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How to Recover Files on a Mac OS

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By Naz Ir
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We all know the woe of accidentally deleting a file and then trying to recover it. On the Mac, it is not an easy process. Read on to learn how to recover files on a Mac OS.

From Quick Guide: The Power of Mac OS
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Norton Utilities for the Mac
  • Mac OS X
  1. Step 1

    Launch Norton Utilities' Unerase application

  2. Step 2

    Select the disk that the files were on.

  3. Step 3

    Click on the "Quick Search" button.

  4. Step 4

    When the scan is complete, select the files that you want to UnErase and then click "Recover."

  5. Step 5

    Select a disk to recover to, preferably not the disk you are recovering from. Norton Unerase places the recovered files in a Recovered Files folder at this location.

Tips & Warnings
  • Try searching in multiple directories to increase your chances of recovering the file.
  • If the file was deleted some time ago, it's possible that Unerase will not be able to recover the file at all.

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lijian said

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on 6/23/2009 I've use applexsoft file recovery to recover my mac file. it is very easy to use

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