If you work with your Mac on a daily basis, you may occasionally find yourself in the position of deleted a file by mistake and don’t know how to recover it. When this happens on iPhone, we know we can download an iCloud backup to fix it, but on macOS it’s not so simple.
There are many applications that sync with iCloud on Mac and we can even create the “Desktop” and “Documents” folders. However, if we have not configured it or the lost file was simply located elsewhere, we have a problem. Or not, since there is a native app that saves us from disaster
The real-time machine on Mac to recover files
It’s called “Time Machine” and it’s aptly named. It’s an app that you won’t find at first because it hides in the app drawer. However, it’s in these situations that it’s most useful. Of all the features in Time Machine, the one that allows you to make automatic backups every hour stands out. And that’s key.
If we have configured th is tool and we also have an external disk connected, we can rest assured because periodic backups are made. And the magic lies in open “Time Machine” and scroll through the timeline
HAS recover deleted file All we have to do is go to a date when we remember we had it and go to the folder that contained it. Once we have located it, all we have to do is make a second click and click on “Restore”. As if by magic, that file will appear in the same place where it was, but in the present.
A great way to recover files without having to restore the entire Mac and even if they were deleted a long time ago. It is true that ‘Time Machine’ deletes old copies, but it always keeps at least one per month when they are old, one for each week of the last month, and several per day for the last week.
In my case, I already say that it saved me from disaster. And this is not an exaggeration. In times of stress and accumulation of unnecessary files, I have more than once messed up and deleted something I shouldn’t have. That’s why I always recommend connecting “Time Machine”. Even if we are not used to making these mistakes, since we just have to trust ourselves for it to happen to us. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure.
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