KENNEWT  My girlfriend died 2 years ago from Breast Cancer. Before she died she had recorded her voice using Apple's Garageband software. She wanted to put together an audio book where she read a book her sister had written. (Her sister is a well known author, and a National Book Award winner). Unfortunately, she was only beginning the project when her deteriorating health prevented her from continuing the work of reading. She was also trying to do a great job, so there were only a few chapters recorded that she was happy with, and the readings that she was unhappy with, she deleted.

I kept her computer, disappointed that there was so little of her voice left for us, and searched the computer many times hoping to find more files. There were none, and that is when I realized she had deleted her readings if she wasn't happy with them. Two years later, I discovered Data Rescue II and decided to give it a try, to see what might be recoverable.

My initial attempt to recover files, was successful, but also disappointing, as there appeared to be no way to unlock the "packages" that the Garageband software created when it stored an audio file.

I contacted Prosoft support, and within a few days, they got back to me with specific instructions on how to find and open the .aif files that had been recovered.

Thankfully, it worked, and I was able to recover files that had been deleted, and initially seemed unrecoverable, and now her friends and family can have these recordings to listen to any time they wish.

I can't express my gratitude sufficiently to Prosoft for creating this incredible program, and for working with me in finding a way to recover files that initially appeared to be not recoverable.  
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