No option to "Put Back" files that were trashed?
In Snow Leopard, I thought we were giving the feature of right clicking a file and choosing "put back" to put the file back where it was before being trashed. However, I don't have this option. I am running 10.6.1
Example:
Also some programs, such as Aperture, allow you to move an item to the Trash from within the program. Files moved in this way also don't get the "Put Back" option. You have to move something yourself directly from the Finder into the Trash in order to have Put Back.
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How do I restore Files that were backed up by Adobe?
Where is the back-up e.g. on removable storage such as CD, DVD or external hard drive?
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Login to your photoshop.com account
Open Organizer
On the menu click Edit à Preferences à Backup/Synchronization
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Can you recover files that were deleted?
Hi everyone, is there anyway to find files that were deleted about 2-3 months ago? I don't have timeline and carbonite does not show the files either so they have to have been deleted over a month ago. I am a photographer and cannot find a clients session and I am afraid it was deleted...
Thanks,
JaymeBasics of File Recovery
Files in Trash
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
If you empty the Trash the files are gone. If a program does an immediate delete rather than moving files to the Trash, then the files are gone. Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down. When files are deleted only the directory entries, not the files themselves, is modified. The space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage, but the files are still on the drive. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
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You can download these files yes, but you'll need to use them as a guide or to cut and paste text from there whilst you re-build your site in iWeb.
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Script to search and relink linked image files that were moved?
Good afternoon
My indesign product catalog has links with a lot of different folders around in my hard disk, not a single folder. And to keep my catalog up to date I must package it.
When I move my linked files in my computer because I change the folder structure or do some cleaning, my indd loses track of its linked files. Currently I need to relink one by one.
Therefore I would like to find a script which would scan the hard disk with the all broken links in mind to detect their new location and relink. Yes I am a lazy person.
Thanks for any clue,Thanks so much! I will try soonest.
How does your script react in the unlikely case of duplicates?
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:43:47 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Script to search and relink linked image files that were moved?
At least your honest about your laziness.... Here's your reward:
Just a hint, don't select root of your volume, it will loop through every folder in existence, but key to this script is, if you know the general location, select into that folder hierarchy and the script will test for a relative path, otherwise, come back in a few days, and it will be finished.
~mike
var processed = 0
var skipped = 0
var updated = 0
if (app.documents.length > 0){
if(app.activeDocument.links.length > 0){
var mydoc = app.activeDocument;
var mylinks = mydoc.links;
var myRoot = Folder.selectDialog("Choose the volume or server where assets are located", undefined, false);
main();
else
{ alert("No Links present")
else{alert("No Documents Open")
function main(){
if(myRoot != null){
for(var i = 0; i < mylinks.length ; i++){
if(mylinks.item(i).status == LinkStatus.linkMissing){
var linkdata= mylinks.item(i).filePath;
var my_result = linkRepair(linkdata);
if (my_result == false){
var filetype = "." + mylinks.item(i).linkType;
var mysearch = search(linkdata, filetype);
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if(myswitch){
mylinks.item(i).relink(File(mysearch));
mylinks.item(i).update();
else{
alert("" + mylinks.item(i).name " was not found\nFolders processed: "processed + "\nFiles skipped: "+ skipped)
else{ alert( my_result + " has been found");
mylinks.item(i).relink(File(my_result));
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var mypath = linkdata.split(":")
my_status = analyzePath(mypath)
if(my_status == true){alert("UPDATED");
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function analyzePath(mypath){
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mypath.shift()
var newpath = pathRebuild(mypath)
newpath = (myRoot + newpath)
if(File(newpath).exists){
return newpath
return false
function pathRebuild(pathArray){
var solidPath = ""
for(var i = 0; i < pathArray.length ; i++){
solidPath += "/" + pathArray+ ;
return solidPath;
function search(linkdata, filetype){
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var mylink = mypath.pop();
var OK = confirm("Relative Path does not exist, search folder hiearchy for file?", true, "File Scanner")
if(OK){
var myscanresult = getfiles(mylink, myRoot)
return myscanresult
function getfiles(mylink, myBase){
myBase = Folder(myBase);
var files = myBase.getFiles("*")
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var foldertest = files+.getFiles();
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var myfile = File(files+ + "/" + mylink)
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return myfile
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Time machines does a backup of my Macbook Pro as well as of an external disk on which I keep multimedia files.
Entering Time Machine, I'm able to retrieve files that were on my external disk no problem as long as the external disk in question is connected to the computer. Then, I'm able to go back in time, and search for files.
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So, I was thinking that it was *only* PIXMA'S OWN SCANNED PDFS that could not be
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So why can I print *some* PDF files, but not *all* PDF files, like I previously could do?
THESE SCANS ARE OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS, SO I WILL LIKELY HAVE TO E-MAIL
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