New iOS & iPadOS update fixes reappearing photos bug
Apple has released a minor update for iOS and iPadOS, that fixes an issue in the Photos app that resurrected deleted images.
A Portrait Photo shot in iOS 17
One week after releasing iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 to the public, Apple has issued a minor update for both operating systems.
The update to iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1 replaces the respective 17.5 releases for each. The new builds are build number 21F90.
Among the fixes in the release is one that surfaced just after the 17.5 updates were distributed. Users discovered that older photographs they had deleted were suddenly accessible again in Photos.
Apple describes it as a rare issue that involved a database corruption for some users in their Photos library. It's not clear how prevalent the issue was.
How to update to iOS 17.5.1
Updating an iPhone is straightforward and doesn't require much user intervention. Generally, if the user has automatic updates enabled, the update will install overnight without prompt.
If, for some reason, the update doesn't install automatically or if the user wants to install it manually, that is done via the Settings app.
- Open Settings
- Tap "General"
- Tap "Software Update"
- The software update will appear here when available
Apple tends to release iOS updates on a rolling basis, so the update may not immediately appear for everyone.
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EDIT: No they didn't say anything about a local database, and in fact did not mention where the "corrupted database" existed AFAICT. It's a very vague and unclear explanation, isn't it? I could be misunderstanding.
"This update provides important bug fixes and addresses a rare issue where photos that experienced database corruption could reappear in the Photos library even if they were deleted."
Music app downloads are also turned off.
This mysterious block of ‘invisible’ Photos data contributes to making iPadOS updates a bit of a chore, as I generally have to remove apps then reinstall them. Maybe there’s bleed-through to that 3.09GB number from images in the Messages app (which I tend to leave alone, but should prune more often).
I suspect the same has happened here — the entry of the image in the database was removed, but the image in local storage was accidentally left on local disk.
With Apple as great as they are about explaining things, especially involving potentially bad looks, if the photos were stored locally they would have said so, correct?