After reports of deleted photos resurfacing years later following the installation of iOS 17.5, Apple released iOS 17.5.1 last week to address the issue. But what caused it in the first place? Thanks ...

Like many other smart devices, iPhones don’t immediately wipe deleted photos. Instead, they hide them locally in an inaccessible location. iOS 17.5’s photo bug didn’t involve any Apple or iCloud ...

One of the primary focuses of iOS 17.5.1 is resolving the problem where old deleted photos unexpectedly resurfaced on devices following the iOS 17.5 update. This issue caused significant confusion and ...

The release of iOS 17.5 brought with it a somewhat troubling bug, as many users reported old, deleted photos resurfacing—some from more than ten years after they were deleted. While Apple has resolved ...

The photos were retained on the local device storage due to a database corruption issue, and the bug resurfaced photos that were flagged for deletion but were not actually fully deleted locally. That ...

Two weeks ago, reports began appearing of an unusual iPhone and iPad bug. Following Apple's iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates, photos that users had deleted years earlier were resurfacing, even on ...

Some iPhone owners discovered a very weird and disturbing bug a few days ago. Somehow, old, long-deleted iPhone photos that should have been permanently purged resurfaced on devices running iOS 17.5.

A possible bug in iOS 17.5 has some iPhone owners saying they're seeing photos they thought were permanently deleted. It's raised privacy worries.

Losing photos or videos on your iPhone or iPad can be a frustrating experience, but Apple provides a built-in solution to help you retrieve them. The “Recently Deleted” album in the Photos app is ...

If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you may soon be treated to the reappearance of photos that you feared were long since lost or destroyed. As part if its iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating system roll out ...