"How do i recover a lost folder on a mac? It's a mac version 10.6.8. I accidentally deleted the today folder that originally comes in the computer! All the files that you downloaded or anything you did "today" comes up in that folder. Is there anyway to recover it. It was deleted a while back so it's not in the trash can i don't even think it went there to begin with" ---- Answers Yahoo
Sometimes you may delete a folder by mistake from your Mac, however, this doesn't mean that your data will be lost forever. You can still recover your deleted data back with the right data recovery program. But, please make sure that, you haven't added any new files to your Mac.
iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac can help you reover your deleted folders on your Mac. It also can restore any kind of files like videos, audios, folders, photos etc from your Mac, USB hard drive, SD card, Cell Phone, Camcorder/camera and so on or anything else that you have used on your Mac. The program will scan your drives and any attachments on your Mac in different ways to find out your lost files that stored in the computer's hard drive.
Tips: If you need to recover deleted data on Windows, you can turn to Finalseeker Data Recovery
Step by step to recover deleted folders from Mac
Step 1: Choose a data recovery Mode
Download, install and run Data Recovery for Mac to pop up the main interface, choose Lost Data Recovery. This data recovery mode will recover lost files and folders with its original names. If you want to recover folders from an external device, connect it to your Mac before starting Data Recovery for Mac.
Step 2: Select a drive and start scanning lost folders and files
Choose the drive you want to recover folders and files from and click the "Scan" button on top to scan all folders and files on the selected drive. If your drive isn't included in the list, click the Refresh Drives button to take a look
Step 3: Preview and recover scanned folders and files on Mac
It won't take long for the program to find the lost folders and files. When it's ready, find your lost folders on the left hand side and all its files will be display at the bottom list. To recover all files in a folder, tick the checkbox of the folder in the left folder tree, and click the "Recover" button on top. In the window that shows up, select a folder you want to save the file to and click "OK" to start recovering the whole folders.
