neoflyer
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Q: Where is "recently deleted" photos folder

I have been deleting duplicate photos (another question for another time) from my iMac.  When I do this sometimes a window pops up with a progress bar.  The window says "Moving to recently deleted".  I can't find this "Recently deleted" folder.  It's not in "Finder".  I tried opening "Trash" but it's not there.  Where might it be.  I need to recover some accidentally deleted images.

VIN,iMac (27-inch Late 2009), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 4:08 PM

by Terence Devlin,Apple recommended
Terence Devlin Terence Devlin
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A:

Are you using Photos on your Mac? Enable the Sidebar (View Menu)

 

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Posted on Jan 2, 2016 4:29 PM

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  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 1, 2016 10:28 PM in response to neoflyer
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    Jan 1, 2016 10:28 PM in response to neoflyer

    The Recently Deleted folder is a feature of iOS 8+. As a guess your photos are linked to iCloud, hence the message. You would have to recover any photos from your iCloud account from an iPhone or iPad or maybe by enabling iCloud Photo album on your Mac. I've never used the feature so it's conjecture on my part.

  • by Terence Devlin,Apple recommended

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 2, 2016 4:29 PM in response to neoflyer
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    Jan 2, 2016 4:29 PM in response to neoflyer

    Are you using Photos on your Mac? Enable the Sidebar (View Menu)

     

    Screen Shot 2016-01-02 at 07.28.20.png

  • by dialabrain,Helpful

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 2, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 2, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    thanks Terence. I was taking a wild stab at it.

  • by neoflyer,

    neoflyer neoflyer Jan 2, 2016 4:28 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 2, 2016 4:28 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    TThanks.  I found it under "File" in the task bar.  It scared my, though, as it was an empty folder at first.  After some time it propagated with images.  When I found the one I wanted and clicked to restore it the was a considera delay before it took affect.

  • by gterpen125,

    gterpen125 gterpen125 Jan 23, 2016 11:55 AM in response to neoflyer
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    Jan 23, 2016 11:55 AM in response to neoflyer

    I have this question, My side bar is open it is simply not there. My photos is not linked to iCloud. The recently deleted folder disappeared with photos and I never been able to find. If someone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

  • by LarryHN,Apple recommended

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 23, 2016 12:03 PM in response to gterpen125
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:03 PM in response to gterpen125

    That depends on undisclosed information - in Photos 1.0 it is under the file menu ==> recently deleted - in the current version of Photos 1.3 it is an album in the album section

     

    LN

  • by neoflyer,

    neoflyer neoflyer Jan 23, 2016 12:11 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:11 PM in response to LarryHN

    THanks

  • by gterpen125,

    gterpen125 gterpen125 Jan 23, 2016 12:12 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:12 PM in response to LarryHN

    Thx. running 1.3 it's not listed under albums like all the pictures of side bars are showing.

    Under Albums I have in this order: All Photos, Faces, Last Import, Selfies, Bursts, Screenshots.

    The next tab is iPhoto Events and that is it for my side bar.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 23, 2016 12:15 PM in response to gterpen125
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:15 PM in response to gterpen125

    Then the likely case is you have no recently deleted photos - it only appears when it has some contents

     

    LN

  • by gterpen125,

    gterpen125 gterpen125 Jan 23, 2016 12:25 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 23, 2016 12:25 PM in response to LarryHN

    Just deleted a couple - still nothing.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jan 23, 2016 3:02 PM in response to gterpen125
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    Jan 23, 2016 3:02 PM in response to gterpen125

    As a test launch Photos with the Option key held down and create a new, test library.  Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?

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  • by gterpen125,

    gterpen125 gterpen125 Jan 23, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Jan 23, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Old Toad

    Same thing - no recently deleted folder, in file drop down or side bar.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 23, 2016 3:25 PM in response to gterpen125
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    Jan 23, 2016 3:25 PM in response to gterpen125

    Not sure what the issue might be but I just tested this. Opened Photos, Deleted a photo which opened a location with a trash can in Photos sidebar called Recently Deleted. After recovering the deleted photo by right clicking on it and choosing "Recover", it was back and The Recently Deleted folder went away.

     

    One thing you might try since you are still running Yosemite is to repair disk permissions using Disk Utility. Then check it again. If that doesn't work I don't know what you can try.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Jan 23, 2016 3:25 PM in response to gterpen125
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    Jan 23, 2016 3:25 PM in response to gterpen125

    Where are you deleting the photos from?  If you're deleting from an album or project they only get deleted from that album or project.

     

    Delete a photo from the Photos or All Photos window and check the Recently Deleted album.

     

    Deleting Photos from a Photos 1.3 Library

     

    1 - regardless of where you are in the library, i.e. Moments, Collections, albums, smart albums or projects, select the photo(s) you want to delete and use the key combination of Command+Delete to move the photos to the Recently Deleted smart album.

     

    2 - click on the Recently Deleted smart albums in the sidebar.

     

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    3 - in the Recently Deleted album you can opt to let the photo automatically delete after the 30 day waiting period is up, delete them immediately or restore them to the library.

     

    Photos002.jpg

     

    NOTE: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with only the Delete key only deletes that photo from that item. Deleting a photo from a Moment or Collection deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.

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