The company that sent it to me claimed it was a .zip file but from what I can see it isn't.
edit: i've tried to open it with: MS frontpage, preview, illustrator, MS word, adobe reader but i just get random characters
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I had basically all my life's valuable accumulated data in that folder (it was 10 Gb+). I will praise anyone to the end of my days that can somehow tell me how to restore my file to its original state. Usefull info:
1) AM planning to pay gazillions for recovery software if need be, but free alternatives are always better.
2) I never secure delete if that helps
3) I still have the .sparseimage for the file created by espionage. (P.S. sparseimage's size looks really close to the orignal, also 10 Gb +).
4) Newest version of OSX, and have an IMac.
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I have been working on a project and have a completed picture on my flash drive but when I go to open it, it says cannot open because file is empty. It shows that the size of the file is 96 kb and I can see it with the "quick look" option when you left click. This is using CS3 by the way.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mac Book, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Apple TV
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