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After I repaired my laptop from apple Genius Bar, my MacBook initialization. I didn't do back up on iCloud and any other sources. How can I restore all apps and data before?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Sep 1, 2022 9:50 PM

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Posted on Sep 2, 2022 5:20 AM

iCloud isn’t a backup, but whatever was on iCloud Drive is still there.

If your email is server-based (IMAP, Exchange, etc), it is still on the server.

Apps purchased from the App Store can be re-downloaded. Others will have to be reinstalled from the source.

Everything else is gone. If it is worth it, you could try file recovery software/service if it wasn’t a T2 or Apple Silicon Mac.


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Sep 2, 2022 5:20 AM in response to sumach0

iCloud isn’t a backup, but whatever was on iCloud Drive is still there.

If your email is server-based (IMAP, Exchange, etc), it is still on the server.

Apps purchased from the App Store can be re-downloaded. Others will have to be reinstalled from the source.

Everything else is gone. If it is worth it, you could try file recovery software/service if it wasn’t a T2 or Apple Silicon Mac.


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