After an automatic update my files are gone. How do Iget them back?

after an automatic update my files are gone. How do I get them back?

Do you know the name of any of the files you are looking for?  Do you have a Time Machine backup? Can you search (using spotlight) for any of these files?
Any chance they were in the trash when you started the update?  Any chance they were on an external drive which is NOT plugged in at this time?

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  • After an automatic update my files are gone. How do I get them back?

    after an automatic update my files are gone. How do I get them back?
    Working on a Mac Book Pro OS 10.7.3
    Missing files: pictures, photos, documents (written files)
    All in the map documents; aliases on the desktop
    The desktop was rebuild too, not the same anymore and all aliases gone.

    I suspect you didn't back up your data before the update - that would have been your first insurance. At the least, you could have saved your most important documents. I realize you probably don't want to hear that, but it's a good way to avoid problems.
    It would be great to get a few answers:
    1. What did you update? Was it a software update, a firmware update, or something else?
    2. Do you use external drives? Or is it just the HD on your MBP?
    3. Why did you "rebuild" the desktop?
    Provide as much detail as you can.

  • HT1725 My phone reboot and now my ringtone are gone how I get them back

    My phone reboot and now my ringtone are gone how I get them back

    You can get your information back if you have previously done a backup in iTunes or iCloud. 
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
    Go to this site and click on how to restore from backup. 
    This will help you with putting the information back onto your device.

  • I plugged my iphone into my desktop mac to put my itunes music on and now all my contacts and photos are gone    can i get them back?

    i plugged my iphone into my desktop mac to put my itunes music on and now all my contacts and photos are gone    can i get them back?

    You can get your information back if you have previously done a backup in iTunes or iCloud. 
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
    Go to this site and click on how to restore from backup. 
    This will help you with putting the information back onto your device.

  • I have set up folders to file my emails on iCloud but notice that some of the emails are missing. Can anyone tell me where they are and how to get them back.

    I have set up folders on iCloud to file my mail but notice that some of the emails are missing when I've transferred them. Can anyone tell me where they are and how to get them back please?

    This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
    * http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

  • HT201210 Hi, the App Store icon has been removed from my iPad even after synching and updating. Any suggestions on how to get it back to be able to update / purchase apps?

    Hi, the App Store icon has been removed from my iPad even after synching and updating. Any suggestions on how to get it back to be able to update / purchase apps?

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      i restore my iphone all the original apps are gone how can i get back allof this

    The org.that I've said is like the MSG.setting calendar maps safari ,iTunes ...and I can't sync coz my iPhone 3GS don't have a carrier, I don't know how to solve it.. But thanks to your advice !!

  • Updated to IOS 5, contacts,photos etc all gone.How to get them back??

    While updating to IOS 5, was ask 4 backup pw, keyed in apple id pw(the only pw I know) but was prompted wrong pw then phone stop @ setup screen. Even when I off and on the phone, it's still at the setup screen. Inorder to get out of the screen, I click update as new iphone then now my contacts, photos, messages etc all gone.  How to get them back??

    i had the same problem and i had to completely restart my ipod. when you plug it into the computer go on itunes and click on your ipod icon. THe ipod menu should be there (summary) click on the restore button. it worked for me, all the best i hope it works for you.

  • My bookmarks are gone and I want them back -- DO NOT TELL ME TO SEE YOUR LOST BOOKMARKS SECTION, I ALREADY HAVE AND IT IS NOT RELEVANT.

    My bookmarks are gone, yet again. This has happened before, but last time it was fine. I was able to restore them since they get saved automatically some days. This time, the "restore" option is not working. It says it can't get to the files or something. My bookmarks are VERY important to me. I would like them back. And please, PLEASE do not tell me to check the "lost bookmarks" section. I read through everything that looked applicable and none of it helped in the least. I apologize if I am being rude, but my bookmarks ARE ALL BLOODY GONE! I even looked in some MozillaZine thing for help, and it hasn't helped at all! It just tells me "this is here, which is a bunch of letters and numbers you'll never understand, and that's there, which is ANOTHER bunch of letters and numbers you'll never understand!!" NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER! I want to talk to someone personally about this. An English-speaking human, preferably. God, I don't even CARE! Just help me get them back!!

