This week, Apple pushed the official version update of iOS 17.5 to iPhone users. In addition to the new "Rainbow Glory" wallpaper, it also opened a web page profile for EU users and added a "maintenance mode".
However, After updating, some users found that the photos they had deleted for many years reappeared.
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According to the latest media reports, Apple's customer service technical advisory office today responded to this matter, saying that it did receive some user feedback on related issues, but for specific reasons, At present, Apple is still making further investigation.
The technical consultant said that there was no need to worry about his data privacy security, because even if the photos had been uploaded to iCloud, Apple could not see them. Apple will solve relevant problems through updates or other push in the next step.
It is understood that the bug in iOS 17.5 may be caused by the synchronization problem between the local device and iCloud photos, or it may be caused by an index error or a damaged photo library. Another possibility is that Apple inadvertently caused a new synchronization problem when trying to fix the photo synchronization error in iOS 17.3, which may involve iCloud backup. Some users running iOS 17.5 developer Beta 4 also reported similar experiences earlier.
According to Apple Photo application rules, The photos and videos deleted by the user will be kept in the recently deleted album for 30 days. If the user does not restore these photos or videos within 30 days, they will be permanently deleted. If the user wants to delete the photo immediately, just delete the photo again in the recent deletion to permanently delete it.