy,

     

    Thank you. Your msg. solved problem.  Very informative.

  • by jeremy_v,

    jeremy_v jeremy_v Oct 11, 2014 2:50 PM in response to arnpa
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    Oct 11, 2014 2:50 PM in response to arnpa

    Hi Arnpa,

     

    Thanks for your reply. I'm happy to have solved it for you.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Jeremy

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Oct 20, 2014 5:00 AM in response to jeremy_v
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    Oct 20, 2014 5:00 AM in response to jeremy_v

    I updated to iOS 8 on my iPhone 5 over the weekend and a good chunk of my photos are GONE. Albums and their content GONE.

     

    The new photo app stinks. When I delete an item I don't want it hanging around for 30 days. I want it gone. Now, like with iOS 7, it takes MORE steps to accomplish ONE thing. This is the opposite of  'easy to use'.

     

    The new set up is awful. those long rows of teeny tiny images do no one any good and the rigidness of the application on how I want to sort my images is just that - rigid.

     

    There is no "Moments" area on mine. I have Collections, Years - that's IT for individual image viewing.

    Recently added is in with Albums which is just illogical. Doesn't matter because my albums are gone.

     

    And THIS: Migrating from iPhoto for iOS to Photos on iOS 8 Did NOT happen.

     

     

    I'm for bringing back the old photo app.