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Solution to Recover Deleted Photos from Canon Camera on Mac

2012-09-18 13:28:16 / Posted by to PC Utilities Topic
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Here are several common situations you might encounter with your Cannon digital camera like Canon PowerShot, Canon 550D/DSLR/REBEL/7D/EOS, etc. You discover the previous pictures are lost due to some sudden data loss resasones, for example, deletion, lost, damaged when you copy the photos to computer or other unknow reasons. Basically, absolutely nothing is perfect. Every photographer especially individuals who don't understand how to properly operate the Canon digital camera will encounter a troublesome problem "lost data" in their photography career despite the fact that the person has got the best application at hand.

Many people think that once the photos deleted from the digital camera, they can not be recovered back any more because camera is not similar to computer, which has trash to save the deleted files. But, I want to tell you that deleted files can be fully able to recovered back as long as you have an efficient data recovery program. To undelete lost photos from canon camera on Mac regarding the above problems. You need a Mac Data Recovery which can rescue your accidentally deleted pictures, videos and music from digital media under Mac OS.

Note: deleted photos are still here in the memory card on Canon digital camera. To increase the possiblity of getting them back, you must stop using the camera, take out the card and use the recovery software I recommend above to perform the recovery process like below. If you are using a Windows PC, you can turn to Amacsoft Data Recovery Pro to learn more. Download the smart program from the below links:

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How to Retrieve Deleted Pictures from Canon Digital Camera on Mac?

Step 1: Connect Canon Camera Card to Mac

Connect your camera to your Mac USB port with a wire. You may also have to have a card reader for if your camera isn't supported as a removable disk device. Then run the Canon Photo Recovery for Mac, on the main screen, select "Deleted Recovery" to proceed.

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Step 2: Find the Lost Canon Pictures

On the file location pick the target disk where your pictures deleted. Highlight the drive and select the "Photo" file type you want to retrieve from the "File Type" section. Then click "Start Scan" to visit a scanning procedure.

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Step 3: Preview and Recover Photos from Canon on Mac

Once the scanning process is done, a summary of files which have been found from the Canon memory card is going to be shown on the screen.

Furthermore, you will see a preview window of recoverable photos where you can preview the found pictures' thumbnail from your Canon digital camera. Select the photos and click the button "Recover", then your lost pictures will be back again.

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Step 4: Set Destination

Specify the location where you want to store the photos. Don't set your camera memory card that you lost your pictures from as the destination.

Remember - If you found your photos got deleted or lost, Quit taking more photos or videos with your Canon camera immediately and DO NOT save more files to the Canon camera memory SD or CF card.

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