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Recovering an old Document

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  • 10-12-2010 12:17am
    #1
    Tricked
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Today when I was saving a document on my MBP I accidently overwrote another file with the same name. Is it possible to recover the old version of the file? I checked my trash and it's not there. I also don't have time machine set up so I don't think I can use that. Any advice would be appreciated,

    T


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Unlikely I'm afraid. An overwritten file is not deleted, it's replaced. The only way to retrieve it would be from a backup.


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    There are a good few undelete applications available. See here:

    http://osx.iusethis.com/search?order=users&q=Undelete

    None of them seem to be free though. And like aidan said, they might not be much use.


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    Tricked
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭Tricked


    OK thanks for the replies guys. Not the end of the world I suppose!


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    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    You may not be a programmer but version control is handy, but for everyday use if you are making big changes copy the file and work off that every 10 mins or however often you want.

    It takes 5 secs with keyboard shortcuts and could save you a lot of time in the long run.


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