So if you deleted a file on your Mac and are just lucky enough, it might still be recoverable by third party tools. Third Party AppsĪs we shared with you on previous entries, to permanently delete a file on your hard disk, the file has to actually be written over. To enable Time Machine on your Mac, all you have to do is access the utility from your Mac’s Preferences and select a disk for Time machine to back up to. Time Machineįor files other than notes and photos though, the best way to ensure that you will always have a them accessible even if you accidentally delete any of them, is to enable Time Machine. The benefit of this is obvious: With a full month until the file really disappears from your Mac, you have plenty of time to notice if you deleted a file by accident and recover it. If after one month you don’t use the note or photo at all, then OS X really deletes it from your drive.

Once you delete a note or photo on your Mac, instead of being permanently erased, it is stored in a directory named Recently Deleted, where it will remain for a month. Note: At first the feature was available only on the Photos app, but Apple has implemented it on the Notes app as well (as long as you sync them via iCloud).

One of the best among the most recent new features that OS X has gained is being able to see all the notes and photos that you deleted recently. Let’s take a look at how to get your deleted files back using both tools readily available on your Mac as well as a couple of third party apps.

How to get back deleted notes on mac