Mac is a popular Unix-based GUI operating system developed by Apple Inc. It consists of different versions like Hera, Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Leopard, Snow Leopard, etc. Grail1Z4/Titan1U was the first version and Lion is the latest version of Mac OS X. It is an efficient operating system with a huge set of built-in applications to manipulate different types of file. It is highly compatible with most of the popular third party applications. Compared to Windows, Mac OS X is highly secure (virus free) and reliable operating system. Hence most of the people prefer to use Mac OS on their computers. You might be the one among them.
Like any other operating system, even in Mac operating system also sometimes user end up with deletion of files or an entire partition or volume, which is a common problem. This leads to a huge data loss. But now you have a solution to avoid loss of data. You can recover lost files on Mac operating system which are deleted even from trash by using a data recovery tool. They will also help to recover Mac data .This article explains the detailed procedure of recovering Mac files. But to understand it in a better way, it is good to know how the files can get delete. If you Google it, a big list of reasons will be displayed. A few common scenarios where a user might end up with deletion of files are explained below.
- Prior to installing a new copy of operating system, it needs to format the volume on which you want to install. At this point of time, if you accidentally format some other volume other than intended, then you might result in deletion of entire data stored in that volume.
- During fragmentation or defragmentation of disk, sometimes you might end with error like “DAE error -9073” which is due to logical error. In such instances you might end up with deletion of an entire volume or partition.
- Human beings are prone to errors. While deleting some unwanted files you might accidentally delete a file or a file folder by using Command + Delete key combination, then it will bypass trash which might result in deletion of files.
Whatever might be the reason, with a few precautionary measures you can easily avoid loss of data. Let us see some of them.
- Prior to deletion of any file or folder, it is advised to spend a few seconds to examine the contents and importance of that file.
- Before doing any major changes to your computer like formatting, it is always good to take a backup of a critical data.
- Use proper plug and play procedure while accessing data from any removable storage device.
In worst case scenario, if you land up with deletion of files, as I mentioned earlier you can undelete them by using an appropriate data recovery tool. They will help to get back your critical files. Remo Recover (Mac) – Pro Edition is one such popular utility using which you can recover and restore an entire partition which is lost or deleted from your hard drive. Download the demo version of the software by clicking on the following link http://www.remosoftware.com/remo-recover-mac.zip .The tool supports all types of file formats like media files, text, *.exe files, etc. It recovers and recognizes the file names after recovery. You can preview the recovered data before its restoration.