How do I proceed to retrieve my photos/videos?

When I did my clear out from my iPhone 13 to delete everything, my iPhone 16 was in the same room, I had already did the transfer a few days before , everything had transferred just fine , a layer looked into y phone and realized I lost about 75% of tje photo and videos …..never had this happen before

was going to attempt to plug the 16 into my laptop to try iCloud recovery , but the laptop doesn’t have that small plug in in it … and it would be my first , I’m not overly tech savvy , hence why I’m hoping for a simple solution here. :)

how do I proceed to retrieve my photos/videos


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iPhone 16, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 14, 2024 11:45 AM

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Posted on Dec 17, 2024 9:53 AM

Are your pictures in the Recently Deleted view, in the Utilities section? They will stay there for 30 days, unless you purposely defeat the safety by deleting from Recently Deleted, so I hope they are still there!


If you don't use iCloud Photos, but you have Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data from the last 30 days or so at iCloud.com. You should look here:

         View and manage iCloud device backups - Apple Support

This requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup.


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Dec 17, 2024 9:53 AM in response to BKF156

Are your pictures in the Recently Deleted view, in the Utilities section? They will stay there for 30 days, unless you purposely defeat the safety by deleting from Recently Deleted, so I hope they are still there!


If you don't use iCloud Photos, but you have Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data from the last 30 days or so at iCloud.com. You should look here:

         View and manage iCloud device backups - Apple Support

This requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup.


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