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HPD2021 Author

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Data retrieval

My son recently bought a new Mac Pro and air dropped his files from his old one. He then deleted the files from his old machine and also emptied the waste basket in order to free up space.

when he went back to his new laptop all the files were missing.

is there a way of retrieving the lost files?

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 12:58 AM

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kaz-k

Level 8

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Posted on Oct 2, 2021 5:34 AM

Hi,

I think you can't, though if you or your son have backup, TimeMachine backup, you can restore from it.

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