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AirDrop isn't working properly

Hello,

I AirDroped approximately 295 photos to my friend's iPhone and she only received 9 (and they appeared in Files), I deleted the photos and now we can't get them. Is there any way of recovering the photos without backup?

iPhone X

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 8:06 AM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2020 8:25 AM

Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos?

  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

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Jul 11, 2020 8:25 AM in response to lauraozolina

Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos?

  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

AirDrop isn't working properly

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