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Hello,
I have a quite urgent question. 5 days ago, I wanted to move some files to an external hard disk I use for storing files I don't often need. I dragged the folder in which the two files were to the hard disk, on which I have a folder with the same name. What I assumed what would happen is that the two files would be merged into the folder on the hard disk (as would happen in Windows, which I'm more familiar with). Therefor I closed the Finder window and went on with my business. But, 5 days later, I inspected the contents of the hard disk again. In the folder concerned there were only the new two files. All the other files, several GB in size, have disappeared. There's nothing in my Recycle Bin, not even in the hard disk's own Recycle Bin. How can I get those files back? I don't use Time Machine yet, I'm only just new to Mac. Would buying something like Mac File Recovery 3.01 help? Is that still any use or do I have to consider those files to be lost forever? Please help me!
I have a quite urgent question. 5 days ago, I wanted to move some files to an external hard disk I use for storing files I don't often need. I dragged the folder in which the two files were to the hard disk, on which I have a folder with the same name. What I assumed what would happen is that the two files would be merged into the folder on the hard disk (as would happen in Windows, which I'm more familiar with). Therefor I closed the Finder window and went on with my business. But, 5 days later, I inspected the contents of the hard disk again. In the folder concerned there were only the new two files. All the other files, several GB in size, have disappeared. There's nothing in my Recycle Bin, not even in the hard disk's own Recycle Bin. How can I get those files back? I don't use Time Machine yet, I'm only just new to Mac. Would buying something like Mac File Recovery 3.01 help? Is that still any use or do I have to consider those files to be lost forever? Please help me!