Wrote my Mac tech an 8-step plan for trying to recover lost photos, including visiting a friend who has some of my pictures on his computer, followed by this:
Okay, I called Phil and he can't even get his computer to turn on and is attempting to contact the last guy who messed with it. If he does not succeed by, say, 7:00 p.m. tonight, is it all right if I proceed with the other steps described in my previous email, skipping the one of checking Phil's computer, or will something awful happen?
Also, this is maddening. My iPhone has drunk the iTunes and iPhoto Kool-Aid. They all hate me and are determinedly out to get me. When I met Phil in the store the other day, I entered his information into my iPhone contacts and mine into his (I think his is an iPhone because it said "iPhone" rather than "mobile phone," but maybe that proves it's not.) I KNOW after I pressed "Done" that his information WAS on my phone at least, because I CALLED him after that and HE ANSWERED. What's more, the information I entered on his phone must still be there as he knew it was me (unless he just guessed).
So today when I go to my iPhone contacts to call him, all the other Ws are there, but PHIL IS NOT. I checked under the P's to see if it got smart and put him under there, but HE IS NOT ANYWHERE! The ONLY way I was able to call him today is by going to "Recents." (If the phone was really trying to Gaslight me, it should have deleted all record of that call, but no--I was too smart for it this time!) So I called Phil and this time wrote all his contact information on a piece of paper! I entered it again with same result--the other day Phil showed up among my contacts and today he did not! So I shut the phone off and turned it back on. This time, of course, it demanded not only my passcode but hair and blood samples and fingerprints to prove it was REALLY ME, but finally I got back into my phone and entered the contact a FOURTH TIME with the SAME RESULT! There is no "Save" or anything else to enter other than "Done," and HE IS NOT SHOWING UP!!!
Rant over. Now off to Google who else the wretched thing has done this to and what they did about it.