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The sparseimage grows but does not shrink that easily. Other things, apart of the ones you've now discovered from the technicians, would include for instance running out of space. And some who've used Macs for more than a decade and filevault for years still fail to recognize what the sparse image is. For many of us who've been here (and using Macs for many years), it can seem evident or more clear that it has its limitations, and one should be very careful, but it's just wrong to assume everyone knows those limitations or that they'd have been using the system for years. It should come with the appropriate warnings. Please use the G5 until the file recovery attempts - the less the affected system's hard drie is used since the data loss, the better the chances of getting the data back. I hope that you can recover the lost contents. , but those services tend to be a bit pricy for personal use (it can be $ hundreds).

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There are also some professional file recovery services, e.g. Satcomer's alternatives are good for trying the file recovery. I'm sure that you are not the only person to whom something like this has happened. Not that it helps much, but at least compared to rm there is a reasonable chance to recover at least something.Īnd yes, it would help if there were reasonable warnings, and if Directory X was smart enough to know that at least SOME of the sparse images are Filevault files, so it would not hurt if it had a warning for this type of images. The folder would have been deleted even in less time (in under a second) if you would have done some command line acrobatics with rm command in Terminal, and without passing thru the Trash at all. It will help at least for any future data loss disasters). (Once we get the system running properly for you, time to set up a backup system, e.g. You wouldn't happen to have a recent backup of your system? This would be one of those situations when it could save a lot of work and hassle. Thank you! I'm sick about this but I'm not sure if there is any hope. Would I be able to still navigate my files until I logged out if the sparse image file was actually deleted completely? (I think the sparse image was already deleted). I had to do a hard reset because the trash would not stop and I was afraid of deleting some other files after I started the the process.

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I would prefer this type of software be for purchase rather than part of system preferences because at least I would understand and know what it was all about before deciding to use it.Īnyways I had tons of PDF scanned documents, etc.Īny chance of recovery? How could my entire home folder be deleted within 10 minutes. This was ultra stupid, but so is the option of using File Vault without having to be certified in the program. So I powered off the computer and I could not log back into my user account.

Within minutes, I got a hunch that I should interrupt the deletion but it wouldnt let me I guess because it was in use.

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My HD didn't show any more free space, so I secure trash deleted. I deleted it and proceeded to delete some other files that appeared safe to delete.

I remember creating a file in disc utility for encryption a few months ago but never dragged any files into it so I thought this must be that file especially since it said blank. I right clicked the file and it said blank. Maybe the creators of Directory X should warn people about File Vault File images.

The only reason it was visible now is because of this free software that I downloaded. Because it is always invisible with File Vault and I enabled File Vault last year and forgot about it. So at the time, I didnt know what the sparse image actually was. I immediately saw a ?sparse image file that was 55G and this file was not familiar (never saw before). I downloaded something called Directory X, free software that shows you all the files on your HD and how much space they use.

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I was trying to clear out space on my HD (because I was getting disc almost full messages)for some reason and I dont have a lot of files on my G5 because I dont trust it (it was a lemon from the start).