diff --git a/packages/app/ios/RNFBApp/RNFBUtilsModule.m b/packages/app/ios/RNFBApp/RNFBUtilsModule.m
index 6feb422d84..d3d4403b6f 100644
--- a/packages/app/ios/RNFBApp/RNFBUtilsModule.m
+++ b/packages/app/ios/RNFBApp/RNFBUtilsModule.m
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ + (PHAsset *)fetchAssetForPath:(NSString *)localFilePath {
   if ([localFilePath hasPrefix:@"assets-library://"] || [localFilePath hasPrefix:@"ph://"]) {
     if ([localFilePath hasPrefix:@"assets-library://"]) {
       NSURL *localFile = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:localFilePath];
-#if TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
-      static BOOL hasWarned = NO;
-      if (!hasWarned) {
-          NSLog(@"assets-library:// URLs are not supported in Catalyst-based targets; returning nil (future warnings will be suppressed)");
+      if (@available(macOS 11, *) || @available(iOS 12, *)) {
+        static BOOL hasWarned = NO;
+        if (!hasWarned) {
+          NSLog(@"'assets-library://' & 'ph://' URLs are not supported in Catalyst-based targets or iOS 12 and higher; returning nil (future warnings will be suppressed)");
           hasWarned = YES;
+        }
+        asset = nil;
+      } else {
+        asset = [[PHAsset fetchAssetsWithALAssetURLs:@[localFile] options:nil] firstObject];
       }
-      asset = nil;
-#else
-      asset = [[PHAsset fetchAssetsWithALAssetURLs:@[localFile] options:nil] firstObject];
-#endif
     } else {
       NSString *assetId = [localFilePath substringFromIndex:@"ph://".length];
       asset = [[PHAsset fetchAssetsWithLocalIdentifiers:@[assetId] options:nil] firstObject];
diff --git a/packages/storage/ios/RNFBStorage/RNFBStorageCommon.m b/packages/storage/ios/RNFBStorage/RNFBStorageCommon.m
index d54ee14f82..c94e5f54e2 100644
--- a/packages/storage/ios/RNFBStorage/RNFBStorageCommon.m
+++ b/packages/storage/ios/RNFBStorage/RNFBStorageCommon.m
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ + (void)NSURLForLocalFilePath:(NSString *)localFilePath completion:(void (^)(
 ))completion {
   if ([RNFBUtilsModule isRemoteAsset:localFilePath]) {
     PHAsset *asset = [RNFBUtilsModule fetchAssetForPath:localFilePath];
+      
+  if (!asset) {
+    completion(@[@"asset-library-removed", @"iOS 'asset-library://' & 'ph://' URLs have been removed, please provide the correct path to resource."], nil, nil);
+      
+    return;
+  }
     NSURL *temporaryFileUrl = [RNFBStorageCommon createTempFileUrl];
     [RNFBStorageCommon downloadAsset:asset toURL:temporaryFileUrl completion:^(
         NSArray *errorCodeMessageArray,