Please HELP! Pictures from hard drive in trash and can't get out...

Hi,
Over the last two days I have been sorting all pictures on my old Mac Book Pro (OS X 10.5.8). I put all pictures on my Lacie Hard Drive and deleted the pictures from my Mac Book.. I am cleaning it so the kids can use it.
I got all the pictures I wanted on the LaCie and did an image search on the MAC. Since they still popped up. I deleted those files, but suddenly I realized it was deleting the pictures from my LaCie. I stopped the operation, but 2000 images are now unsorted in my trash. I tried to delete them (so they return to their original location), but that command does not work, probably because they came from the external drive...
I still have the pictures, so guess thats good. But would like to know how to quickly get them back in the folders I made, without having to look at them one by one and drag them back...
THANKS!

You need to re-attach (mount) the LaCie drive and then you should be able to put the photos back. Give that a try.

Thanks for the reply. I tried and it did not work. I need to find a way to access the Lacie "trash folder" but it does not appear in finder. If the Lacie is unmounted my trash on the computer is empty. When I mount the LaCie to my new computer it shows up in that trash folder. I can't delete or "put" back the files from there...

That's correct. The "Put Back" feature only works with the internal hard drive. When I said re-attach the LaCie, I should have also stated "drag and drop the files from the Trash" to put them back. See if that works for you.

Yes, that does work, but it is not going back to the original folder. It just drops the file in the location where I put it. I was hoping there was a way to get them back where they belong. I spent so much time sorting them... unfortunately the deleted files are randomly from all my folders....

I understand, but the important thing is getting them back. It helps to open another Finder window when dragging and dropping. I use a handy application called "Path Finder" which makes the job of dragging and dropping to individual folders very easy. The app is not free but for me it's a must have.

Thanks. I was hoping I did not have to go through the sorting process again. My plan B is to copy them back into my empty iPhoto on the old computer, sort them there in events and copy them back to the folders on the Lacie... guess I have some work to do... I am waiting for an answer from LaCie, because it seems strange that I can't access the deleted files on the HD directy.

DaRosa said:

would like to know how to quickly get them back in the folders I made, without having to look at them one by one and drag them back...!

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If it comes to that, use QuickLook. That might go a little faster.

This is really a comment or question for chscag—and I'm not sure the rules allow questions within questions, as it were...

You regard Path Finder as a "must have" app. Any experience with TotalFinder? I'm in the process of choosing a file manager & have no personal experience of either.

Ian

@IWT

Happy to give you my opinion. I've used TotalFinder, PathFinder, and also the free muCommander. Of the three I prefer PathFinder for its ease of use. While it's not free, (the other two are) it provides a very easy way of moving files and folders plus some other things which are not available in the Finder.

You might also want to give "muCommander" a try. If you're familiar with the old "Norton Commander" from MS DOS, this free file manager will remind you of it.

Truly grateful for your time and advice, as always.

Ian

IWT said:

This is really a comment or question for chscag—and I'm not sure the rules allow questions within questions, as it were...

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Not really. It's known as "thread hi-jacking". But, the answer to the OP's question was pretty straight forward and conclusive.

To DeRosa, if you come back: Did you get it all squared away? By some easy method, or grinding it out one at a time?