    I've encountered the same problem; I (reluctantly) upgraded Firefox after years of happily using version 2, and discovered that I should have, apparently, saved my bookmarks before updating.
    There is NO "places.sqlite" file anywhere on my hard drive.
    Following the procedure at https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+Bookmarks#Restoring_bookmark_backups restores the bookmarks folder saved *today*. . . after Firefox reverted to a *two year old file* and saved it over my existing one. (How do I know it's two years old? It has house search information from before my toddler's birth, that's how.)
    There is no bookmarkbackups folder.
    Searches across my hard drive for the following files turn up nothing useful:
    * bookmarks.bak
    * bookmarks.html
    * bookmarks.html.moztmp
    * bookmarks-(date).html
    * bookmarks-(date).json
    Oh, there *is* a bookmarks.html file that's larger than the 7/2 one that's been created; it is, however, from a transfer from IE bookmarks dated 2006.
    None of the rest exit. Even searching for just the extension of .json turns up nothing.
    I really, really want my bookmarks back, and I am not thrilled about this; I trusted Firefox not to screw up on an upgrade, and that's the only reason I didn't make a backup before installing. Silly me.

  • Just had my ipod touch replaced kindly by apple as was a fault but all the purchased songs i had on it are gone anyway off getting them back and no i didn't back it up b4 it went faulty....

    just had my ipod replaced my apple as there was a fault with it but now all my purchased songs have gone is there anyway off gettig them back and no i didn't back them up before it broke....

    If you are the USA and using the latest iTunes you can redownload most iTunes purchased via the iCloud beta:
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    Otherwise you can contact iTunes and they MAY allow a redownload.   To contact iTunes see:
    Apple - Support - iTunes

  • I backed up my iphone to my itunes account and now all my contacts are gone can I get them back?

    I backed my Iphone up to my new Itunes account and I have lost all my contacts.  Please tell me there is a way I can get them back?

    Check this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
    This is what it says under "iTunes will back up the following information":
    Contacts* and Contact Favorites (regularly sync contacts to a computer or cloud service such as iCloud to back them up).
    * Your contacts are part of the backup to preserve recent calls and favorites lists. Back up your contacts to a supported personal information manager (PIM), iCloud, or another cloud-based service to avoid any potential contact data loss.
    Sounds like you may have experienced some of the "contact data loss".  I suggest using iCloud in the future.

  • All my photos gone ,how to get them back?

    All my photos gone,how get them back?

    Try repairing your iphoto library? You are talking about iphoto correct? Here are instructions
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638

  • Updated to iOS5 now my purchased movies are gone- how to find them?

    I synced my phone this morning, updated the software this afternoon, and now a movie I purchased a month ago is not on my phone or my iTunes. Where did it go and how can I get it back?

    Hi Roger!
    You are right.  It was not exaclty the moving to iCloud that caused the e-mail to disappear. What happened after the change to iCloud was that I did see my old email but when I tried to open it just does not show any content.
    Then I looked at some options and did Choose Mailbox > Rebuild.
    That is when all my old mail disapeared.
    Any suggestions?
    Thank you so much for your help!!

  • HT1711 My computer caught virus,  My songs are listed in my library, but the music files are gone!  I have them on my  separate hard drive but don't know where to put them back on my computer so itunes recognizes them.  Help !

    My computer caught a virus.  My entire drive was wiped clean, however, I had recently done a backup to a portable hard drive.  When I got my computer back from the tech, and logged into my itunes, my library shows all my songs, but NONE of them have a music file associated with it - therefore I cannot play it.  I have located the music files on my external hard drive, confirmed they play, but don't know how to go about getting them from my hard drive to my computer.  Can someone please help me?????

    In iTunes, go to File > Add to Library and select the files/folders you would like to add.
    You can also choose to consolidate library after that to move them off the external.

  • All pictures that I took Sep. 14 are gone can I cget them back?

    September 14 I took 267 photos on my Nikon D90, downloaded them to my MacBook Pro in Iphoto. saved all the photos I wanted cropped. Deleted the photos off of the camera because they were saved on Iphoto now today Sep. 15 they are all gone.  This has never happened before can  retrieve these pictures? HELP!!

    Do not use your memory card - software like media recover may be able to recover them
    a best practice to is to never have any computer program (including iPhoto) delete the photos from the card but to import the photos and keep them and then after at least one successful backup cycle has completed and then reformat the card --  I use three very large (32 GB) cards in rotation so I do not reformat for typically a year or more giving me one more long term backup of my photos
    Some times rebuilding yoru database clears it up - Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
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