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Q: how do i recover deleted photos from my macbook pro with no back up

how do i recover deleted photos from my macbook pro with no back up

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 6:37 AM

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Q: how do i recover deleted photos from my macbook pro with no back up

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Sep 19, 2013 6:44 AM in response to sam12334
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    Sep 19, 2013 6:44 AM in response to sam12334

    With expense, difficulty and no guarantee of success. But good luck anyway:

     

    Use a file recovery utility like File Salvage - you can download a free trial and it will scan the disk for you and tell you with might be recoverable. Actual recovery will require that you purchase the app. There may be many files with the same or similar names. Always recover the largest file size.

     

    There are other such apps. Search on Macupdate or the App Store

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 19, 2013 6:46 AM in response to sam12334
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    Sep 19, 2013 6:46 AM in response to sam12334

    By usign file recovery software like File Salvage or a data recovery service

     

    And learn your lesson and start bascking up today or this will happen again

     

    LN

  • by kellygreen222,

    kellygreen222 kellygreen222 Dec 5, 2013 7:26 PM in response to sam12334
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    Dec 5, 2013 7:26 PM in response to sam12334

    First scan your storage media where you lost your photos.

    Second analyze the the available data for recovering.

    Third recover the lost photos, videos, audios and other lost data.

    Fourth restore the lost data to the specific location wherever you want.

    Without backup, you can still recover deleted photos.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Dec 5, 2013 10:55 PM in response to kellygreen222
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    Dec 5, 2013 10:55 PM in response to kellygreen222

    Note that there's a large inference there between your Second and Third steps, and that's the notion that the data is recoverable and hasn't been overwritten.

     

    So, perhaps you might want to amend your last line: Without backup you can still recover deleted photos as long as they have not been overwritten by something else.

  • by catstoly,

    catstoly catstoly Apr 14, 2014 4:50 AM in response to sam12334
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    Apr 14, 2014 4:50 AM in response to sam12334

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Apr 13, 2014 11:17 PM in response to sam12334
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    Apr 13, 2014 11:17 PM in response to sam12334

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Apr 13, 2014 11:29 PM in response to catstoly
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    Apr 13, 2014 11:29 PM in response to catstoly

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  • by dean@26,

    dean@26 dean@26 Dec 10, 2014 2:20 AM in response to sam12334
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    Dec 10, 2014 2:20 AM in response to sam12334

    If the photos are in trash can, then it can easily be restored from there. But if not, then the third party tool is the only option. Some of the best recovery options are: Stellar Phoenix Mac photo recovery, Wondershare Photo recovery for Mac etc.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Dec 10, 2014 4:17 AM in response to dean@26
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    Dec 10, 2014 4:17 AM in response to dean@26
    Stellar Phoenix Mac photo recovery, Wondershare Photo recovery for Mac

     

    Yes, but as a general rule we avoid suggesting apps that persistently try and spam the forum, and which are typically ripped off from from open source and other alternatives.

  • by Hyponhre,

    Hyponhre Hyponhre Dec 10, 2014 8:25 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Dec 10, 2014 8:25 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Stellar Phoenix Mac photo recovery, Wondershare Photo recovery for Mac

     

    Yes, but as a general rule we avoid suggesting apps that persistently try and spam the forum, and which are typically ripped off from from open source and other alternatives.

    Yes, If you had backed up your Mac Pro before the deletion, then you can restore your photos from the backup file. If you haven't backed up yet, there is little chance for you to get these deleted photos backup. Or you can search in Google 'recover deleted photos from Mac Pro' for solutions as well.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Dec 10, 2014 11:10 PM in response to Hyponhre
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    Dec 10, 2014 11:10 PM in response to Hyponhre

    Yes, but use a professionally developed app and not a rip off one like the two you quote. As a spammer for this company, you of course, know that both of these apps are the same just branded differently. They both rip off established open source or commercial developers so don't use them.

  • by clodo9,

    clodo9 clodo9 Dec 12, 2014 5:52 AM in response to sam12334
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    Dec 12, 2014 5:52 AM in response to sam12334

    if you delete a pic from iphoto, it falls into your macs trash bin. Then if you delete it from this ( "main" ) trash bin, it's still on your hard disk, but is now allowed to be "overwritten" by the computer. This is why if you want to "bring back" that pic, it has to be done very shortly after that last delete. A few hours of work on the computer, and the file will have been, at least partly, overwritten, and the best of "retrieving softwares" won't bring it back. This is why kellygreen's "without backup, you can still recover deleted photos" is a horrendous concept: it can work in very, very limited cases, and in a very, very limited time frame !If you value your pictures, take the appropriate time to get info on how to properly "back them up" !

  • by Miller.Light,

    Miller.Light Miller.Light Mar 10, 2016 7:38 PM in response to sam12334
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    Mar 10, 2016 7:38 PM in response to sam12334

    If you go to photos, click on 'File' in the upper-right corner, towards the bottom of this tab, it will may say, "show recently deleted". Here it will allow you to see recently deleted photos, and you can recover them here as well

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 10, 2016 10:58 PM in response to Miller.Light
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    Mar 10, 2016 10:58 PM in response to Miller.Light

    That's true of Photos.app, but this is a question from two years before that was released..

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