You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

drwatson52 Author

Level 1

4 points

how do i retrieve photos from time machine

Some photos disappeared from my photo albums. How do I retrieve them from Time Machine

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Oct 4, 2021 10:28 AM

Top-ranking reply

TonyCollinet

Level 7

23,954 points

Posted on Oct 4, 2021 1:07 PM

You have to restore the whole library from time machine (to a differnet folder from your current library - I'd suggest a new subfolder of the pictures folder). Then open that library and get the images you want.

If you don't have enough space on the system drive for a copy of the whole library, you'll need to restore to an external drive (but not the time machine drive)

However, are you sure they've dissappeard? Have you looked in the all photos view?

View in context

how do i retrieve photos from time machine

Similar questions