Restore Deleted QuickTime Videos

“Hi everyone, I was cleaning my Mac machine as it is filled out with many unnecessary files. There were lots of QuickTime videos consuming huge memory space on Mac hard drive; hence, I deleted some of them from my Macintosh computer. But after deletion, I was not able to locate some important QuickTime videos on system. I do not have backup of deleted QuickTime videos saved on Mac machine on any other storage drive. Please help me with apt way to get back deleted QuickTime videos on Mac OS X system.”

QuickTime is a program on Mac which is built to play audio and video file formats. You can even download your favorite videos on QuickTime. Sometimes you might delete your QuickTime videos as given in above scenario which might be posted on any technical forums. QuickTime video files can get deleted due to any of the scenarios as given below:

  • When you empty Trash using ‘Command Shift Delete and Option’ keys, all files including videos residing in Trash will be deleted permanently from Mac hard drive
  • Formatting Mac hard drive or volume on Mac computer where QuickTime videos are saved will deleted them along other data
  • Deleting important QuickTime videos using Mac terminal while deleting some junk videos by giving their path will erase them Mac system

Whatever may be the cause in which QuickTime videos are deleted, there are ways to get them back. You can restore them using Time Machine on Mac if deleted QuickTime videos are backed up on it. If not, then no need to worry on how to recover deleted QuickTime videos. You can retrieve deleted QuickTime videos using suitable video file recovery software such as Yodot Mac Photo Recovery software.

Deleted video recovery software for Mac:

Yodot Mac Photo Recovery software helps you get back deleted QuickTime videos from Mac computer. This application lets you get back deleted QuickTime videos in .mov file format from Mac hard drive and other external storage drive formatted with FAT16, FAT32, HFS, HFSX or HFS+ file systems. Other than MOV, his utility is capable of retrieving different video file formats like MP4, M4V, AVI, MPEG, MPG, 3GP, 3G2, RM, AVS, AVCHD, etc on Mac OS X. You can also restore deleted videos from MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Mini desktop and Notebook hard drives. It recovery of media files i.e. photos, audio files and video files from any supported storage drive on Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks OS based systems. Take a trial of software today to explore more of its features like easy navigation between screens, speedy scan process and so on.

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Procedural steps to recover deleted QuickTime videos:

  • Download Yodot Mac Photo Recovery software and install it on your Mac system
  • Run the tool and select “Deleted Photo Recovery” from main screen
  • Select volume on Mac hard drive from which QuickTime video files are deleted
  • From next screen, pick deleted QuickTime video file formats i.e. .mov file format, which you want to retrieve and click on “Next”
  • Software starts scanning selected volume for QuickTime videos and exhibits regained video files in “Data View” and “File Type View”
  • Click on any video file and select “Preview” option to view it
  • Save recovered QuickTime files using “Save” option on Mac hard disk or on external storage media

Handy Tips:

  • Do not format Mac computer hard drive or any of its volume without checking for important QuickTime videos
  • Regular take backup of your important data saved on Macintosh system using Mac Time Machine and restore QuickTime videos in case of deletion

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Yodot Photo Recovery (Windows)

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