
- UNDELETE FOR MAC PRO
- UNDELETE FOR MAC PASSWORD
- UNDELETE FOR MAC PLUS
If you want to see what your disk0, disk1, diskX, etc.
UNDELETE FOR MAC PRO
My Mac is a Macbook Pro from 2012 and I chose the 250GB disk option so I recognize the disk as the first disk in the list which reads: Disk /dev/disk0 – 251GB / 233 GiB (RO). You can see its size which may help identify it.
You main Mac computer disk will be the first on the list. Hopefully the disk size and/or order in the list provides you enough information to select the correct disk. You need to select the disk that contains the deleted files you wish to recover. dev/ rdisk disks give “raw” disk access to the same disks listed just above, but are generally faster to use so it’s recommended to use the rdisk access point to your disk. UNDELETE FOR MAC PLUS
dev/disk0, /dev/disk1, /dev/disk2, plus 3 similar with “r”disk. Below you see 6 disk partitions (just my particular case as I had 2 external disks connected).After launching the photorec program you’ll see the home screen of this free Mac undelete program:.
UNDELETE FOR MAC PASSWORD
Enter your password and hit return/Enter to proceed to the home screen. Then photorec will restart itself using sudo. Without using sudo photorec may return an error of “No disk found”. In my case, I could not see the partition where my accidentally deleted files were stored as I didn’t use sudo and I nearly gave-up and paid the extortion fees for a paid undelete program. In some cases this won’t be necessary, but it doesn’t hurt and will ensure you see all of your disk partitions where your deleted files may be stored. It is key that you use sudo to run the photorec program which will undelete / recover deleted files from your Mac drives.
You often need “root” access for photorec to see all partitions on your disk and using “sudo” gives you the power of root access. At this point you’ll be asked for your password. To start the undelete mac files program, type “ sudo. Each red arrow in image below points to a typed command followed by enter/return button. Show the contents of the directory by typing “ ls” then press enter/return. Change directory to testdisk-7.0-WIP by typing “ cd testdisk-7.0-WIP” then press enter/return. (Capital/Uppercase letters matters in most cases.
Change directory to Downloads by typing “ cd Downloads” then press enter/return button. Launch the Terminal program, found in Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. You’ll then see a folder named testdisk-7.0-WIP You can see it in Finder like in the below image. The file will be saved in your Downloads folder named _2. Download Testdisk / Photorec (both come together in same. Select directory to put recovered files. Select disk and disk partition to find deleted files. Download Mac undelete program – photorec/testdisk. (Huge thanks to Christophe for making this program and making it free to the world.) Overview – Undelete Mac Files Free To undelete Mac files free, here is a step-by-step guide to using a free Mac undelete program called Photorec by Christophe GRENIER of CG Security.