Accidentally, I moved or deleted all sub-folders of a folder and it has my project code changes. I know the sub-folder names from sourcetree. I’m using MacBook pro15” with MacOS Mojave 10.14.6. I tried searching in trash, hidden files, magnifier, terminal everywhere, couldn’t trace them. Can anyone help?
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In Finder, type cmd-ctrl-shift-F which should bring up Find by Name.
Type a name into the search field.
(You can also just type the name into a Finder search field and select the Name matches search token.)
Select This Mac from the Search: location.
If that has too many files,
Click the + button on the right side of the search location area.
Set that criteria to Kind is folder.
If you don't already have it turned on, select Show Path Bar from the View menu (it may default to on for a search).
Select one of the found folders and look at the path at the bottom of the window.
In Finder, type cmd-ctrl-shift-F which should bring up Find by Name.
Type a name into the search field.
(You can also just type the name into a Finder search field and select the Name matches search token.)
Select This Mac from the Search: location.
If that has too many files,
Click the + button on the right side of the search location area.
Set that criteria to Kind is folder.
If you don't already have it turned on, select Show Path Bar from the View menu (it may default to on for a search).
Select one of the found folders and look at the path at the bottom of the window.
If you have a Time Machine backup running the answer the answer is yes if not then you might have to invest in some data recovery software like Data Rescue https://www.prosofteng.com which may or may not get you back your files in a useable format
Thank you Sean, it helped. Found the RCA as a Java program ran on localhost force deleted the subfolders/files in the project path. I could retrieve it with Time machine.
Thanks Barney-15E. Tried the Options given by you. Still couldn’t find the sub-folders or the files inside them. Is it possible to restore the files, if it might have been permanently deleted.
How to find lost folders in MacOS Mojave1.14.6
