Recovering deleted file.

[cheddar-caveman]

MacBook Air running 14.8.3

Silly me, deleted a Pages file and then emptied the trash bucket.

Is there any way I can "undelete" this file?

 

[Bigwaff]

Depends on many factors and timing… sooner the better.
Do you have a backup?
Time Machine enabled?
Do you sync Documents and Desktop with iCloud?
Do you sync other cloud solution, e.g. Dropbox, etc

Otherwise, you will have to buy special software or pay for data recovery services.

What’s your situation?

 

[cheddar-caveman]

I only have a hard copy which I guess I can scan/convert to PDF.
No backup
Time Machine is enabled (I think)
I believe it is synced with iCloud
Nothing else

 

[maflynn]

Time Machine is enabled (I think)

Go into the time machine app and see if you can recover it

 

[Weaselboy]

I believe it is synced with iCloud

iCloud Drive - Apple iCloud

Store, organize and collaborate on files and folders with iCloud Drive. Easily upload, delete or recover files. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud.

www.icloud.com

Login to the iCloud web site and in the iCloud drive section, look for recently deleted. It should be in there.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

deleted a Pages file and then emptied the trash bucket.

Good luck with it - but "Probably" not.

 

[Howard2k]

Once you get it back, go to Amazon and buy an external drive and set up Time Machine.

Lesson learned. 😀

 

[cheddar-caveman]

Thanks guys. Nothing past today unfortunately.
I do have a back-up external drive but didn't do it yesterday after I'd deleted.
I ado have hard copy so will have to scan it.

Thanks

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote in reply 3:
"I only have a hard copy which I guess I can scan/convert to PDF."

THIS is "the solution".
Did it work?

 

[cheddar-caveman]

Yep thanks.

 

[DBRK95B]

MacBook Air running 14.8.3

Silly me, deleted a Pages file and then emptied the trash bucket.

Is there any way I can "undelete" this file?

You could try using "Disk Drill" recovery software, which can be downloaded as a free trial version. The maximum recoverable file size is 500 MB for the free version, but that should be enough for many text files.
I have no experience using this software myself, however.

 

[cheddar-caveman]

I'll give it a go, thanks.

 

[DBRK95B]

I'll give it a go, thanks.

Fingers crossed. Let us know if it works!