appleinsideruser

gatorguy said:

appleinsideruser said:

Thinking some more about this, I think there's a likely simple explanation. Photos stores images in an opaque hierarchy of folders. I recall in the days of iPhoto that during upgrades it would scan the iPhoto Library and sometimes discover lost images and add them back into the index (database).

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.

I would think if it were "local storage" corruption, Apple would emphasize that and dispel any questions or concerns whether they might be maintaining deleted files on Apple servers.  Instead it was a vague "database corruption" which implies it was not local.

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?

I feel they just kept the release notes simple (as Apple do). I have experience of corrupted iPhoto databases, which influences my view. But I see the voting; so I realise I'm in the minority on this idea.

Thinking some more about this, I think there's a likely simple explanation. Photos stores images in an opaque hierarchy of folders. I recall in the days of iPhoto that during upgrades it would scan the iPhoto Library and sometimes discover lost images and add them back into the index (database).

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.

M68000 said:

I’m thinking the database or databases store status and pointers to where the actual files are, which would have to be on server farms somewhere.  How could all this be local and have people freeing up actual space when they delete pictures on their iPhones?

Could be because the freed up storage space had not been reallocated. i.e. an directory database corruption. That would only effect some users (those where the space had not been reused). Far fetched yes, possible perhaps.

mjpbuy said:

 I am happy to have only bug fixes...at this pint in the lifecycle of 14.x..

I miss my Mac Plus - 1.44k floppies , yes two. One for the OS and one for the Apps !

Yes, and a 3rd for your data! That created some long toasting sessions — well that’s what we used to call the process of repeatedly swapping micro diskettes. I used to quite like the rhythm of the repeated eject noise; unless a deadline was looming!!

Wow, that diagonal artwork animation is soooo laggy on my original iPad Pro 9.7. Guess they’re trying to steer me towards one of those sharp-edge M-series speed machines…