Lost my iMac in Hurricane Ian

Our house was hit with a 8ft storm surge. My iMac was submerged & is dead. Is there anyway I can retrieve the items on my old desktop?

Posted on Oct 10, 2022 8:20 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2022 8:58 AM

Not likely unless you had an external HD with backup. If the computer was submerged then the HD was too which likely killed it. You can try data recovery services however prices start in the 5 figures to get some of your data back.

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Oct 10, 2022 11:30 AM in response to chadisrael

I'm so sorry to hear about this!


+1 on exploring hard disk recovery options.


However, if you haven't already, moving forward, you may want to store all your files and photos in iCloud so you always have your files stored off-site:


Here are some resources on setting up iCloud for Mac:



Jack

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