Recovering Deleted Files on Mac OS X
Mac OS X features the Time Machine utility to enable you to complete the data recovery and backup processes for your Mac. Use Time Machine to recover any deleted files from your Mac's hard drive. To complete the recovery, you must have previously created a backup of the files or else you will have to rely on expensive third-party programs that will not always be able to retrieve the files.
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Instructions
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Connect the external hard drive that holds the Time Machine backup files to your computer.
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Click the "Time Machine" icon on the dock or from the "Applications" folder. The Time Machine restore interface will appear.
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Type the name of the deleted files into the "Spotlight Search" field in the Time Machine interface to locate the backups of the deleted files.
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Click on a file to select it and click the "Restore" button to recover it to your hard drive.
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