Lost photos at apple store

I brought my phone to apple for repair and they lost over 2 years of photos telling me there is nothing they could do and that they were sorry. What should I do?

Posted on Aug 7, 2023 03:56 AM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2023 04:05 AM

Usually the email confirmation of an appointment at the Apple Store is stating that we should make a backup before bringing a device into the store to be serviced. Did you make such a backup? Then restore your iPhone from the backup you made, see: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


There is one complication: If you have been using iCloud Photos, when you made the backup, the backup will not include your photos, as they are in iCloud. In that case you have to enable iCloud Photos again, so your photos can be come back from iCloud. That should work, if you did not erase your photos from iCloud since your iPhone has been serviced. See the paragraph "Make sure iCloud is turned on" in this document: If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


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Aug 7, 2023 04:05 AM in response to Letters42

Usually the email confirmation of an appointment at the Apple Store is stating that we should make a backup before bringing a device into the store to be serviced. Did you make such a backup? Then restore your iPhone from the backup you made, see: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


There is one complication: If you have been using iCloud Photos, when you made the backup, the backup will not include your photos, as they are in iCloud. In that case you have to enable iCloud Photos again, so your photos can be come back from iCloud. That should work, if you did not erase your photos from iCloud since your iPhone has been serviced. See the paragraph "Make sure iCloud is turned on" in this document: If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


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