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fany211
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Recover pictures/videos that did not show up on the backup on new phone

I recently changed from iPhone 16 pro max to 18 pro max. I had my back up, but today I wanted to post some concert content and I noticed more than half of my videos and pictures are missing from that day and from previous months. How can I get them back? I don’t understand why I don’t have them when I did a back up.

Posted on Sep 21, 2026 7:38 PM

3 replies

shoeluvr13
User level: Level 6 (19,647 points)

Sep 22, 2026 3:00 PM in response to fany211

Darn. Do you still have the iPhone 16 to sync or backup to iCloud?

fany211 Author
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 21, 2026 8:43 PM in response to shoeluvr13

I checked, the pictures/videos don’t show up there either😭

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256362381