I recently lost my photo albums on my iPhone named "On my Mac" while doing my first iCloud sync Any and all albums that were downloaded from a previous Mac, which was destroyed, did not sync.
Is there anyway to get them back if you don't have the original Mac they were on?
I have checked hidden, and recently deleted, they are gone.
If I did a iPhone reset would it pull them back in on a new start with iPhone?
Thank you.
Some pictures, transferred from a computer perhaps by iTunes, and usually the ones in an Album called "From My Mac," were considered to be on the phone only temporarily. These were usually smaller copies for viewing on the phone while the originals stayed on the computer. These pictures might disappear with the next transfer from the computer, and in Photos they couldn't be edited or even deleted-- the computer had to be used for that. So some operations produce a warning about those being at risk. If you’re missing pictures that were transferred from a computer, then you should look on the computer for the originals.
A remote possibility is that, before you turned on iCloud Photos, these pictures were included in an iCloud backup. If you had Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data, if the backup hasn't been replaced. You should look here:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
“Restore” is what you do when you buy a new phone, so this safety, if you have it set, requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup. I'm afraid that I don't know if those backups include "From My Mac" pictures, since they were considered to be on the phone temporarily, so this is a pretty iffy suggestion. Alternatively, these pictures may have been included in a computer backup if you did that.
Unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, there really isn't any place else to look.
Some pictures, transferred from a computer perhaps by iTunes, and usually the ones in an Album called "From My Mac," were considered to be on the phone only temporarily. These were usually smaller copies for viewing on the phone while the originals stayed on the computer. These pictures might disappear with the next transfer from the computer, and in Photos they couldn't be edited or even deleted-- the computer had to be used for that. So some operations produce a warning about those being at risk. If you’re missing pictures that were transferred from a computer, then you should look on the computer for the originals.
A remote possibility is that, before you turned on iCloud Photos, these pictures were included in an iCloud backup. If you had Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data, if the backup hasn't been replaced. You should look here:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
“Restore” is what you do when you buy a new phone, so this safety, if you have it set, requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup. I'm afraid that I don't know if those backups include "From My Mac" pictures, since they were considered to be on the phone temporarily, so this is a pretty iffy suggestion. Alternatively, these pictures may have been included in a computer backup if you did that.
Unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, there really isn't any place else to look.
If you have an iCloud backup or a computer backup, and you decide to "restore" your phone ( a big step,) I would be interested if you get the "From My Mac" pictures back-- let us know…
Thank you very much for trying to help.
I really appreciate the time you have given me.
I will keep it at.
Thanks again Mr. Taylor!
Lost Iphone photo albums that were not on iPhone data base
