Hi there,
I am hoping anyone can help out with some advice.
I know there are a few options like file recovery apps/ disk warrior and disk utilties to try.
I am wondering if what I was doing (outlined below) caused an issue with the directory and if that means there's a chance the files are still recoeverable. But not having used these much or knowing the issue I am tentative to do anything that could be destructive.
It would be great to get some insight before turning to data recovery service.
(I don't have time machine and while I use an external drive to back up there is a significant amount not backed up recently)
BACKGROUND INFO:
Running Macbook Pro - MACOS 10.6.8
- Started up laptop
- Opened the design app 'pencil'.
I don't use this app much and hadn't used the app for a while. I wanted to test I could export a pdf successfully.
- Selected the option to export from the app and followed the prompts to export a pdf
-When asked to 'save as' typed 'test' and selected the Desktop as the location
I think rather than nominate a file name of 'test' this created 'test' as part of the file path
- Clicking confirmation to export then prompted the printer app to open with a job logged in the queue
I did not see any file created on the desktop so retried the process:
- Selected the option to export a file again from the app.
I noticed the file path was set to: Desktop/test
- This time I typed save as 'test.pdf'
The location file path was then: Desktop/test.pdf
- Clicked to save out and this prompted another job to be logged in the queue of the printer app
- I then noticed all files and folders disappeared from the desktop apart from the 'Macingtosh HD'.
- Searched hard drive and could not find the files
- Restarted the computer - still no files or folders showing
- Searched trash - no sign of files
- the downloads and documents folders are still populated
Thanks in advance!
I am hoping anyone can help out with some advice.
I know there are a few options like file recovery apps/ disk warrior and disk utilties to try.
I am wondering if what I was doing (outlined below) caused an issue with the directory and if that means there's a chance the files are still recoeverable. But not having used these much or knowing the issue I am tentative to do anything that could be destructive.
It would be great to get some insight before turning to data recovery service.
(I don't have time machine and while I use an external drive to back up there is a significant amount not backed up recently)
BACKGROUND INFO:
Running Macbook Pro - MACOS 10.6.8
- Started up laptop
- Opened the design app 'pencil'.
I don't use this app much and hadn't used the app for a while. I wanted to test I could export a pdf successfully.
- Selected the option to export from the app and followed the prompts to export a pdf
-When asked to 'save as' typed 'test' and selected the Desktop as the location
I think rather than nominate a file name of 'test' this created 'test' as part of the file path
- Clicking confirmation to export then prompted the printer app to open with a job logged in the queue
I did not see any file created on the desktop so retried the process:
- Selected the option to export a file again from the app.
I noticed the file path was set to: Desktop/test
- This time I typed save as 'test.pdf'
The location file path was then: Desktop/test.pdf
- Clicked to save out and this prompted another job to be logged in the queue of the printer app
- I then noticed all files and folders disappeared from the desktop apart from the 'Macingtosh HD'.
- Searched hard drive and could not find the files
- Restarted the computer - still no files or folders showing
- Searched trash - no sign of files
- the downloads and documents folders are still populated
Thanks in advance!