Pędziwiater the ĺks On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 00:53 PCS <pean...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > Yes, there is a way to recover a deleted file on the Mac. > > Enter Time Machine, scroll back from Today / Now to the last time the Mac > was backed up before you deleted the file (up to an hour before you deleted > it, if your Mac had been on for a while that session, or the previous time > you used the computer if the file wasn’t backed up during that session), > then locate the file on TM and and open it. If I remember correctly you can > then save the file back to your computer for normal access, but if I’ve > missed a step you might have to read the Help file to get that right, it’s > a while since I've needed to do this. > > This assumes that you have set up Time Machine of course. If you haven’t > then you should do so now, so that you are ready for the next time > something like this happens. > > I also have a few very important documents backed up to iCloud (i.e. off > site), and I do a manual backup every few months, or after any important > changes, and I keep the manual backup disks in a small fireproof safe > (about $200 at Bunnings if I remember correctly), but TM is my primary > backup, it works well, it keeps backups for a long time back (how long > depends on the size of your backup disk) and it is easy to recover files > from it, even if you haven’t done so for a while and have forgotten how to. > > If you are keeping business records etc. you should use TM as your primary > backup, because it backs up every hour (if the place catches fire unmount > the backup disk and grab it and and run, and your backups will be no more > than an hour old, and will be easy to restore on your replacement > computer), and you should also make a daily or weekly manual backup and > store it in a safe place away from the computer, e.g. in a fireproof safe > on site, and a have weekly or monthly backup kept off site (e.g. in a bank > safety deposit box), rotating the backup disks (e.g. portable HDs or SSDs, > or USB flash drives), never overwrite the most recent one, overwrite the > one before that, so you don’t lose your most recent data if you have a > copying glitch while backing up, and you always have two manual backups, > the latest and the one before that, in case of a failed disk. > > I’m guessing you probably don’t need that level of backup security, if you > did you’d have it already and wouldn’t be asking how to recover your file, > but every Mac user should at least have Time Machine set up, it is > invaluable for little problems like your file loss and it would be a > life-saver if you had a major data loss. > > PCS > > > > On 22 Jan 2023, at 7:43 am, eeirv...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I was requesting a Print Page Preview of my Spreadsheet File. When it > opened it looked ok so I clicked on the red button in the top left corner > of the Print Preview Screen (Mac Pro late 2012) and it asked me if I wanted > to save, Discard, Cancel. I thought it was speaking about the Print Page > Review Screen and not the File it self. I hit discard and it deleted my > spreadsheet file. Maybe it should have asked me if I wanted to delete the > file after I selected the Discard button. > > > > Is there a way to recover my spreadsheet fie? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Edwin Irving > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
