All of my files were deleted. How do I get them back?
Recently I logged on to the computer and I could not find any of the files I was looking for. How do I get them back?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Restore from your Time Machine backup.
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If all your files are missing
You may have logged in as a different user, such as Guest. Open the Users & Groups pane in System Preferences. Your name should be at the top of the user list, under Current User. See also this support article.
If files are missing from one folder
Change the Finder view mode; for example, from icon view to list view, or vice versa.
Have you tried some data recovery software? You can use the Google search tool in this regard. .My Mac Book Pro hard drive has crashed and I'm in the process of replacing it. However, I had a lot of important data on that hard drive that he needs recovered. Then I found this data recovery software that recovers data from corrupt/bad hard drives. And fully supported for NTFS/FAT32 mac files.
All of my files were deleted. How do I get them back?