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Oliver Haslam

This weird iOS 17.5 bug could restore years-old deleted iPhone photos whether you want it to or not, and there's nothing you can do to stop it

The back of an iPhone 15 Pro, showing its camera system.

When Apple released iOS 17.5 yesterday it brought with it a few new features and as many as 15 different security fixes, but it would appear that it also had something else to share, too. That something seems to be a strange bug that causes previously deleted photos to make a reappearance. And often, an unwanted one at that.

Reports have started to pop up on social media of people finding that photos that they deleted years ago have popped back up as if they were recently taken, seemingly with no reason or pattern to their return.

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