How to recover iPhone videos converted to .jpeg after transferring to MacBook?

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How to recover iPhone videos converted to .jpeg after transferring to MacBook?

Hi! I just really need your help regarding this matter. Last month, I transferred all my photos and videos from my iPhone to my Macbook Finder due to full iCloud storage. Today, I've noticed that the videos that I transferred automatically converted to .jpeg. I am trying to convert it again to video format but there is no way I can do it. Can you please help me recover all my videos that are automatically converted. Those videos are very sentimental to me and I really need to fix this issue.

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Posted on Apr 23, 2025 9:25 PM

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Matti Haveri

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Apr 23, 2025 10:22 PM in response to mommajurs

mommajurs wrote:

I transferred to using command+C from my Photos app in mac and command+V to my Macbook Finder. Is there any way to recover these videos?

I guess that is the same as drag 'n drop which has obviously copied only .jpeg thumbnails of those movies (if their file size is tiny they are thumbnails of the much larger movies). Can you try the copy again via File > Export or from iCloud web Photos export? Or from a backup?

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Apr 23, 2025 9:50 PM in response to mommajurs

mommajurs wrote:

I transferred all my photos and videos from my iPhone to my Macbook Finder due to full iCloud storage.

How did you transfer them?? Via drag'n drop from Photos which should not be used because it might copy only thumbnails? Can you try the copy again via File > Export or from iCloud web Photos export?

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Apr 23, 2025 11:17 PM in response to mommajurs

mommajurs wrote:

I don't have any backup because it's already deleted permanently to iCloud :(

Check if they are still in the iCloud web Photos trash. If not, you might ask official Apple support if the movies could somehow still restored from Apple's servers. And you really do not have any local Time Machine or other backup?

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