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How do I restore deleted files from the Mac Trash folder?

How do I restore something that was in my Trash folder that has been deleted?

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iBoysoft author Anna Yuan

Anna Yuan

Answered on Wednesday, November 22, 2023

As you've deleted the data or files from Mac Trash Bin, you can't simply recover the data by the 'Put Back' function in Mac Trash. But don't worry, this doesn't mean the deleted files that were previously kept in the Trash folder are gone forever from the Mac hard drive.

In fact, it only marks the storage space the deleted files used to occupy can be used for new data writing. That is to say, there is an opportunity to recover the deleted files as long as the data haven't been overwritten. 

Therefore, stop any data writing steps to the Mac hard drive immediately and perform deleted data recovery ASAP! If you have backed up your Mac with Time Machine or iCloud before, you can perform data recovery using Time Machine or iCloud. But if you have no backups in hand, then the data recovery software should be your last option to retrieve your deleted files.

Here, iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac is recommended, which is a professional data recovery software for Mac to recover deleted files from Mac Trash Bin. This powerful data recovery tool is compatible with Intel Macs and Apple Silicon Macs with M1 and M2 chips and also works on macOS 13/12/11/10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12 and OS X 10.11, which is also able to recover emptied Mac Trash

To recover deleted data from Mac Trash Bin using iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac, do the following:

Step 1: Free download, install, and launch iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac. 

Step 2: Select Storage Device or Disk Image under Data Recovery.

Step 3: Select your macOS internal disk and click Search for Lost Data to start scanning.

Step 4: Once the scanning process is finished, you can filter these recoverable files by different categories and then preview the scanning results. Select all the deleted data you want to recover and click "Recover" to retrieve them from the Mac disk. Rember to not store these recovered files in their original place to avoid data loss.

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