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data recovery

  1. C

    Best approach to save my dying drive?

    i'm using a late 2012 imac, and i have 2 separate bootable drives (SSD1 and SSD2). I've been mainly using SSD2, which as of recently started failing. The computer would randomly just restart, and this behavior would slowly increase, until the computer would almost not boot anymore. Maybe every...
  2. purdnost

    Missing Subtasks in Reminders: Seeking Solutions

    Upon noticing the absence of subtasks in several of my Reminders sublists recently, I observed that this issue seemed arbitrary, occurring alongside fully intact sublists. Since these are recurring reminders, I typically only review them when prompted, making it challenging to pinpoint when the...
  3. S

    iPhone SE (2016) Does iphone data migration also transfer the data of deleted photos/videos?

    So this question might be somewhat confusing, but I will try to be as clear as I can. If I perform data migration from iphone SE to iphone 12 mini, does iphone SE also receive data of deleted photos, videos, etc? If I performed data recovery on iphone iphone 12 mini, would photos that were...
  4. S

    iPhone SE (2016) Can I restore deleted photos/videos from an iphone backup

    So, I have an iphone backup file of Iphone SE (1st gen). The backup was not encrypted. If I restore this backup file to any iphone, will I be able to perform data recovery and recover deleted photos and videos(deleted more than 30 days ago)?
  5. S

    Data recovery; external bootable clone died during upgrade. How to recover?

    Hello all. I decided this weekend to try to roll back my MacBook Pro 2012 from Catalina to Mojave. I have a bootable clone made with Super Duper. I wiped my laptop's hd whilst booted from the clone but during the process the clone crashed and is now unreadable. Disk Utility is telling me the...
  6. purdnost

    Apple Photos Library - 200K Photos Gone

    I’ve been importing thousands of photos and videos into a new Photos library on my HDD. Due to slowness, I decided to move the library to a SSD. I stopped the transfer of any media, then attempted to eject the HDD. It wouldn’t eject, so I force ejected it through macOS. I plugged it back in and...
  7. amitmo

    iPhone SE 2nd Gen - iPhone unavailable

    Hi, I recently updated iPhone SE 2nd gen to iOS 16.1.1 through iTunes. Post that I got a msg of Attempting data recovery. The phone restarted and now it has a display of iPhone unavailable without any timer. I haven't forgotten the passcode or my Apple ID I do not have any backup of the phone...
  8. S

    Disk Drill scans suddenly not showing "Trash" folder anymore

    Usually when I do a Disk Drill scan to recover deleted files, one of the things it shows is the "Trash" folder and I'm able to easily recover my files from there. But suddenly, whenever I do a scan now, the trash folder isn't showing up for ANY of my drives (not internal OR external). I also...
  9. aaron321

    *EMERGENCY* Dying, but not dead hard drive!.. What is the best recovery software?

    I desperately need help with an attempt to get all files copied over from a 8Tb dying hard drive. I do not know how long I have. I do know it's important to describe the drive's current status, so I will do so here: 1) Drive was starting to slow down during a copying process, now copying a...
  10. R

    deleted note files

    Hi, I have a major problem and I accidentally deleted all of my boss's over 600 note files in the note app on his macbook and they were connected to the iCloud. All of them are very important files and informations that are vital to our work and his. I tried to recover the lost files and I'm...
  11. C

    Any best practices/things to keep in mind when approaching data recovery? is my approach correct?

    I have a late 2012 iMac, of which it’s internal HHD just died and 650+gigs were deleted somehow. Now I am running everything of a bootable external SSD, have the internal HD still inside the iMac and am now looking into how to recover my data. After reading about this for a few days, I...
  12. Estut

    Data recovery from late 2013 MBP SSD

    Hi there. My late 2013 model MacBook Pro Retina 13” won’t power on at all. Specs: A1502 - EMC 2678. So I can't access the old MBP anymore. I’ve purchased a 2020 Air model to replace it. But, I would like to transfer some files from the old SSD to the new one (most files are in the cloud). My...
  13. MacinMan

    Looking for a reliable solution to exract iCloud backups

    Hey all, I have a unique situation here that I'm hoping to be able to get some data back and save time. In December I upgraded from, iPhone 7 Plus to an iPhone 12 Pro Max. As part of this process I restored an iCloud backup of the 7 Plus to the new phone, and for the most part it was fine...
  14. Appledoesnotlisten

    Preventing Data Recovery from a Factory Reset Mac

    I am going to sell two Macbooks that are now hosting a bunch of sensitive info. i am aware that certain apps can recover deleted data, even after a factory reset, and want to prevent that from happening to my computers. What are the most reliable and yet not overly time-consuming ways of...
  15. D

    Iphone Recovery - HELP PLZ

    Hi all, I was updating my IOS via Itunes (Iphone7) like I have done for the longest time. This time i was presented with a recovery screen. Typed in my password and it started to recover the data. Then it errored out at the last second. it did this about 10 times. I got fed up with it and...
  16. K

    Recovering iPhone without Data Loss

    Hi! I will try to be as detailed as I can be to make my situation clear. I have an iPhone X with IOS 13.3.1. I didn't allow time for a software update and it fell into Recovery Mode with the logo blinking and occasionally the iTunes Restore screen. I was able to exit Recovery Mode without...
  17. 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?
  18. L

    External HD data recovery

    I made a stupid yesterday. In an external HD dual dock, I attempted to move data from one external HD to another HD in the dual dock. I had ample space to make the transfer. Unfortunately, instead of copying the desired data to the targeted HD, it made a clone, thus, overwriting the data...
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    Data Recovery on SSD Accidentally Restored

    Hello, This afternoon after backing up enough data from my 1TB Samsung SSD, I decided I had enough free space to create two partitions. The idea being that I was going to use Disk Utility to create a clone of the boot partition to the empty one, and then clean install Sierra onto the boot...
  20. spaceguns

    APFS system volume recovery after Macbook Air logic board failure

    I only have partial information, and do not 100% know the exact OSx version or how full the drive was, but I think it was pretty topped out. No recent backups, important data, and I have already put the fear of god into them regarding backups so this doesn't happen again. They have a several...