How do I recover lost bookmarks, read list, history, and files on my Apple device?

I’m a private man, but I’ve lost years of all of the data to all my history all my files. MY bill files photos just gone. I don’t back anything up because. I have more than enough memory. I don’t like paying for things I don’t use.

Where is the security for Apple you’re supposed to fix things like bad websites are bad places and prevent me from getting viruses. That’s why I bought Apple now. Apple is any better than was Microsoft?


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Posted on May 19, 2025 12:38 AM

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Posted on May 19, 2025 2:23 AM

Unfortunately, without a backup, you may have irrecoverably lost your data.


If you value your data, always keep a backup - this being good practice for any computer, Apple or otherwise. Your backup is your insurance policy for when the unexpected should occur.


If you don't have a backup, you are gambling that your device (or the services upon which you rely) will never suffer a technical failure - or you will never inadvertently cause data or files to be deleted though error or accident. The more data that you store in one place, the greater the impact of its loss.


No computer storage that has ever been made can be relied upon to permanently preserve your data.

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May 19, 2025 2:23 AM in response to JamesManofGod

Unfortunately, without a backup, you may have irrecoverably lost your data.


If you value your data, always keep a backup - this being good practice for any computer, Apple or otherwise. Your backup is your insurance policy for when the unexpected should occur.


If you don't have a backup, you are gambling that your device (or the services upon which you rely) will never suffer a technical failure - or you will never inadvertently cause data or files to be deleted though error or accident. The more data that you store in one place, the greater the impact of its loss.


No computer storage that has ever been made can be relied upon to permanently preserve your data.

May 22, 2025 7:14 AM in response to JamesManofGod

If a hacker can turn something off, you can turn it back on because when you delete files, they don’t just go off the service. They’re in ethereal space in other words. They just don’t have a name. You have to find something in the trash file that hasn’t been rewritten or written over. I’ve seen enough on TV and from hackers that it can’t be recovered. The CIA does it. the FBI does it the NSA does it all the time. You’re just saying I’m too stupid to figure out how they do it or hire a hacker.!!!



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