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How To Recover Deleted Photos In Image Capture On Mac?

I imported photos using image capture but they were moved to a folder from my flash drive that wasn't connected to the laptop. My image capture is in default mode deleting imported photos after. Is there any way to recover those deleted photos? I am using MacOS Mojave version 10.14.3

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iBoysoft author Vain Rowe

Vain Rowe

Answered on Tuesday, January 27, 2026

As Mac sends the captured images to the drive that isn't connected to the computer by default, they might be stored in the temp folder. If you haven't restarted your Mac yet, you can recover the deleted photos in the temp folder:

Where is the Tmp or Temp Folder on Mac

If you cannot find the desired photos in the temp folder, try a data recovery utility to scan for the lost photos. I recommend iBoysoft Data Recovery Software here, which is built with excellent disk scanning skills and data recovery algorithms. It can recover deleted or lost files from unreadable, inaccessible, formatted, corrupted, and even broken hard drives with ease!

 

 

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