[Hidden-tech] Recover lost documents on Mac OS (no icloud)

[Claire Huttlinger]

Hi Shel,
Thanks, yes I scoured the search function, used every possible clue, and checked all the histories, and it is like this folder and all of its documents never existed. I got into Terminal and searched the temporary folder, and it looks like a root folder might be missing. I don't know enough to dig any deeper than that. I wonder if I somehow put an entire root folder in the trash.


> On July 28, 2019 at 1:44 PM Shel Horowitz <shelhoro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     Try searching for a couple of keywords in one of the documents. If it shows up, you will see the folder hierarchy. It is possible you accidentally renamed the documents folder and it's all still there.
> 
>     And if a finder search doesn't help, try searching from within an application such as word. The Mac's find function got a lot funkier several years ago. Though it is still way better than a PC.
> 
>     On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 12:15 PM Claire Huttlinger via Hidden-discuss < hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > wrote:
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>         > > 
> >         Greetings:
> > 
> >         Does anyone know how to recover a document folder form a Mac OS hard drive?  I have mysteriously lost one, and I have not emptied my trash or anything.  The folder and and all the documents it contained have disappeared from every history, the trash, the finder, everywhere.  Any thoughts?
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> >         Claire
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