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How to Recover Files Deleted from Trash on Mac OS X?
Accidently deleted your important files by emptying the trash bin on Mac OS X? Or mistakenly deleted files using "Shift+Del"? Don't panic, you can get back the deleted files from trash bin on Mac if you have Data Recovery program like Data Recovery for Mac, which allows you to recover files deleted from trash on Mac OS X.
Generally, when we emptied Trash Bin (excluding secure emptying), what we actually deleted is not the file itself, but the entries from hard drive directory deleted. So the deleted files remain physically intact on the drive until they are overwritten by other files. And that means you have great chances to recover deleted files from emptied Trash Mac. In order to prevent overwriting we need to stop using the Mac immediately if we want to recover files deleted from trash on Mac OS X.
Tutorial: How to Recover Deleted Files from Mac Trash?
Free download the program on your computer, and then install it.
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Step 1. Choose the Lost File Recovery mode
Run the program and you will see the below interface. Choose "Lost File Recovery".
Step 2. Select the file location
Select the logical drive where you deleted your files, if you have more than one drives on your Mac. Then move to "Scan" to search your deleted files.
Step 3. Preview the recoverable files and select the ones we want to recover
When it finishes the scan, all files you deleted are listed with the original path, includes the files you deleted them directly from Library, desktop, or trash, etc. And the files you emptied from Trash are in the "Trash" folder. If you remember the file name you cal search the file by the "Filter options" to get it.
Step 4. Select a recovery path to save the recoverable files
When checking the file for recovery, click on "Recover" to get them back. (Note: In case the files would eventually overwrite the source data, we suggest you select another directory which is different from the source one, if there is only 1 partition, you can save the data on a removable device.)
See? With the user-friendly interface, you can recover files deleted from trash on Mac OS X with this Data Recovery for Mac just by a few mouse-clicks.
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