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So the association for .NEF is Photoshop?

Hi Brian, I want to thank you for the help. It certainly got me off to a great start. I really didn’t want to send my photos away. There are some issues I don’t want to get into but I didn’t want hand over photos of my grandkids to strangers. It was pointed out to me to try AI. Well $225 Canadian plus a new external hard drive, 90 hours later and as far as I can tell, everything is recovered! 300+Gb. The AI had me answer some questions and then recommended Disk Drill software. Thank you again for your time and help.

I saw this and looked through it while refreshing the Bridge setting and could not find where Topaz was listed first. Is there a specific file on the left-hand side I need to look for to change it? The finder settings were either Photoshop or not associated with either.

https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/16951-br2-09/

How can I change this default setting back to Photoshop? Picture below. Thanks!

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The biggest thing you can do at this point, and it's not something you want to hear, is to leave the EHD alone until you can afford such funds. The more you mess with it, as tempting as it is, the greater the chance of you really screwing up the drive. Mac computers are a real Royal PITA to recover data from. It's messy. If you still are determined, just try recovering a small insignificant folder first and see how it goes. The gradually ramp things up.

yes I am concerned about them too. I really didn't "cut" them. I was not at home when I typed that message and just made a word error. I can't afford those services. Maybe that software you recommended I guess. I am heart broken. I have 3 granddaughters who are competitive gymnasts and the youngest one just started to compete this year and was so excited for me to take the photos so they would display on my digital frame. The were literally the next photos I was about to edit.

Phew!!! I'm not trying to be an ass, but I'm genuinely concerned about your files. As for a Canadian Data Recovery, I'm not sure. You could try and find some place local. This is what the Google AI Bot came back with:

I am truly sorry about the "cut" typo. I have never ever ever used cut. Always copy, command + c

Also, I am not in the USA so I don't really want to ship to Gillware. I don't suppose you know a good Canadian company? Or maybe I can do myself since I didn't "cut" and paste.

Sorry, command c and command p

Sorry maybe used the wrong word. Not teck savvy. I used control c and control p. Was that wrong?

That's what I do. Keep it simple. Theft, Fire and Floods are all possible. Even if that "Flood" is the busted water pipe in the ceiling that's over your computer. That's why having a simple off-site backup is part of the 3-2-1 Rule. 3 Copies of your extremely valuable files, backed up on 2 different mediums and 1 is kept off site. The Cloud is great for convenience, but that only works when the internet is running and you have power with working hardware. What happens when a Tornado rips through your neighborhood? Sure your house might be standing, but you have no power for the next 3 months. Just having a simple large EHD can really help. Just make sure it is not a Flash Media Based EHD. You want a large spinning HD. SSD Drives and the like, need to be powered on, at least monthly, to keep the memory cells intact. Traditional Spinning HDs store data magnetically. You can still do your home server and OneDrive stuff...that's fine. I've also heard of good things with BackBlaze, but read the fine-print with them. They don't want to be dumping grounds, and if you delete the file(s) locally on your computer, they are also deleted on their Servers within 30 Days. I like the redundancy of RAID, so keep doing that. The extra EHD is just an extra insurance policy if things go sideways at the worst possible time. Disaster Recovery should just be a PITA/Time-Suck, but you should be able to fully recover within a day or two. Not weeks.

That's ok. Thank you for looking into this and letting me know!

Thanks Brian! Will do everything you advised. The way I understand it for off-site backup, it would be better to just purchase a large external HDD, copy-paste all my files at home, bring it to some other place, then repeat this say every month?

I SAID TO COPY THE FILES!!! NOT "CUT." THE REASON IS, YOU ARE DELETING THE SOURCE MATERIAL WHEN YOU "CUT." IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN DURING THE DATA TRANSFER, YOU COULD LOSE EVERY FILE. Copying the files keeps the source intact, so if something screws up, you can try copying again. At this point, I'm thinking you might want to reach out to Gillware Data Recovery Services. The drive inside could be fine, but Western Digital uses the cheapest USB interfaces / enclousres and that's where the problem could lie. I'd send the EHD to them and get a quote, especially if the images are that important.

Nothing worked. I cut and pasted the primary file folder. Which I could see. I didn’t look to see if the photos populated by clicking on the folder.

I'm so sorry, there's nothing can be done to improve this.

Yes, here you go!

The first jpg and pdfs copied over. Then I tried “frame new ones”. Result is attached. Not good. I will try a couple more of the smaller necessary files and report back later this weekend. I do have a questions about the folder: My Photos. It is a huge folder with many folders inside it. Eg 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Then within each year maybe 30 folders. (Eg. Granddaughter #1s birthday, #2s birthday, etc). The only necessary ones are 2025 and 2026. How do I approach this large folder?

YIPPPEEEEE!!! There is hope. Phew!! I love it when I am wrong in situations like this. First, let's try something simple, like those .jpg files and two .pdf files that I see in your screen shot. Copy them over. Do not drag / cut the files. Copy only. Then paste. If that works, then we step things up to the next level by trying to copy the folders that you can not live without. Copy / Paste these folders over to the new EHD. Then let your computer run overnight. Hopefully things will work. This will probably be slow, just let it run.

main directory on external drive loaded up in about 20 minutes. I have ejected it so I can use my computer. Everything seems there at this level anyways.

We have hope! OS Extended (Journalled) old and new drives.

New disk: