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danni62051

Q: Can get my photos back once I have deleted them by mistake?

I deleted photos in my photostream, once I had transferred them to my PC.  However once the photos started to delete from photostream they also deleted from my computer.  Can anyone help, I need them back as they were of my friends wedding and only appeared in photostream, not in my photo library!

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on Aug 8, 2012 10:15 AM

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Q: Can get my photos back once I have deleted them by mistake?

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  • by pvonk,

    pvonk pvonk Aug 8, 2012 12:16 PM in response to danni62051
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    Aug 8, 2012 12:16 PM in response to danni62051

    Photo stream is a service that syncs photos to other devices/computers.  What you should do is always copy the photos to another album on your computer, as the photo stream album is temporary.  Deleting them, as you have discovered, will remove them from photo stream, in time.  Your only hope at this point is to restore a backup of a device that had the photos in the Camera Roll - if you did a backup and the photos originally came from a device.  This assumes the photos would still be in the backup; if a newer one has been made since the delete, then I fear they are gone.