Q: are permanently deleted photos REALLY gone?
I accidentally permanently deleted "iPhoto Events" album from my iPhone >iCloud>Mac. I went from 8,000 photos to 2,000. I restored some of them from an old time machine backup (March 2013). My iCloud account clearly reflects the deletion. I was told that hard drive data recovery options were futile, because the data was overwritten. Same for the iPhone flash memory. I gave up on any kind of data recovery a week ago, but now this question keeps nagging me: Maybe I missed something? Are my precious photos REALLY gone?
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 11:09 AM
If you're using Photos (not iPhoto), "deleted" images are held for about 30 days in the Recently Deleted album. If you "permanently" deleted them from that special album, they're gone for real.
If you're really still using iPhoto, they would have been moved to iPhoto Trash. Same rule, though, if you emptied the trash, they're gone.
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 11:30 AM