Some iPhone users have experienced interesting things when they update to the recently released iOS 17.5. In many people’s comments the has been removed your old photos He was seen returning to the phones. Fortunately, Apple fixed this issue with the iOS 17.5.1 update that rolled out earlier this week.

However, so far we have not seen any statement from the company regarding the return of old photos. Users wondered why something like this happened. Finally, a statement came from the tech giant. The company spoke to 9to5Mac.

A file system problem caused the photos to be recovered

Apple never has access to deleted photos that you do not have access While underscoring the problem Also related to iCloud He stated that this was not the case. Affected devices instead a corrupt database entry in the file system He stated that the photos that had been deleted for some reason came back.

In other words, some photos have been deleted because of this condition they could stay local and they never left the devices. Company, moved from old devices during backup or device-to-device transfer He says it can happen. This is probably the reason for the creation of very old photos.

Apple, very few people and photos He adds that he is affected by the situation. Moreover This does not happen on reset devices. also underlines. The reason for this is a claim on Reddit. In a now-deleted post, the user claimed that old photos appeared on his iPad, for which he deleted the data and sold it to a friend. However, Apple stated that this is not possible if it is reset correctly. The fact that the post was deleted showed that the claim was untrue.