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Almost every file moved to bin by automator app!

I was trying to use an automator script (i'm not 'confident' with it...) to move some files from a subfolder to a principal folder. I followed some instructions i found on the web (blame it on me). When i run the app, it started to move almost every file I had on my Mac into the bin folder. As soon as I realized it (a couple of minutes) I stopped the process. By now I have thousands of files inside the bin folder. But if I right click on the files inside the bin, it doesn't appear the option "Put back". Obviously i cannot restore thousands of files manually... Any suggestion?? I don't have a Time Machine backup (blame it on me again...). But the files actually have not been erased... just "moved"...

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Dec 20, 2023 10:22 AM

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Dec 20, 2023 3:55 PM in response to Pvolpetti

Pvolpetti wrote:

I was trying to use an automator script (i'm not 'confident' with it...) to move some files from a subfolder to a principal folder. I followed some instructions i found on the web (blame it on me). When i run the app, it started to move almost every file I had on my Mac into the bin folder. As soon as I realized it (a couple of minutes) I stopped the process. By now I have thousands of files inside the bin folder. But if I right click on the files inside the bin, it doesn't appear the option "Put back". Obviously i cannot restore thousands of files manually... Any suggestion?? I don't have a Time Machine backup (blame it on me again...). But the files actually have not been erased... just "moved"...


I would restore from backup, it does not have to be a time machine backup.


If you value your user data

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.

More than one device, more than one backup methodology.



if you have the automatic TM option clicked on it keeps local snapshots— you can restore from that

About Time Machine local snapshots



Almost every file moved to bin by automator app!

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