Apple explains deleted photo resurrection issue: database corruption affects only a small number of users

According to news on May 24, Apple pushed the iOS 17.5 update last week, which resulted in serious bugs.

Some users reported that photos they had deleted a few years ago were mysteriously resurrected and appeared in the mobile phone gallery.

At present, Apple has urgently released the official version update of iOS 17.5.1, which fixes the bug of "deleted photos reappearing".

Apple said that the photos in this "resurrection" are mainly user photos before 2010.

This problem is not caused by iCloud Photos, but by corrupted database entries in the device file system itself.

Apple said that the photos that were not completely deleted on the user's device were not synced to iCloud Photos, and these files only existed on the device itself.

However, these files may persist from one device to another when restoring from a backup, performing a cross-device migration transfer, or restoring from an iCloud backup without using iCloud Photos.

Previously, Apple’s technical advisor also emphasized that even if user photos have been uploaded to iCloud, Apple cannot see them, so there is no need to worry about the privacy and security of your data.

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