Fellow humans, I was using Camtasia (video editing software) and it got stuck and I did force quite. Suddenly all folders in my desktop disappeared. I restarted my computer but it is still not there. These folders contained videos & audios so I may have overwhelmed the device, lesson learned, but I really need these files. It is worth months of work and I may have to quit my job if I didn't find it. I know the folders names but can't find them, I have been looking online since yesterday night for different solutions and tried many of it with no success. I listed the list of things I tried below. I'm really on the brink of a mental meltdown. Please any help will be really appreciated.
Something that may be useful, in tge video editing softaware (camtasia), I still have some videos from these folders, usually even if I moved the file to another folder or location, I lose the video in the software. Which means that the files are exactly at its location in the desktop (but as if it is in another dimension that I can't see). So maybe there is hope.
I already tried:
Guys I will really appreciate your help. Also, I'm using Mac El Capitan, my laptop is MacBook Air from 2011 so I can only upgrade to high Sierra, would you recommend that or will it make things worse?
Looking forward for your answers.
Something that may be useful, in tge video editing softaware (camtasia), I still have some videos from these folders, usually even if I moved the file to another folder or location, I lose the video in the software. Which means that the files are exactly at its location in the desktop (but as if it is in another dimension that I can't see). So maybe there is hope.
I already tried:
- Restarting laptop
- Finder (relaunching) & spotlight search
- Not in the trash
- I don't have ICloud on my laptop
- Don't have a time machine
- I don't have another user (e.g guest)
- Desktop icons ordered (right click-- sort by)
- Already selected all preferences in the Finder
- I used one recovery software but nothing
Guys I will really appreciate your help. Also, I'm using Mac El Capitan, my laptop is MacBook Air from 2011 so I can only upgrade to high Sierra, would you recommend that or will it make things worse?
Looking forward for your answers.