Accidentally erased my MacBook Air 2022, 13.6 M2 Chip from icloud. Is there anyway to recover photos and other data on that computer? I don’t have Time Machine backup activated.
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Original Title: Data recovery
No. When files are erased on an SSD, they are effectively gone forever.
Lesson learned, unfortunately the hard way. You're starting over, employ a good backup strategy. 3-2-1 is recommended – three copies of your data, two of which are backup copies and one of which is stored in a physically different location. A TM backup disk should be used only for that purpose, and should be 2-3x the size of your internal storage.
No. When files are erased on an SSD, they are effectively gone forever.
Lesson learned, unfortunately the hard way. You're starting over, employ a good backup strategy. 3-2-1 is recommended – three copies of your data, two of which are backup copies and one of which is stored in a physically different location. A TM backup disk should be used only for that purpose, and should be 2-3x the size of your internal storage.
Thanks for explaining it well.
I’ve restarted MacBook to factory reset it. Screen is stuck at “Transfer information to this Mac”. Any idea, what to do next?
Since you don’t have a backup, choose Set up as new.
Recovering photos and data from erased MacBook Air 2022 without Time Machine backup
