How to Recover Lost Photos after Mac OS Upgrade to Sierra

You are notified multiple times to update your Mac OS. So, you upgrade to Sierra and find a number of small changes. While you are exploring, you find that the photos are missing. They are pictures close to your heart and the last thing you want is to lose them. You try for hours looking for the folder, but no luck!

If you are such a situation, don’t worry! This is a common complaint from many users after upgrading to Sierra. Here, we discuss some methods to restore your photos.

Method 1: From Time Machine

A good thing about using a Mac is that you have access to Time Machine backup. To restore your photos from Time Machine, please follow the steps below:

• Go to Apple menu and select System Preferences
• Click on Time Machine (Here, you can also choose to have Time Machine in the menu bar for easier access)
• The time machine window opens and lists all available backups
• Choose an appropriate backup date and select required files to restore
• Then click Restore to restore your files

If for some reason, backup is not available or Time Machine has not been set up, you will need professional data recovery tools to recover your data.

Method 2: Using Yuptools

Using Yuptools is a great way to recover lost photos from your Mac. It can recover a variety of files such as photos, videos and other documents. It works on read only feature, so the original files remain unaltered during recovery process.

If your drive is corrupted or inaccessible, Yuptools can also be used in such cases. In addition to recovering files from your system, it can also be used to recover files from external hard drives, USB’s, memory cards and other storage devices. You can also use the software to restore iTunes library.

• Supports recovery from all Mac OS versions such as Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra including the latest High Sierra.
• All Mac devices such as MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini are supported.
• Recovery of various photo formats such as JPEG, PNG, PSD etc and videos such as MP4, MOV etc. is possible.

How to recover lost photos after Sierra upgrade using Yuptools?-

Yuptools software provides a simple to use interface for easy data recovery. It is suitable for users with less technical knowledge as well. To begin with, download and install the software on your system.

Step 1: Download YupTools Recover Deleted Photos tool and install it. After successful installation, launch the software

Step 2: Connect the Memory Card from where you want to recover photos

Step 3: Select “Recover Photos” from the first screen

Step 4: Select “Recover Lost Photos” option from the second window. Now select the Drive and click on “Next” option

Step 5: Once the recovery process is completed, check using “Preview” option

Step 6: Finally, store recovered photos using “Save” option (Save option will be unlocked if you’ve full version of YupTools Recover Deleted Photos Mac Utility)

NOTE: If you have lost data and trying to recover it, please refrain from using your system. Doing so will overwrite new files on your drive and make recovery difficult.

The software provides demo version - which can be downloaded for free. Also, it enables “Preview” option to check recovered pictures. And Save Recovery Session option to pause your recovery process anytime. Moreover, recovered images can be viewed either in “Data Type” or “File Type” view. Most importantly, it works for - Yosemite (10.10), Mavericks (10.9), Mountain Lion (10.8), Lion (10.7), Snow Leopard (10.6) and Leopard (10.5) versions of Mac OS X.