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Hg2491 · Dec 22, 2007, 01:55 AM

Hey guys.. I dunno if I'm in the correct part of the Forum to post this.

I overwrote a file with a version I don't want. Is there any way for me getting the old version of the file back??

Thanks in advanced!

CharlesS · Dec 22, 2007, 01:58 AM

Did you back up the old file first?

If not, your only option is to try DriveSavers. It'll cost you a few thousand bucks, though.

gradient · Dec 22, 2007, 02:16 AM

If you're running Leopard with Time Machine enabled you're in luck. Just open it up, scroll back to a timeframe before you made the changes you don't want, navigate to the file and restore it.

If not...... what CharlesS said - never used DriveSavers, though.

Hg2491 · Dec 22, 2007, 03:03 AM

Nope, no Leopard here... Isn't there a low-cost solution?

CharlesS · Dec 22, 2007, 03:19 AM

If you actually overwrote it, all the low-cost solutions are screwed.

Hg2491 · Dec 22, 2007, 03:52 AM

It's a Photoshop Document... I accidentally merged all the layers and saved it.. I would want to have my 50+ layers back.... I just noticed this today, I think the merging ocurred a couple of days back.

OreoCookie · Dec 22, 2007, 04:17 AM

No chance that you can recover the file if you overwrote it, not without a backup.

Hg2491 · Dec 22, 2007, 04:20 AM

Ok... thank you all, anyways

Hg2491 · Dec 22, 2007, 09:41 PM

I must be lucky... I found a backup I had made on another folder of the file I overwrote..

Long Live the Mac

CatOne · Dec 25, 2007, 06:28 PM

So now that you dodged that bullet... perhaps time to think about some sort of backup plan?

Hg2491 · Dec 25, 2007, 06:53 PM

I've always wanted to have a file server, but money is currently an issue. Also, my MacBook doesn't have a DVD drive, so writing my files on a DVD is complicated. I could burn the 5gb that my school folder has into spanned CDs... would it be worth it?

analogika · Dec 25, 2007, 07:07 PM

Dude.

Walk into the nearest electronics store, and buy the cheapest ****ing USB hard drive they have.

And if you don't have 10.5 wth its Time Machine backup system, download the free SilverKeeper backup software from LaCie .

Sheesh.

Hg2491 · Dec 25, 2007, 07:17 PM

I really have no money to get an external hard drive, otherwise I would have gotten one by now, don't you think?

I dunno why you got so upset with me :S

analogika · Dec 25, 2007, 07:26 PM

Backups make little sense unless they're regularly done.

And $70 will get you an external USB hard drive.

Hg2491 · Dec 25, 2007, 07:39 PM

I'm only 16 and live in a third-world country. $70 dollars is what you pay in the US; all the stores here have electronics overpriced. I'll see how I manage to get an external USB drive.

Thanks for your concern though.

analogika · Dec 25, 2007, 08:16 PM

Until then: Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure

Free online backup. Legit and reliable (their business is selling larger capacities and extra services).

Hg2491 · Dec 25, 2007, 08:57 PM

Thank you, I just created an account. What happens if I get disconnected and the backup is running? Here the electricity is unstable and leaves every once in a while. Every time there's a change from the city's electricity to my house's backup power source, I get disconnected.