Recover Deleted Files from Macintosh System

Now and then, you delete few unwanted files from your Mac computer. But sometimes important files get deleted along with useless ones. This kind of accidental mishap can happen to anyone and most of you put up with it thinking that files after deletion are permanently gone; however that’s not always correct.

You must be thinking how deleted files on Mac can be recovered; the answer is simple when you delete files or folders from Macintosh system. It just removes the entry of those files from the disk directory, where as the files are still present on the physical disk but the directory says “the space is vacant”. As long as you don’t write or add anything to the disk, recovery of deleted files is usually straightforward. There are four methods using which you can retrieve your deleted files back as mentioned below:

1st Method:Restoring deleted items from Trash

Trash is a place where deleted files are stored on Macintosh computer. So after deleting files, you need to check whether deleted files and folders are present in Trash Bin. If found simply drag and drop the required files to your desktop or any specified location. However, this method doesn’t work if you have emptied your Trash after deleting files from Mac.

2nd Method:Deleted file recovery using Time Machine Utility

If your Mac operating system was purchased after November 2007, then there come installed with Mac Leopard operating system. Mac Leopard system has important utility called Time Machine, which is a local program that allows you to quickly travel back to where your deleted files existed on Mac hard drive from where you can retrieve them. Even this method has disadvantage, because Time Machine is absent in older version of Mac OS.

3rd Method:Retrieving deleted files from updated backup

This is the best method from where you can retrieve your erased files or folders back, if you have backed up all important files from your Mac computer on any external storage device. Then you can restore them back from your storage drive effortlessly. But even this method fails in absence of an updated backup.

4th Method:Using Mac file recovery software to get deleted files back

You can successfully get back your deleted files on Mac by using expert Mac file recovery software. Yodot Mac File Recovery is advised and recommended tool to perfectly undelete deleted files from Mac hard drive. The software has the ability to recover music, video clips, Microsoft Office files, pictures and many other files from Mac hard disk, pen drives, memory cards, external hard drives, iPods and many more. It supports deleted and lost file recovery from Mac volumes formatted with HFSX, HFS, HFS+ and FAT file systems. It works compatibly to bring back files from various storage media on Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion operating systems.

Procedure to undelete files on Mac OS X:

• Download Yodot Mac File Recovery and install the application to your Mac machine
• Run the software and follow the main screen steps
• Choose “Deleted File Recovery” option to rescue your erased files
• The software scans and shows all Volumes present on your Mac system
• Select the Volume from where deleted files are to be obtained back
• The application repeats the scanning process and shows all deleted files from the selected Volume
• Choose the files that are to be saved and click on “Next” button
• The application also allows you to preview the recoverable files before saving
• Finally, save your rescued files to your desired destination location

Other Popular Software

Yodot Mac Data Recovery Recover files, folders from lost partitions, formatted partitions or from the Mac drives that do not mount. The application uses minimal system resources to recover data from such Apple Mac volumes.

Yodot File Recovery (Windows) Unleash the power of the fastest file recovery software to undelete your most important deleted file or the files deleted after emptying Recycle Bin. This easy to use application for Windows can recover all type of files.