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Q: I use a budget from time to time with the Excel program.  Some how I deleted while cleaning up my Finder files.  Any idea how I can get it back .  I dumped the trash.....

Is it possible to retrieve a file from trash after it's been dumped?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Feb 6, 2016 9:16 AM

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  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Feb 6, 2016 9:29 AM in response to sal5651
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    Feb 6, 2016 9:29 AM in response to sal5651

    If you have a rotating magnetic drive, there are third-party Utilities such as Data rescue available. Note: Data Rescue requires a different drive onto which to save the recovered files.

     

    If you have an SSD drive, your files are GONE.

     

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    If you do not have a Trusted Backup, you have made a conscious decision NOT to keep any of the files on your Mac permanently. It is only a matter of time before a major failure takes out everything. "Any Disk can fail at any Time."

     

    The solution to this problem is to get an External drive about 2 to 3 times (or more) the size of what you would like to keep, and activate Time Machine (included on your Mac). This drive does not need to be fast -- USB-2 will suffice.

     

    After the first very long Backup cycle, you will find that Time Machine works quietly in the background at low priority without interrupting your work, and it "just works" to backup files so that when you need a copy, it is there.

  • by lllaass,Helpful

    lllaass lllaass Feb 6, 2016 9:31 AM in response to sal5651
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    Feb 6, 2016 9:31 AM in response to sal5651

    Try a disk recovery app:

    Top Ten Mac File Recovery Review 2015

    you may be able to download a demo of Data Rescue 4, and the demo will give you an idea of what it can recover. If it looks promising, you then can buy the software.

    http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

  • by sal5651,

    sal5651 sal5651 Feb 6, 2016 9:32 AM in response to lllaass
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    Feb 6, 2016 9:32 AM in response to lllaass

    Thanks for the help, I'll give it a try.