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  1. M

    Recovering deleted or disappeared files from Downloads folder by Viber.

    Hello everyone, The Viber app on my Mac somehow deleted or made to disappear all files from Downloads folder on my MacBook Air 2019. They are not in the Bin. What can i do to recover them? I just posted on the Apple forum and someone here had the same problem. Including both topics here...
  2. Z

    does TMachine delete deleted files?

    Im using timemachine (TM) and everytime i wish to delete big files, i open TM and delete the backedup file too. Im doing this in order not to leave deleted files in the backup, so i can reduce the space in the drive that is used by TM. Pretty frustrating when doing it with many files... so i...
  3. J

    HELP! Viber deleted my downloads folder

    Hello everyone, I am frequently reader of this forum but never had a need ask for anything. At this time I have fallen into despair and I find you as only one who can solve my problem. Today I have installed Viber app downloaded from official Viber website on my mac running 10.15.3. In the app...
  4. wanemac

    No released space although huge deleted files

    Hi. I`ve read some of the threads similar to this in this forum and in others and tryed some of the options without success. I have a Imac Yosemite 10.10.5 and work with video. I have left now only 8gb and my memory is of 1tb. Using OmniDiskSweeper I've found out where are my huge files but the...
  5. fbx1989

    Major file loss crisis! iCloud & Dropbox snafu! Craziness!

    Need some help with this. I've had Dropbox running on my Documents folder and Downloads folder and my Desktop using a symlink (MacDropAny) for several years. Last year I connected the HD to iCloud and/or iCloud Drive to make a duplicate backup of my files. Now I learn from a Dropbox email that...