When you can’t find your files in Mac Finder, you may think the files are lost forever. NO, with right data recovery software, you are able to retrieve lost Finder files. Here, follow the guide below to help you recover files from Finder on Mac.
1. Find hidden files in Finder on Mac
If your files are hidden in Finder, just find a solution to make the files be visible to you. Here, we introduce a smart app - SwitchManager, it can show all hidden files in Finder by 1-click. Just download SwitchManager for Mac, run it on your Mac. And enable “Display Hidden Files” switch. All files in Finder will be displayed. It is very simple. (Click here to download SwitchManager - a free application for Mac.)
2. Recover deleted and missing files in Finder with Mac data recovery software
If the files in Finder gets deleted or lost and you can’t restore them from trash bin, just try data recovery software. Mac data recovery software is able to find all deleted, lost, hidden, missing files in Finder on your Mac. We strongly recommend Do Your Data Recovery for Mac, it is very powerful data recovery software and supports to recover all types of lost files from Finder on your Mac. You can follow the steps below to recover files from Finder on Mac:
Step 1: Download and install Do Your Data Recovery.
Click the download button below to download Do Your Data Recovery, and install it on your Mac. Then run it from Launchpad. It offers free trial version for you to find files in Finder.
Step 2: Choose the file types you want to recover.
Do Your Data Recovery for Mac supports to recover all types of lost files from Finder on Mac. You also can choose targeted files types before it scans your Mac hard drive.
Step 3: Scan the Mac hard drive to find lost Finder files.
Select the Mac hard drive, then click on Scan button to scan the Mac hard drive to find lost files in Finder.
Step 4: Preview and recover lost files.
After scanning, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select the Finder files and save them to a safe location.
It is very easy and quick to restore lost files in Finder on Mac. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is able to find all deleted, formatted or missing files in your Finder. It even can help you recover corrupted files from Finder. Please note that:
- Before you restore all lost Finder files, don’t create or save new files to your Finder.
- If you can’t find all lost files after quick scan, just try advanced recovery mode to find much more lost files.
Data recovery is easy with Do Your Data Recovery for Mac. It also can help you recover lost data from Mac desktop, Mac hard drive, memory card, portable disk, USB flash drive, digital camera, etc. It is fully compatible with the latest Mac OS version. Now, download this powerful data recovery software to recover lost data from Finder on Mac.
Written & Updated by Justin Kenny
Justin Kenny is a writer & editor of DoYourData. He joined DoYourData in 2016 and focuses on writing articles about Windows data recovery, Mac data recovery, external device data recovery, hard drive clone, data erasure, Mac cleanup, computer issue fixes, etc. He is a super fan of Apple devices and is big on testing new digital device and system utility software.