[Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]

Alright guys ..
I could seriously use your help right now. Here's the story:


I've had some files in my trash can on my MacBook Air, that i wanted to delete permanently.

After i used the empty function on the trash can, i realized that some of the files couldn't get deleted.

So I got on the terminal and used the rmdir command, and altough i DID get some warnings (That i stupidly didn't read), i continued deleting the files i thought were in the trash can.

To my surprise, i found out that i was deleting some other important folders!!! I'm (almost) litterally in tears.


The question is:

Is it possible in ANY way, that i can cancel or redo the deletions i miss commanded?


I would REALLY REALLY appreciate any kind of help.

Thank you in advance guys

FPOBA

[thefro]

maybe try and google for file salvage - It may work?

[Noobo]

Is your computer still functioning? If it still works the files couldn't have been THAT important. If it is no longer functioning then you may need to reinstall OS X. If the computer had OS X Lion (10.7) or higher, then the HDD should have a restore partition, which can be accessed by holding Alt/Option on startup, until you see a list of partitions.

[Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]

Is your computer still functioning? If it still works the files couldn't have been THAT important. If it is no longer functioning then you may need to reinstall OS X. If the computer had OS X Lion (10.7) or higher, then the HDD should have a restore partition, which can be accessed by holding Alt/Option on startup, until you see a list of partitions.

There's nothing wrong with my computer. The only problem is that I accidentally deleted a folder with important documents . And that's what I want to recover

[Noobo]

Well here is what happens to files upon deletion: they don't necessarily get deleted, but instead they turn into "free space," which is when the data is still there, but the second something needs it, it'll overwrite the data. I'm not sure if you can do it now, but if you have a backup or put the files on iCloud, you could get them back.

[redfoxblack8]

Yea, hopefully you saved them to Icloud. There must be a way to retrieve those files though

[ElasticWeed]

Just get Disk Drill or some other type of recovery software and voilá, your files should come back!

[๖ۣۜÑåzgйŀ]

if you have any forensic skills AND if you did not securely deleted the files
then you can recover them
you can also bring your computer at a computer shop (some of those shops can recover that information

[Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]

Just get Disk Drill or some other type of recovery software and voilá, your files should come back!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!! <3 <3 <3 It worked! for like 70% of my deleted files!