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I am using an iMac OS X 10.5.8. I deleted all photos that I thought were in Trash accidentally. I can find them nowhere in my iMac. How can I recover them? Is there any software can help me recover my Mac photos?

At this point you must be careful as anything you create could damage the deleted pictures on that volume. Yes, you can recover your images if you just trashed them without scrubbing them. Here’s a good writeup: How To Undelete Files in Mac OS X. Good Luck!

I have very good luck using this Mac App for Trash search: Data Recovery Druid Use Target mode to hook up your machine and recover.