iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia include a new Photos app feature designed to help users recover images and videos that are lost or damaged, providing a way to get missing content back.
There is a “Recovered” album in the Utilities section of Photos, and it shows up if there are pictures or videos on a user’s device that are not part of their Photos Library. If you see the Recovered album in your Photos app, tapping into it will provide an option to permanently delete or restore any pictures or video stored in the album.
Photos and videos can be lost due to database corruption issues, images taken with a camera app that did not properly get saved to the Photos library, or third-party apps that are provided with access to manage a Photo Library. Here’s how to recover a lost image or video:
- Open the Photos app and tap into Albums.
- Scroll down to Utilities, and choose the Recovered album.
- Tap on a photo or video in the album, or use Select to…
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