Retrieve all Photostream photos after August 2023
My photostream photos were not backed up prior to the termination of photostream. Is there any way to retrieve these photos and videos?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 17
No.
My understanding is that My Photo Stream was a temporary storage place. You had 30 days to grab a photo out of there before the My Photo Stream copy went away for good. My Photo Stream just made it a bit easier to copy your photos and videos to other devices; it wasn't a substitute for preserving and backing up permanent copies.
Apple shut down My Photo Stream a month after they blocked uploads to it. So someone who added photos to the stream in the last days of the service would have had 30 days to make permanent copies.
