I placed a personal folder in the sidebar of the finder. It had NB folders inside. This sidebar folder accidentally got dragged and went "poof" into a cloud of smoke. I cannot find the folder or it's NB contents anywhere. Help years of work!
Hi,
I need your help Please, I fear I might have lost years worth of work.
I had created 3 personal folders In my Home folder.
I then created a new folder called "active folder" and dragged these 3 folders inside, removing them from the Home folder.
I then dragged my newly created folder "Active Folder" to the Sidebar of the finder.
When I had closed finder and reopened it - the "active Folder" folder was unable to open.
A friend tried to help- dragged "active folder" off the sidebar.. and it disappeared with a cloud effect.
I cant find that folder or its NB contents anywhere,
Please help me with some advice if you can.
Not using tiger or Lion.*
When you created that "active folder," where did you create it? And after you added it to the sidebar, what did you do with it? If the data is truly nowhere to be found on your system, even using EasyFind, then I suspect you mistakenly deleted it, thinking that you had copied it to the sidebar. That would explain why you later found that the "active folder" was unable to open from the sidebar. The sidebar is just another way to access the original item, and if you deleted the original item, it can't do its job.
Unfortunately, if this is what you did and you don't have any backups, you may be out of luck. I don't know what you mean by saying you "did the whole data recovery 1's and 0's," but if you haven't already done so, you should try some dedicated data recovery software, to see if those deleted files may still be on the drive. See Recovering deleted files.
Ultimately, this is not a flaw in the Mac system, it is a flaw in your use of it. I strongly recommend some reading to get up to speed:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Lion-For-Dummies/dp/111802205X/
http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/backups/
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backing-up
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