deleted word document from trash

My daughter has deleted her university dissertation by accident. She is inconsolable as it is due to be submitted on Monday 20th Jan.

We are trying to recover this ... its a simple word document which was inadvertently moved to trash and then deleted when emptying trash.......is it possible to recover??


Posted on Jan 15, 2020 1:49 PM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2020 5:08 PM

You may be able to use a recovery application or utility; depending on if the item could be found

in the Mac. Assuming you've already looked in the Trash; it still may be found elsewhere. (Or not.)


IF your mac has been making Backups via Time Machine, those could be useful; if done in advance.

• Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203981


• How To Recover Unsaved Or Lost Word Documents On Mac - MacWorld UK

https://www.macworld.chttps://www.anysoftwaretools.com/best-mac-data-recovery/


• How to Recover Delete Files On A Mac - MacWorld UK

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/recover-deleted-files-3510559/


• Quick Tips to Recover a Deleted or Corrupted Word Document

https://www.anysoftwaretools.com/recover-deleted-corrupted-word/


• 10 Best Mac Data Recovery Software (That Actually Work 2019)

https://www.anysoftwaretools.com/best-mac-data-recovery/


(There are some rather manual - command line - methods to try

among the 'best mac data recovery software' ~ such as TestDisk.)



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