I am looking for a particular video file that was saved on one of several older hard drives. I have copied these entire hard drives onto one 4 TB external drive that is connected to my Mac mini 2. I don't remember the name of the file, and only know it was created in a range of time between 1999-2003. I also know it was a .avi extension at one point.
Here’s the issue. Somewhere along the way, multiple files (including the file I am searching for) had their extensions changed from .avi to something else (.docx, .xlsx, .pdf, .csv). So with no filename or extension, this means I am looking for a needle in a 3-4 TB haystack.
Is there a way to search for this file based on its actual content or format when it could have any name and any extension?
Thank you for your help!
Here’s the issue. Somewhere along the way, multiple files (including the file I am searching for) had their extensions changed from .avi to something else (.docx, .xlsx, .pdf, .csv). So with no filename or extension, this means I am looking for a needle in a 3-4 TB haystack.
Is there a way to search for this file based on its actual content or format when it could have any name and any extension?
Thank you for your help!