iPhone iOS 17.5 Update , Causes Users’ Deleted Photos to Reappear.<br />Apple's latest iOS update is making years-long deleted photos resurface on customers' phones, and it's freaking them out.<br />In particular, many users were shocked to see sensitive photographs, such as nudes, reappear <br />on their phones, 'New York Post' reports. .<br />I went to send a picture and saw that <br />the latest pictures were [not safe for <br />work] material we’d made years ago <br />when we were living apart, Apple product user, via Reddit.<br />But WTF. It was permanently deleted. <br />Years ago but magically it’s back?? <br />I checked my iPad and it also has pictures (some art work I did <br />years ago). I feel so uncomfortable, Apple product user, via Reddit.<br />Other users referred to the issue as <br />"the worst software experience ever.".<br />These just came out of nowhere <br />this has to be the worst software <br />experience ever. I thought Apple <br />had a solid OS, ever since <br />iOS 16 it's been shambles. , Apple product user, via X.<br />Another person said that <br />25 previously-deleted voicemails also <br />reappeared on their phone, 'New York Post' reports. .<br />The reports could be down to an <br />indexing bug, photo library corruption, <br />or a syncing issue between local <br />devices and iCloud Photos, Via MacRumors.<br />Another possibility is that in <br />attempting to fix a photo syncing <br />bug that occurred in iOS 17.3, <br />Apple has inadvertently caused <br />a new syncing issue to occur that <br />may involve iCloud backups, Via MacRumors
