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How to recover whole deleted iTunes backup on Mac OS X El Capitan?

iTunes backup is great for retrieving lost files or precious photos. But what if your machine didn’t save one of the backup iTunes files you need or somehow you deleted it. The good news is that the operating system only deletes references and not the file itself, even if you can’t see the file.

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How To Recover Backup Files Manually

If you would like to try to get back your deleted files manually, there are several other things you can try. First, make sure it is really gone by looking in the iTunes folder. You can use the iTunes search feature to do this by artist, genre, title, and other variables.

iTunes backup on Mac location: /Users/~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

Look in the recycle file of the computer next and if it is there, you can retrieve so it won’t end up totally gone. The main thing is that time is important and you must search for the deleted backup file as quickly as possible before the computer rewrites over the file and it is gone for good.

How To Recover Backup Files by data recovery software

If you have data recovery software, it is simple to get back your lost backup files. Just follow the instructions of the program to get back your iTunes backup file. Here is Fireebok Data Recovery. you can download from internet.

 


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When your iTunes backup has been removed by accident, you should recover the whole iTunes backup including info.plist, lots of database files, app files and more. Otherwise the result of recovery is useless. Fireebok Data recovery software provides Deleted Recovery and Volume Recovery mode to solve this problem very well.

Step 1: Launch the program and Select Macintosh HD volume

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Step 2: Here we choose "Delete Recovery" and click "Start Scan" button to scan.

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After the scan is complete, all of the deleted files and directory are the same as before. When you save them, you will recover the whole iTunes backup files.

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