I do believe most of you have met the data loss problems which are caused by wrongly operation or virus infection on your Mac. And according to the research, most of the data loss problems are actually caused by ourselves. So, the problem “how to recover deleted files” may be the hottest topic on every tech forum. In this article, we will simply explain how the data loss problems happen and what we can do to perform Mac file recovery by ourselves.
The Normal Situation We’ve Met about Data Loss
In our daily lives when are using our Mac, the most important thing is not the Mac we are using but the data or files we reading or writing on our Mac. Because if the Mac hardware is broken, we can get another one to instead of it, but if the data or files are lost from our Mac hard drive due to the reasons below, then it may be a little bit difficult or even no way to retrieve deleted or lost files back:
1. Wrongly deletion. This happens normally when we are using our Mac, even using the storage device. If we only delete the files on Mac, you may restore the files from Trash Bin. But if you’ve emptied the Trash Bin or press deleted button on your device like digital camera, it may be difficult for you to get files back.
2. Operating System crashed. This may also caused by our human beings because some of us might download some apps from different places. If we get the apps from Mac Store, that OK. But if we get the apps from some sites which are not proved to be safe, then some problems will be caused and the operating system crashed will also happening on your Mac. Even worse thing is some of this kind of apps will steal the private information on your Mac like your bank account or password!
3. Virus infection. Yes, the virus infection now appears on Mac OS X (Though lots of experts tell that it is impossible for Mac to infect virus, but who knows?). As the wrong apps we talk above, those virus may also steal your personal information and damage the file system and make data loss happens!
The Possibility of Recovering the Lost Files ![12612994671571]()
After reading the above info, you may know the normal reasons which make data loss happens. So, what’s the next? Sure the method to recover deleted files on Mac is.
Sometimes, the deleted files or data cannot be found on Mac or device so users consider the files are deleted completely and not ways to get them back. Actually, once users act the correct operation, the files are really retrievable.
In generally speaking, lost data recovery can be divided into two ways: Hardware
Recovery and Software Recovery. If you met the data loss problem caused by physical damage like dropping on the ground, fire burning or striking, etc, these are belonging hardware recovery field but not in our discuss range, so we will only talk about the software recovery field.
Though we say that the deleted files can be recovered, but this is based on the “deleted files” are not overwritten by new files. May be you will say that “The files are deleted already, why you say the new files will overwrite the ‘deleted files’?” Actually, the deleted files are not really erased from your Mac hard drive or device, when the operating system process the deletion, it only frees up the space of the “deleted files” so that the Mac hard drive or device has enough space for you to store new files. That’s why we can restore lost files on our Mac or storage device.
But there is not 100% for you to get the files back if you put new files into your device since the new files which are put into the device and instead of the deleted files.
In a word, the possibility of retrieving deleted data is still there, but it is based on the data overwritten did not happens. So here we give you a suggestion: DO NOT do any operation on your device until you find the method to get the correct way to get back lost files on your Mac.
That’s all, those we talk above are the tips for you when you want to process lost files recovery on Mac. For getting the solution to recover your lost files from your Mac, view this post on our technical blog for the details.
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