I needed to download something on my mac but I couldn't remember my password. So I restarted it hoping that I'd be able to download the document. I downloaded it but now everything is gone. I want it back. There was a document that counts for 50% of my grade. HELP!!
Jacobpaulio
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Jump to PostI hear MACs are good at that :) A friend of mine has one and it's always crashing.
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Ancient Dragon
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I hear MACs are good at that :) A friend of mine has one and it's always crashing.
fheppell
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Just to be clear, how did you restart. There are two ways of restarting: pressing the button or yanking the cable out the back. NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER DO THE LATTER!!!!.
Also how many attempts did you make? Finally if it is worth half your grade, take it into an apple shop and they should be able to restore it, providing it is not corrupted. (If your mac is out of warranty they will charge £75, in the UK at least). Failing that you'll need to get it recovered which can be very expensive and may not work. Hope this helps!
caperjack
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sounds like you did't boot back into the same user maybe ,like people sometimes do with windows coputers
tompatrick
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Before you took it to Apple, why don't you run a data recovery software which can scan for your important files once present on the hard drive. I give you below options to run free demo.
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
http://cleverfiles.com
http://www.prosofteng.com/
If you have any problem or want to ask about the software then let me know. I have tried these on my Mac OS X.
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