How to Recover Files Emptied from Trash on Mac OS X Yosemite

Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:00 | Written by Bradley Taylor | E-mail

You are happily working with a file on your Mac OS X Yosemite computer and trying to clean up some junk files, but suddenly you get distracted and accidently delete files you actually needed and have already hit the empty trash command. What can you do? Is it possible to get back files from an emptied trash on a Mac OS X Yosemite computer?

Spotlight

First, before you panic, make sure the files weren’t actually deleted by using the Spotlight program included on your Mac computer. Look for the Spotlight icon, which is normally at the top right hand corner of your computer screen. Just click this icon and type in the keyword for your missing file and see if it comes up. If not, then there are several options for getting back an accidentally deleted Mac OS X Yosemite file.

Trash Bin Empties Aren’t Really Gone for Good

Don’t worry, as the answer is a resounding YES! There are several methods of retrieving files from an emptied trash bin on your Mac OS X Yosemite computer. The reason for this is because when someone empties the trash bin, they aren’t actually totally deleting a file, they are merely losing access to that file. It is still on the hard drive, but it is no longer visible.

When a computer operator initially deletes a file, the computer actually keeps the file intact until that portion of the hard drive is needed, and then it gets overwritten by the new file. So, the best timeframe to get a file back from an emptied trash bin on a Mac OS X Yosemite computer is immediately after it has been deleted and the trash bin dumped.

Trash Recovery Programs for Mac Computers

There are several kinds of recovery programs that can be used to get back files accidentally deleted on a Mac OS X Yosemite operating system as long as the files hasn’t been overwritten by a new file. Here are some steps of the recovering files Emptied from Trash on OS X with Fireebok Data Recovery:

The Fireebok Data Recovery for Mac can get back more than 500 kinds of files on your Mac computer, including those accidentally deleted and dumped from your Trash Bin. All you need to do is download this great recovery program and install in onto a different partition, so you don’t risk overwriting the lost or deleted files on your Mac OS X Yosemite computer.

Step 1: Select Deleted Recovery mode;

Select Recovery Mode

Step 2: Scan your Mac hard drive after select the file location;

Select File Location

Step 3: Save the files you want to recover to your Mac computer.

Save Reocovered Files

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