Trying to recover deleted files

The man I spoke with at apple told me to come on here and ask you guys what the best program for recovering files is. I accidentally deleted MS word and iChat. Any suggestions?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!

MSUMeg27 wrote:
The man I spoke with at apple told me to come on here and ask you guys what the best program for recovering files is. I accidentally deleted MS word and iChat. Any suggestions?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Did you delete the applications or their data files?
If you deleted the applications, just reinstall them.
If you deleted the data files, and have no backups, then stop using the disk they were on immediately, as in shut your Mac down *right now.* The longer you use it, the more likely it is for them to be overwritten and lost forever.
None of the +Data Recovery+ apps are cheap; the one I see mentioned here the most is *Data Rescue II.* Whatever you do, be sure that what you get is compatible with SL. Look for apps via Google, VersionTracker.com or MacUpdate.com.
You've now learned the hard way that you need to make regular backups of your system. You already have Time Machine, and there are others as well. With good backups, this could have been fixed easily, in minutes.

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