Trash in Mac operating system is similar to the recycle bin in Windows operating system. In Mac operating system the files that are deleted from the Finder of Mac are temporarily stored in trash. Trash is located at the root level of the drive and is an invisible folder in Mac operating system. “Desktop Folder” is called as root level drive in Mac operating system. When you delete a file in Mac, it is temporarily stored in an invisible folder called trash. You cannot view or access trash folder directly in Mac operating system graphical user interface as the default location of trash is root/user folder name/trash. Generally when you delete a file in Mac it is moved to trash. Later when you feel that you want the file back you can easily restore it back from trash. There are instances when you accidently delete a file using command + delete keys, then the file bypasses the trash instead of moving to trash, resulting in data loss. Mac file recovery from trash can be done using good Mac file recovery software.
Data loss may occur accidentally due to many reasons. Scenarios can be distinguished based on accidental deletion, improper operations, formatting errors, and still some other types like viral infection, unexpected power off, high temperature for hard disk, etc. Most common among them are as follows;
- MAC volumes are accidentally deleted.
- Re-partitioning or corruption may lead inaccessibility to volumes.
- Accidental deletion of files from command + delete keys.
- Files deleted due to fluctuation in power supply and journal corruption.
- Files deleted due to third party entry or improper shut down.
Even if the files bypass the trash they are not permanently deleted. They are still present on the hard disk of the system until they are over written by any new data. You can avoid data loss by maintaining backup of your important data regularly. Regardless of the reason for data loss, Mac data recovery software helps to restore all your deleted, lost or missed files from Mac.
Remo Recover (Mac) – Basic Edition is the best Mac recovery application to recover data from deleted or missing volumes, formatted or re-formatted volumes and re-partitioned drives. It uses the Universal Binary application, which helps the user work with both Intel and PowerPC Mac platforms. It has a very useful feature that helps you to find files from recovered data list within seconds using “Find-Tool”. It can also recover the data from the HFS+ and HFSX formatted Mac file system volumes. This efficient tool recovers data from all your complex data loss scenarios. This software is available with the trial version you can download the demo version and check for the recovery result. The main advantage of this software is, it is user friendly. All steps to recover lost files are clearly mentioned in the manual with screenshots. All you need to do is just download and install the software. Once the installation is finished, software will scan for lost files and it recovers all lost data and gives the preview of recovered data. It supports for Operating system like MAC OS X 10.5.x and above.