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(@toddtvc)
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How does one explain when a deleted jpeg image is recovered the original file name and date & time associations are gone? Thanks


   
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(@mscotgrove)
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When the MAC deletes a file it also clears down the catalog entry (with zeros). The file data may exist, but no catalog entry, hence no name, dates, attributes etc.

On a PC, the MFT (or FAT) entry is tagged as deleted, and the information remains, and often the the file can then be recovered - if not overwritten before recovery time.


   
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