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  1. ehsanvaravi, Nov 21, 2008

    ehsanvaravi macrumors newbie

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    i wanted to empty my trash and i used
    sudo rm -rf.trash/ *

    after this everything just gone, even the files on my desktop and even any preferences that i had made for my imac. what can i do??
    is there any way to recover those information?

    i really need the files on my desktop which are now deleted...
     
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  2. ergdegdeg, Nov 21, 2008

    ergdegdeg Moderator emeritus

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    Because of your typo (.trash/ * instead of .Trash/*) you deleted everything in your Home folder. I guess you need some data recovery software to maybe be able to restore (some of) the data.
     
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