{"id":379,"date":"2013-04-21T14:46:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.cleverfiles.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2021-06-03T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T12:34:08","slug":"can-i-recover-mac-apps-app-and-program-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/help\/can-i-recover-mac-apps-app-and-program-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Recover Mac Apps (.app) and Program Files?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-relative post-download\">\r\n<i class=\"box-60x36 icons icon-winmac-xs  \"><\/i>\r\nDownload Disk Drill data recovery app\r\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs-block pull-right\" href=\"\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/dl.html\">Download now<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div><p>\n<p>Yes, Disk Drill can recover Mac application files with the <code>.app<\/code> extension. However, a <code>.app<\/code> is not a single file\u2014it is a package, or folder, that contains many files needed for the app to work.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, we usually recommend reinstalling the app from the official developer\u2019s website or the Mac App Store instead of trying to recover it. Recovery may work if the app was deleted recently, but the restored app may be incomplete or unstable if some package contents were overwritten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, Disk Drill can recover Mac application files with the .app extension. However, a .app is not a single file\u2014it is a package, or folder, that contains many files needed for the app to work. 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