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

[Claire Huttlinger]

Robert, can you tell me specifically what the command for finding a file is? I tried find -name and they say that the -n is not recognized. I tried a few others, but I have not found the command to bring up any file, even ones I know are there. Usually there is $ somehere.
Claire


> On July 28, 2019 at 3:11 PM Claire Huttlinger <chuttlinger at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>     So, Robert:
>     I have a tiny bit of experience with Terminal. I went in to look for temporary folders ($TMPDIR) and found that my list does not look exactly like the one in the example: a folder called qw was missing. I have no idea what that means, but there may be a root folder missing or a permissions problem. I will try the find name thing you suggest.Thanks
> 
>         > > On July 28, 2019 at 3:02 PM Robert Heller < heller at deepsoft.com mailto:heller at deepsoft.com > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         At Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:44:06 -0400 shel at principledprofit.com mailto:shel at principledprofit.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.
> > > 
> > >         > >         Two other possibilities:
> > 
> >         Could you have *somehow* renamed the folder to have a period as its first
> >         character? Files and directories whose names start with a period (under
> >         UNIX/Posix O/Ss) are considered "hidden" and don't show up under "normal"
> >         conditions. (MacOSX *is* UNIX, under the hood.)
> > 
> >         Secondly, Since MacOSX *is* UNIX, under the hood, you also have this
> >         option:
> > 
> >         Open a Terminal (yes, I know were are entering the totally scary (?) world of
> >         the command like) and enter (with the keyboard!):
> > 
> >         find -name "*one of your missing document names*"
> > 
> >         (The '"' and '*' are needed -- I am guessing your documents have "funny"
> >         characters, like spaces in them and you probably have no clue about the
> >         document's "suffix".) Don't forget to press ENTER and the end of the command.
> > 
> >         You can also try:
> > 
> >         ls -A
> > 
> >         (The find command recursively traverses your directory tree, the ls command
> >         with the -A open will show hidden files and directories.)
> > 
> >         Also, my MacMini has the locate command (I don't know if that is a standard
> >         feature of MacOSX or if I installed it as an after market thing, maybe with
> >         MacPorts). So that is another way of finding files.
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > 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:
> > > 
> > >                 > > > > 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?
> > > > 
> > > >             > > > 
> > >                 > > > > Claire
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