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I cannot find "Put Back" in Lion Trash folder. How to I restore accidentially deleted files?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
If you right click (or control click) on the item in the trash you will have the option to "put back"
EE
If you right click (or control click) on the item in the trash you will have the option to "put back"
EE
Neither choice resulted in Put Back appearing in the menu.
EE
I accept that it is supposed to be there when I right click or Control Click but it is not. I have OPEN and OPEN WITH and all below EMPTY TRACH but no PUT BACK.
If you take a screen shot (COMMAND+SHIFT+3) it will output to your desktop, if you trash the screenshot are you able to right click on IT and obtain the "Put Back" option?
EE
Yes. So I assume that when I deleted the music files that I somehow messed up the put back option for them. When I trash other files, they have put back. Again, there must have been something with that particular set of files. Thanks.
Are your deleted files that lack the option stored on an external drive by any chance?
EE
Yes, they were as a matter of fact.
badabing! I suspect your drive is not indexed, or not indexed properly.
Are you able to use Spotlight to search for items on the drive?
EE
As far I was aware - on OSX and Windows for that matter - any files deleted from an external drive/USB stick etc do not go into the Trash/Recycle Bin.
They are referenced in the Trash Bin until you empty it, but the files are still located on the external itself.
EE
the 'Put Back' option is not available in Lion.
Or has anyone found out how to get it back!?
did you read the entirety of the thread?
EE
It shows the "Put back" for me if I select only one files. This is almost useless if you have too many files to restore. I found out that it also shows the "Put back" in case you select files which were originally in the same folder. Now the problem is, that finder does not have the option to show the original location, so that at least we could order by it and do the restore per folders. Quite annoying. I have 4000+ files to recover... The only thing to speed it up is to place the "Delete" button on the toolbar (using View/Customize toolbar and drag the bin to the toolbar). If you start selecting multiple items in the trash, the button will blank out when you select items which were not in the same folder originally. So the Finder knows the original location, why can not it be used in the view? ....its again even more ANNOYING.
Your trash is filled with mulitple location files. Another words if you have JPEGS that go to JPEGS directory and DOCS that go to DOCX direcoty then select only one type of files and right click. The "Put Back" will appear as long as those file locations are exact.
Lion Trash folder
