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Instagram now lets you change your mind about the photos you deleted

Feb 3, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Instagram is rolling out a new feature that should help you manage your content. From now on, your deleted posts will be saved for a while so that you can restore them. This is useful in case your change your mind, or if your account gets hacked and the hackers delete your content.

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Why you should delete photos to remember precious moments

Jun 12, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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We all love taking photos. After all, that’s what brought us together here on DIYP, right? Photographing important moments makes us keep them remember them forever. But Caleb from Gulf Photo Plus challenges you to delete your photos to remember your precious moments. Wait, what? That’s right, you should delete photos to remember better, and Caleb will tell you why.

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iPhone X bug lets hackers steal deleted photos from your phone

Nov 15, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment
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For one reason or the other, all of us delete plenty of photos from our phones while choosing the keepers. If you have an iPhone X, your “deleted” images are not entirely gone. As a result – they may be accessible to hackers. Two researchers have recently found a vulnerability that could let hackers access your images, even if you previously deleted them.

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This guy is suing Adobe for $250,000 claiming Premiere Pro deleted his work

Nov 14, 2018 by John Aldred 18 Comments
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A freelance videographer by the name of Dave Cooper is suing Adobe for the deletion of around 100,000 digital video clips totalling around 500 hours. After upgrading to Premiere Pro 2017 v11.1.0 in April of last year, he claims that a bug caused the deletion of video clips that cost him around $250,000 to create.

He says that the bug exists in the “clean cache” feature which deletes temporary files and backups created during the editing process. And Adobe has actually acknowledged this bug, but I can’t help but feel there’s quite a bit of user error here.

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The latest Windows 10 update could delete your photos, make sure to backup your files

Oct 9, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments
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Windows 10 October 2018 Update started to roll out last week, but some users immediately reported that their documents were being deleted. There have been multiple complaints that the latest update has deleted documents, and this includes pictures, music, and videos among other things.

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Dropbox Just Deleted 2000 Files Because of My Samsung Phone

Dropbox deleted files

Nov 5, 2016 by JP Danko 56 Comments
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I have been using Dropbox for years now and I have never once had a problem with it…until a week ago when over 2000 files mysteriously vanished from my Dropbox account.

For the record, I love Dropbox – to the point where Dropbox is now integral to running my business – here are two examples:

Dropbox Lightroom Catalog Sync – How To Set It Up
5 Tips to Use Dropbox for Small Business

However, when 2000 files go missing (many critical) I have been forced to decide if I need to cancel my Dropbox account and look for a safer and more reliable cloud file storage solution.

In this article, I will explain how my files were deleted and what you can do to make sure that yours are safe – if you use a Samsung phone and Dropbox – make sure you read this!!![Read More…]

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Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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