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11-15-2010, 01:12 PM #1
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How can i recover something from the trash on my external HD?I deleted something in my external HD that I want to recover. i haven't emptied the trash on my mac so it hasn't been deleted yet. However, unlike my Mac, I can't seem to find the trash on my external. How can I view trash on it?
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11-15-2010, 01:21 PM #2
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11-15-2010, 01:56 PM #3
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That's not really true. The external will have a hidden .Trash folder on it. That's why the external hard drive must be attached and mounted first before you can recover items from its Trash.
OS X will create a hidden Trash folder and other hidden files on any drive that is mounted, be it a hard drive or flash drive.
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11-15-2010, 04:41 PM #4
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As chscag says just boot from the external, assuming of course you have an operating system on it. Then find trash and remove article/s.
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11-15-2010, 04:45 PM #5
It's there - try /Volumes/<name of external>/.Trash. Open up a Finder window, push Shift-Command-G and enter the directory of your external (while it's plugged in of course). So, if your external was called "myextdrive", you would enter /Volumes/myextdrive/.Trash
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08-06-2012, 09:48 AM #6
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Recover trashHello there
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I am screwed when i lost my files from trash, And there are many more time i lose it from, my volumes but i managed some how but this time when i lost my files from trash i am screwed as those files were my presentation files of school and i need those files back at any cost. Can anybody say how to recover mac trash
. i downloaded the trial version of the software but couldn't do much so please suggest.
Regards
Steve
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08-06-2012, 09:23 PM #7
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If you could not find the files when the external drive was connected that is a bit odd. Have you added any new files to the drive since deleting the files you need? You might give Data Rescue 3 a try. It is not cheap but there is a demo that you could try before buying the software.
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05-03-2013, 01:00 PM #8
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You do not have permission to view....I followed the above instructions, but I get a message saying that I don't have permission to view the Trash folder. I am the Administrator.
I would appreciate help so I can delete about 50 giga in that file. I just want to make sure I want to delete it.
Thank you!
Gloria
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05-03-2013, 01:34 PM #9
As long as you have full permissions over the drive, you should be fine. Do you have any problems accessing any other content on the drive?
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05-03-2013, 02:39 PM #10
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Where do I see, if I have Full Permission? No, I have no problem accessing anything else.
I am trying to at least view what is in that Trash folder. I purchased Clean My Mac2 and it shows the Trash folder with about 50 gigs of photos. Since it's the first time I use it, I want to make sure I am not deleting anything I don't want to delete.
Thanks so much for your help!
Gloria
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