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  1. U

    Sonoma 14.5 on M3 MacBook Air - Files randomly disappearing

    I'm running an M3 MacBook Air with Sonoma 14.5 and encountered what appears to be a very worrisome bug. I'm doing some local development where I have a NodeJS Express back-end serving up an API for a React based front-end. I've been running both on my local machine. The backend relies on a...
  2. T

    video disappeared, folder structure camera intact

    Dear People, My daughers musical video suddenly disappeared from my harddisk. The folder structure of the camera (from which I copied the video) is still there but the video is not to be found. Does anybody know what could have happened? I already used Disc Drill, no succes. Thanks! Teus
  3. trinsic

    Lost pictures after upgrading to Catalina

    Does anyone know what causes data loss in Apple Photo after a macOs update? I recently updated to Catalina and lost about 5000 photos in a specific date rate 2018-2019. I had thought I had a time machine backup, but Time machine failed to backup the data, due to the external drive running out of...
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    iPad App sometimes losing recent CSP save data in iCloud share?

    I'm working with a collaborator who recently switched from Windows to an iPad Pro for art, and largely it's working out very well. With one very notable exception, that I'm trying to figure out the cause of. Situation: App is Clip Studio Paint EX (subscription version). Files are stored in...
  5. L

    OS Update wiped out my Dad's iMac hard drive

    It's been ages since I've been on here but I'm at a loss of how to proceed outside of hiring a data recovery specialist company... My Dad has an 4K Retina 2017 [18,2] model that was purchased online through the Apple Store. It's been a champ up until about a month ago when an OS update...
  6. KernalOS

    2010 MacbookPro Backup

    I have an old 2010 MacBook Pro which has some pictures on it which I want to keep. However, I am unable to power it on and it no longer seems to work. Is there a way for me to recover the pictures from the hard drive?
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    Fusion Drive - Data Recovery

    I had a 2012 iMac that recently had the HDD fail. Took to a MicroCenter and they ran diagnostic, discovered physical failed and sent it off to a data recovery lab. The iMac had a Fusion Drive (HDD and SSD working in combo). I was then told by the data recovery center they could not complete the...
  8. Lodewijk_Ramon

    iCloud backup

    Does anybody know wether Apple backs up their enormous iCloud database(s). I read all about what I should do to have backups of my software and data. Part of that I entrust Apple with by for example making iPad-backup's on iCloud. but I also entrust Apple with my entire photo library in iCloud...
  9. U

    iPhone SE (2016) Forgot Passcode, requires complete factory reset

    So, my iPhone is completely disabled after I forgot passcode to it. I have no backups, no iCloud, no nothing. Is there a chance in this entire universe by which I can get any iPhone pictures back after doing complete factory wipeout? Any third-party program, any means by which this is possible...
  10. Azarzach

    iOS 10.3.2 goes wrong - Recovery mode loop - Need pickup few pics

    Hello dear co-users, after long research without any positive effect I decided turn to you with a question to help. Two days ago the iOS 10.3.2 update just pop-up, and me, standing on street waiting for a GF to pick me up from work, just press to install that update without any further...
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    Is it possible to have data recovery success with deleted Time Machine backups?

    Has anyone ever had success or has known of anyone who has had success in using data recovery software such as Data Rescue 4, to recover back ups that Time Machine chose to delete unknowingly to the user? I am dealing with a troubling situation in which both duplicate backups of my data have...