I have an imac. It has the latest version of mavericks, time machine and Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5. By mistake, some source video clips (mpeg) where deleted from inside Premiere Pro. I tried recovering them from Trash / Time machine. But no luck. it is as though those files never existed on the computer. Please advice as to how those files could be recovered from the computer.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Time Machine. Premiere Pro
Time Machine doesn't back up the Trash. You would have to look for the files in their original locations, or search for them in Spotlight from within Time Machine.
I understand that Time machine may not back up trash, but, the files were lying in their original folder for the past 6 months. Those should have been backed up the time machine. I know that they were because there were 20 files in the original folder. Out those, 5 files got deleted. Time machines shows the 15 files, but not those 5. I tried going up to 6 months back in time machine, but no luck.
If you're sure the files were not backed up, then you're in a recovery situation.
If the lost data is worth a lot to you, shut down the computer immediately and consult one of the well known data-recovery contractors such as "Drive Savers." Their services are very expensive. There are do-it-yourself solutions that cost much less, but are also less likely to work. I have no experience of data recovery and I can't be more specific.
The files have been backed up for the past 6 months by Time machine.
But you say you can't find them in your backups. I'm not sure what you're asking.
I am sorry to confuse you. Here are the facts -
-- the files have been backed up for the past 6 months.
-- by accident, my 7 year old deleted some files while in premiere pro. He was on it for about 1 minute.
-- I shut down premiere pro and the computer. Premiere pro did seem to give me some trouble while shutting down. It seemed to have hung up. But, was able to shut down the computer.
-- I rebooted the computer, open premiere pro and my project. The system was not able to find the source files.
-- The files disappeared from Finder. Then I went to Time machine and still no files.
What do I want? I want to recover those files. I am scratching my head here, the files disappeared from the original folder, they are not in trash and there is no trace of them in time machine!
Open the folder where the files used to be, then enter Time Machine. Scroll back to a snapshot taken before the files were deleted. If you don't see them, search for them by name in the search box. If they don't appear in the search, then, for whatever reason, they were not backed up. That's all I can tell you. In general, I always tell people that one backup is not enough to be safe.
Unable to recover source video clips from Time Machine/Trash
