Roni Rumsey Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Hi Brian, Just accidentally removed some files that I need using Clean my Mac. AND my EHD was plugged in. Is there any way to retrieve them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 What files did you remove? Where were they located originally? Main drive or EHD? Do you have a Time Machine drive because recovering files off a Mac is tough and you need recovery software to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I also let CMM3 just do the default system stuff, NEVER for everything else because I learned the hard way that file recovery is damn near impossible on a Mac. At least without special software installed prior to you deleting files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roni Rumsey Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 I have a Time Machine drive and EHD. The files were on main drive and EHD hadn't backed up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 What files were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roni Rumsey Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 They were NEF files that I thought I had unchecked when looking through the "Large File" option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yeah, I never use the remove the "Large Files" option. It's nice to know that they are there, but just for cases like this...it's tough to get files back on a Mac. Even when you use recovery software, it will find everything that's deleted, and usually put it back as a .TIFF file or something similar, not a .nef. Though you can get lucky. It's too bad that the Mac OS doesn't have a "Undo" feature, like here is the last 10 files that you deleted. Since the Mac OS is based upon Unix, it's tough to recover lost files. Basically, you need photo recovery software. Wondershare Photo Recovery Software looks interesting and it's free to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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