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Erroneously I deleted 10K photos from my MAC late August. Is there any way I can retrieve them via iCloud?? BR, Evert

Erroneously I deleted 10K photos from my MAC late August. Is there any way I can retrieve them via iCloud?? BR, Evert

iMac 27″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 1:49 AM

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Posted on Nov 24, 2022 9:25 AM

As I understand it items may be recovered via iCloud for a limited time. I believe that is 30 days, then it's gone. If you have a Time Machine or other backup app you may be able to access the data there. Otherwise it is lost.

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Erroneously I deleted 10K photos from my MAC late August. Is there any way I can retrieve them via iCloud?? BR, Evert

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