Another John <[email protected]> writes:

I decided to tidy out the desk drawer that was crammed with all the old Lacie disks (and their rats' nest of cables), that I used to use for backups.

I decided to tidy (i.e. empty) the disks as well, before sending them for recycle - I just used the Trash.

I now realise that one of the disks contained a couple of pw-protected .sparseimages which I'd rather have hung on to, had I devoted a moment's thought to the operation.

Has anyone ever used one of those "Undelete" utilities, that they could recommend?

I have used AppCleaner from <http://freemacsoft.net> but usually just
dragging the app from the Applications folder to the Wastebasket
suffices. Anything left behind just seems to be settings stuff which can
be quite useful if you then re-install the app. But I guess if you're
going to recycle disks then it's worth removing app remnants as well.

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Cheers, Alan

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Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:

Another John <[email protected]> writes:

I decided to tidy out the desk drawer that was crammed with all the old Lacie
disks (and their rats' nest of cables), that I used to use for backups.

I decided to tidy (i.e. empty) the disks as well, before sending them for
recycle - I just used the Trash.

I now realise that one of the disks contained a couple of pw-protected
.sparseimages which I'd rather have hung on to, had I devoted a moment's
thought to the operation.

Has anyone ever used one of those "Undelete" utilities, that they could
recommend?

I have used AppCleaner from <http://freemacsoft.net> but usually just dragging the app from the Applications folder to the Wastebasket
suffices. Anything left behind just seems to be settings stuff which can
be quite useful if you then re-install the app. But I guess if you're
going to recycle disks then it's worth removing app remnants as well.

I’ve also found that a decent search tool such as Find Any File can be
useful at locating everything associated with an app you want rid of.

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Cheers, Alan

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I decided to tidy out the desk drawer that was crammed with all the old Lacie disks (and their rats' nest of cables), that I used to use for backups.

I decided to tidy (i.e. empty) the disks as well, before sending them for recycle - I just used the Trash.

I now realise that one of the disks contained a couple of pw-protected .sparseimages which I'd rather have hung on to, had I devoted a moment's thought to the operation.

Has anyone ever used one of those "Undelete" utilities, that they could recommend?

Cheers
Another John

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This link might be useful but I think I was warned off Disk Drill some
years ago?

<https://news.macgasm.net/reviews/10-best-data-recovery-software-mac/>

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Cheers, Alan

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Mark <[email protected]> writes:

Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:

Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:

Another John <[email protected]> writes:

I decided to tidy out the desk drawer that was crammed with all
the old Lacie
disks (and their rats' nest of cables), that I used to use for backups. >>>>
I decided to tidy (i.e. empty) the disks as well, before sending them for >>>> recycle - I just used the Trash.

I now realise that one of the disks contained a couple of pw-protected >>>> .sparseimages which I'd rather have hung on to, had I devoted a moment's >>>> thought to the operation.

Has anyone ever used one of those "Undelete" utilities, that they could >>>> recommend?

I have used AppCleaner from <http://freemacsoft.net> but usually just
dragging the app from the Applications folder to the Wastebasket
suffices. Anything left behind just seems to be settings stuff which can >>> be quite useful if you then re-install the app. But I guess if you're
going to recycle disks then it's worth removing app remnants as well.

I’ve also found that a decent search tool such as Find Any File can be
useful at locating everything associated with an app you want rid of.

I think the OP wants to recover files?

Oh dear! Clearly I'm having a senior moment day ;) Never mind - an early
night for me then!

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Cheers, Alan

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On 05/09/2024 15:56, Alan B wrote:

This link might be useful but I think I was warned off Disk Drill some
years ago?

<https://news.macgasm.net/reviews/10-best-data-recovery-software-mac/>

I have a licence for Disk Drill and have had great success using it.

https://www.cleverfiles.com/

Well worth the cost if you actually want to recover what you find!
Otherwise, it is free to test/try!

Good luck! 🙂

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On 05/09/2024 14:23, Another John wrote:

I decided to tidy out the desk drawer that was crammed with all the old Lacie disks (and their rats' nest of cables), that I used to use for backups.

I decided to tidy (i.e. empty) the disks as well, before sending them for recycle - I just used the Trash.

I now realise that one of the disks contained a couple of pw-protected .sparseimages which I'd rather have hung on to, had I devoted a moment's thought to the operation.

Has anyone ever used one of those "Undelete" utilities, that they could recommend?

Cheers
Another John

I have a licence for Disk Drill and have had great success using it.

https://www.cleverfiles.com/

Well worth the cost if you actually want to recover what you find!
Otherwise, it is free to test/try!

Good luck! 🙂

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On 07/09/2024 09:17, Alan B wrote:

Alan B <[email protected]d> writes:

This link might be useful but I think I was warned off Disk Drill some
years ago?

Disk Drill needs to be already installed to enable it to recover deleted files using its "Recovery Vault" technology, so it probably won't be
that good at recovering data if installed retrospectively. As I was once
told - Regular backups are the key in minimising permanent data loss.

<https://news.macgasm.net/reviews/10-best-data-recovery-software-mac/>

That's bollocks, young Alan! 😛

You are *WAY* out of touch!

Disk Drill *WILL* work to recover files from the get-go!

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Alan B <[email protected]d> writes:

This link might be useful but I think I was warned off Disk Drill some
years ago?

Disk Drill needs to be already installed to enable it to recover deleted
files using its "Recovery Vault" technology, so it probably won't be
that good at recovering data if installed retrospectively. As I was once
told - Regular backups are the key in minimising permanent data loss.

<https://news.macgasm.net/reviews/10-best-data-recovery-software-mac/>

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Cheers, Alan

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