missing photo
All of my photo prior to January 2005 have vanished,they were all available via iCloud on all of our devices, how can I get them back
try to signin to icloud on a desktop and see if you have them there first
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Thanks, already tried that they are also missing from iCloud
Can anyone from Apple explain why they have deleted all of my photos
Did you check your recently deleted folding in iCloud? In iCloud, Photos > Albums, then Recently Deleted.
Thanks, but no only the expected deleted photos there
Ok, but you do realize those deleted files take up your iCloud space, right? This is why iCloud reports 0 files but 1 GB space used is probably the deleted files.
Thanks, if that is the case then why can't if see them
You first said only the expected deleted photos are there which I take to mean in the Recently Deleted folder. Then your next post said you can't see the deleted photos in Recently Deleted. Both statements cannot be true.
Sorry what I meant to say that I can't see the 1gb deleted items you claim is there
Any thoughts, I really need those photos
The last place I can think to look is for a photo stream. At icloud.com, Select Photos > My Albums > iPhoto Events > Photo Stream. While there you might check other albums to see if they are there.
Do you have a time machine backup of your Mac with the Photos library? That would be the last possibility I know to get the old photos back.
Not on time machine backup as the were stored in the cloud, all I want are the photos that were held in the cloud I did not remove them or give permission for them to be removed and also your stated that I have 1gb of deleted files on iCloud what are they as I can't see it
I thought you said iTunes said there was 1GB of photos, but that is not in your posts. I must have confused this with another thread when I typed that.
I'm at a loss as to what happened to the older photos. I've not heard of iCloud photos, and especially just certain older ones, disappearing. When they are deleted, even if by accident, they are retained in recently deleted for 30 days. So what happened to the photos happened over 30 days ago. You mentioned that they disappeared "on all our devices", which means you either have a shared photo album or are sharing one Apple ID on those devices used by others. You may not have deleted them yourself, but someone else could have deleted them from one of the other devices without you knowing at the time. Otherwise, I believe yours is the first case of its kind where photos of a certain age have disappeared without one of the users of the devices deleting the photos. I don't know of a way to get them back.
Thanks for your honesty about not knowing how to get them back, however nobody has deleted the photos from my end, and your statement that I must be the first one to every have this problem is totally false as a simple web search will prove. I simply want my photos(property) back if you don't know how to do it then may I suggest you find someone who can
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