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scampidog
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Q: How do I find my photos that are stored in the icloud?

I Need a simple explanation of how to get photos out of the cloud and back onto my iPad - I just keep going in circles following the apple advice - can you help ?

iPhone 4, in app purchase - does not work

Posted on Sep 5, 2015 12:42 PM

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Q: How do I find my photos that are stored in the icloud?

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  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Sep 5, 2015 1:54 PM in response to scampidog
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    Sep 5, 2015 1:54 PM in response to scampidog

    It depends. The answers to the following questions would help me or someone else to give some advice.

     

    If you use a computer and log in to https://www.icloud.com/ and go to Photos there, do you see your photos?

     

    How do you think you got the photos to the cloud in the first place?

     

    Your post says "back onto my iPad" which I interpret to mean that they were on your iPad at one time and are not now. If so, did you delete them or why are they no longer there?

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Sep 5, 2015 4:19 PM in response to scampidog
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    Sep 5, 2015 4:19 PM in response to scampidog

    If you want to see your iCloud photo library from your iPad go to the link below. I did a step by step with screenshots that should help.

     

    How do I see my stored pictures on my iPad ?

  • by scampidog,

    scampidog scampidog Sep 6, 2015 3:57 AM in response to FoxFifth
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    Sep 6, 2015 3:57 AM in response to FoxFifth

    Hi

     

    I put photos on my ipad then deleted them to free up some storage

     

    I thought there would be a backup stored in the cloud that I could access. When I go to the cloud all I see is a mirror of current photos stored on my ipad

     

    How can I find a photo that I deleted on my ipad in the cloud?

  • by scampidog,

    scampidog scampidog Sep 6, 2015 3:59 AM in response to bobseufert
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    Sep 6, 2015 3:59 AM in response to bobseufert

    hi

     

    I followed the helpful steps but all I see in the photo library in the cloud is exactly what is on my ipad

     

    I deleted photos from my ipad some time ago to create storage - I thought the cloud would keep a copy of every photo I ever took

     

    Do you know how to get a photo out of the cloud that was deleted from ipad?

     

    Thank you

  • by bobseufert,Helpful

    bobseufert bobseufert Sep 6, 2015 4:28 AM in response to scampidog
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    Sep 6, 2015 4:28 AM in response to scampidog

    Unfortunately iCloud photos is a backup and not an archive like DropBox. If the photo isn't in recently deleted it's probably gone.