How To Undo On MacBook & Redo On Mac (Complete Guide)

How to undo permanently deletion on Mac?

Unfortunately, you've permanently deleted your files by directly pressing the Mac delete shortcuts Option + Command + Delete keys or emptying your Trash after moving your files there.

In this situation, you cannot put these permanently deleted files back by pressing the Command - Z shortcut keys, or using the Undo option in the Edit menu.

So, how can you restore the removed files? Here are three ways.

Restore files with Time Machine backup

If you have used Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can use your Time Machine backup to restore your lost files. All you can do is connect your Time Machine backup disk to your Mac and find the lost files. Then, click Restore to put them in their original locations on your Mac.

If your backup disk is not here, you can use your local snapshots to restore the deleted files.

1. Open Launchpad > Other > Time Machine.
2. Scroll down or up the arrow to find your deleted data.
3. Select the file and click Restore to recover it.

Restore files from iCloud.com

If you don't have the habit to use Time Machine to back up your Mac data but have synced your files to iCloud, you can undo permanent deletion on the files by finding them on iCloud.com.

1. Log into iCloud.com with your account.
2. Click Account Settings. 
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Restore Files under Advanced.
4. Look through the files and restore your desired ones.

Use Mac data recovery software to recover deleted files on Mac

If you have never backed up your Mac with Time Machine and find that your files are not available on iCloud.com, your last try to recover deleted files on Mac is to use a Mac data recovery tool.

As we know, the Trim feature on SSD (the internal hard drive of a Mac) makes it impossible to recover permanently deleted data. But if you are in one of the situations below, you still have a chance to retrieve the permanent files from your Mac with professional data recovery software.

• The Trim feature on your Mac is disabled or appears a delay in work.
• You've immediately stopped using your Mac the time you've emptied your Trash.

Here, iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac is highly recommended as some users have succeeded in recovering their permanent files with this powerful data recovery program.

Here's how to recover deleted files with iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac:

Step 1: Download, install and open iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac.

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Step 2: Select your startup partition and click Scan.

Step 3: Preview the scanning results to check if your desired data is recoverable.

Step 4: Select the files and click Recover to save them to a different destination.

Conclusion

It is not complicated to undo on MacBook or make a redo after making an undone operation. This article not only shows you how to undo on Mac using a keyboard shortcut and the Edit menu. The most important is that it tells you how to undo permanent deletion to restore the lost files back.