Check your Recently Deleted folder
Apr 01, 2020 Quit Photos. Hold down the Option key, then open Photos. One of the photo libraries is already designated as YourLibraryName (System Photo Library). Choose the library you want to designate as the System Photo Library. After Photos opens the library, choose Photos Preferences from the menu bar. Click the General tab.
You might have accidentally deleted your photo or video, and now it's in the Recently Deleted folder.
Go to Photos > Albums > Recently Deleted. If you see the missing photo, you canmove it back into your All Photos album.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:
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- Tap the photo or video > Recover.
- Confirm that you want to recover the photo.
To recover multiple photos:
- Tap Select.
- Tap the photos or videos > Recover.
- Confirm that you want to recover the photos or videos.
On your Mac:
- Click the photo or video.
- Click Recover.
Anything in your Recently Deleted folder stays there for 30 days. After that, it's gone forever.
Make sure that iCloud Photos is turned on
iCloud Photos securely stores all of your photos and videos in iCloud, so that you can access them on all of your devices. If you took a photo on your iPhone but don't see it on your other devices, check your settings.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
- Tap Photos.
- Turn on iCloud Photos.
On your Mac:
- Go to System Preferences > iCloud.
- Next to Photos, click Options.
- Select iCloud Photos.
After you turn on iCloud Photos, you might need to connect to Wi-Fi and wait a few minutes. Then look for your photos again.
Photos that you add to your device with iTunes won't stay up to date with iCloud. Get help if you have photos from iTunes.
Sign in with the same Apple ID
For your photos and videos to stay up to date on all of your devices, make sure that you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on every device.
You can check which Apple ID your device is using in Settings or System Preferences. You'll see your name and email address. Your email address is your Apple ID.
Unhide your photos
If you hide your photos and videos in your Moments, Years, and Collections view, then you'll only see them in your Hidden album. You can unhide your photos and videos from the Hidden album.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:
- Open the Photos app and go to the Albums tab.
- Tap Hidden under Other Albums.
- Select the photo or video that you want to unhide.
- Tap > Unhide.
On your Mac:
- Open Photos and in the menu bar, click View > Show Hidden Photo Album.
- In the left sidebar, select Hidden.
- Select the photo or video that you want to unhide.
- Control-click the photo, then choose Unhide Photo. You can also choose Image > Unhide Photo from the menu bar, or press Command-L.
If you use iCloud Photos, the photos that you hide on one device are hidden on your other devices too.
Learn more
- If you organize a photo or video into an album and then delete it from Photos, it will delete everywhere, including your album.
- If you need help with iCloud Photos or managing your photos, you can learn more.
“I accidentally deleted my iPhoto Library before I had the Time Machine on and then emptied the Trash. Is there a way to recover the photos that I lost?”
Different from other programs, if you deleted iPhoto Library, you can get one more chance to repair iPhoto Library and recover deleted photos. Of course, you can also get deleted iPhoto Library back with Time Machine and Mac data recovery software.”
Just read and follow the steps below to restore iPhoto on Mac.
- Guide List
1. How to Save Photos with iPhoto on Mac and How to Use iPhoto
iPhoto is a discontinued photo manager application developed by Apple. But you can still use iPhoto library to organize Mac photos. Now, let’s access iPhoto library and export photos using iPhoto.
Select iPhoto photos. (Hold the Command key and choose multiple photos in iPhoto.)
Click File on the top of iPhoto. Select Export… from its list.
Specify the image format, quality, size and more details.
Click Export to export your photo from iPhoto.
Set the destination folder and click OK to save iPhoto photos to a new place.
2. How to Recover iPhoto Library on Mac
Accidentally Deleted Photos Android
The iPhoto library location is ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/photolibrary/Masters/. All your iPhoto pictures can be found here. Well, iPhoto 9 and earlier picture locations may be a little different.
Thus, you can head to the destination to have a check before recovering deleted or lost photos from iPhoto on Mac.
Method 1: Restore Deleted iPhoto Library on Mac with Time Machine
Time Machine is the default data backup service on Mac. You can go back to the time before you deleted iPhoto library. Later, you can recover deleted iPhoto library on Mac with photos.
Quit iPhoto app on Mac.
Connect your Time Machine drive to Mac. Then choose Apple followed by System Preferences to run Time Machine.
Scroll down the timeline and choose the date of your last backup with Time Machine.
Choose the backup of your iPhoto library by Home/Pictures/iPhoto Library.
Click Restore to recover accidentally deleted iPhoto library on Mac.
You can also learn about how to recover photos library on Mac.
Method 2: Recover Deleted or Disappeared iPhoto Library Photos on Mac without Time Machine
Sadly, Time Machine may not run when your iPhoto library was deleted on Mac. During this time, you can use FoneLab Data Retriever for restoring iPhoto library from deletion, formatting, corruption, virus attack, hard drive issue and more. It is supported to recover multiple types and formats of files on Mac.
Actually, you can free download the trial version of Data Retriever for iPhoto recovery on Mac. You can scan and preview all your deleted or lost iPhoto pictures for free. If you are sure that the Mac file recovery software really works, you can pay to recover deleted iPhoto library and photos on Mac.
- Recover photos from iPhoto library in JPG, TIFF/TIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, GIF, CRW, RAW, etc.
- Find iPhoto pictures missing after upgrade with Quick Scan and Deep Scan modes smartly.
- Preview your iPhoto photos without paying.
- Never store or modify your Mac data while recovering iPhoto library.
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Launch Mac data recovery software. Click Start under Mac Data Recovery.
Select Images and the drive where your iPhoto library was deleted. Then click Scan to start the quick scanning process.
The scanning result will display in the left pane. You can find iPhoto pictures by Path or Type.
Double-click on a photo to preview the detailed information. In addition, you can type the file name or path in the Search engine to find iPhoto photos you lost earlier. At last, click Recover to recover deleted iPhoto library on Mac safely.
If your recovered photos do not show up or iPhoto is not responding, you need to repair iPhoto library after Mac photo recovery. Be aware that the iPhoto library rebuilding process may cause unexpected data loss issues. Thus, you had better back up important Mac files to an external storage drive in advance.
To find some hidden or disappeared files, you can run FoneLab Data Retriever to make the deleted or lost Mac files available again in a short time. Well, you can create a backup or recover some files freely. After that, you can feel free to rebuild iPhoto library and get iPhoto on Mac.
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- Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
- Preview data before recovery.
- Recover data from device, iCloud and iTunes.