I played a video file that was saved on a flash drive on my iMac. After the video played, it was automatically deleted from the flash drive. I did not physically delete the file. When I closed the file, it simply vanished. Is there anyway to recover the file?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Not sure how it could self delete, but try reconnecting the drive and then check Trash - does it appear in there? If so, right click on it and select 'Put back'.
Thanks for your response. I didn't notice the file in the trash after this occurred. If it was there, it is long gone by now anyway since I've emptied the trash several times since the incident (unless someone has an answer for recovering files that have been deleted from trash?). If it happens again, I'll pay closer attention to what is in the trash and see if this works. Thanks again.
lost video file from a flash drive using iMac
