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Copy-paste and Cut-paste are the most common operations when we transfer or move files on Mac or storage media. If you think they are 100% safe operations, you are wrong. Many of Mac users are losing important data due to unfinished or error operation of copy or cut. For instance, when you cut a file from Mac hard drive to your USB drive, but after cut, you forget to paste it, the file will get lost. Just read on, you will find the solution about how to recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS.

Some scenarios that you lose Mac files due to cut or copy:

  • Cut files from Mac to storage device like USB drive, you lose your USB drive later.
  • Your Mac suddenly turns off when you are copying or cutting files.
  • You delete the original file before pasting it.
  • Losing Mac files due to unfinished cut or copy.

How to recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS?

One thing you should know that please don't write new data to the drive where you lose your files before you successfully get your files back. If you have backed up your files, you can restore your files by extracting your backup. You can also recover your lost files using data recovery software. When you use data recovery software to recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS, please remember that you should not install the software to the drive where you lose your files.

You should have no trouble finding data recovery software that can help you recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is an outstanding Mac data recovery program. It is complete DIY data recovery tool, you will easily to use it. The recovery steps are:

Step 1: Download Mac data recovery software.

Click download button to download Do Your Data Recovery for Mac, and install it on your Mac. Then run it to recover your lost files.

Step 2: Choose the file types you want to recover.

By default, this Mac data recovery software will find all types of lost files for you. You also can filter the file types before it scans your hard drive.

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Step 3: Scan your Mac hard drive.

Choose the hard drive where your files are lost. Click on Scan button to scan your hard drive.

recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS X

Step 4: Preview and recover lost files.

After scanning, you can preview all your lost files. Then choose the wanted files and save them.

recover lost files due to unfinished cut or copy in Mac OS X

When you cut files from your Mac to other device, you still can recover the cut file from your Mac hard drive. But technically speaking, the earlier you do data recovery, the better chance you will have to get your files back.

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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.

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