Post by Beth CPost by Mike RosenbergRestoring from your backup is free. I can't think of anything else that
doesn't cost money. What did you lose? Let us know what it is and how
you lost it, in case there's a possibility of recovering it another way.
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Lost some documents and pictures.
We need you to be more specific. Do you mean you trashed them and then
emptied the trash? If that's the case then, yes, you _would_ need data
recovery software, which exists but isn't free.
If, instead, you mean they're just missing and you have _not_ trashed
them, perhaps they're somewhere else on you computer and doing a search
may locate them. Alternatively, you could have directory damage and
need to run a disk repair utility. Apple's Drive Utility is not only
free, you already have it on the disc(s) that came with your Mac.
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