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Data Recovery Mac

Hi,
A client of mine on a Mac has mistakenly deleted some photos and then emptied his trash.
Is it possible to recover those photos? I think his marriage depends on it.
Thanks
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Serialband,
I am not familiar with how a Mac HDD allocates new files. I have to back up and remove about 50 gigs of data from the HDD because
the drive is almost full anyway. Do you think that if after I free up that space there is still a possibility that if I install the recovery
program on the HDD that there is still chance that the deleted pictures will be overwritten?
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I consider this question closed now, other than comments from serialband.
If you really want to recover data, you don't run or start the drive that has the missing data.  You need to pull that drive and run the recovery form another system to be sure you don't accidentally overwrite any data that you wish to recover.  That's always been the case.
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Thanks to both of you.