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Deleted files or erased your Mac?
Emptied the Bin, formatted a drive or reset a Mac by mistake. Stop using it straight away. What can be recovered depends on the drive and how long it's been used since.
- Independent, not Apple
- Apple-certified technicians
- Fixed quote first
What to do right now
- Stop using the Mac or driveEvery file saved, every update, can overwrite what you lost.
- Don't install recovery apps on itInstalling software writes to the same disk.
- Call us with the detailsWhich Mac, which drive, and exactly what happened.
Common causes
- Emptied the BinFiles are marked as free space and get overwritten as you keep working.
- Formatted or erasedA drive or Mac reset by mistake, or by someone else.
- Reinstalled macOSA repair attempt that overwrote the disk.
How we fix it
We image the drive and search the copy for recoverable files. On older hard drives the chances are often good. On modern Mac SSDs, deleted space is usually wiped quickly, so we tell you honestly what's possible before you pay for anything.
Questions
Before you book
Will I lose my files?
Usually not. In most cases the data is still on the Mac. We recover it before or as part of the repair, and we tell you before doing anything that could affect it.
Are you Apple?
No. We are an independent repair and data recovery workshop with Apple-certified technicians. Unlike a board replacement, our component-level repair keeps your original board and your data.