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Thank you so much for the information. I’ll keep this in mind for future references when I try and keep my documents encrypted.

However can I get a firm yes or no that I will or will not be able to recover it with this or any kind of data recovery software?

Edit: it was password protected (mac journaled), apple partition guid. I think I accidentally formatted it to be under the exact same settings and password. Is there really no way to recover the files? so I can just wipe it and start over for peace of mind that they’re gone forever

cgrenier wrote: 06 Nov 2018, 20:18 The encryption will prevent data recovery utilities from recovering your data.

Is there no way around this?

accidentally formatted an encrypted usb drive on a Mac.
tried photorec with basic settings and couldn't find anything.
had to do quick format for windows to read the usb, tried recuva and still nothing.

any help would be appreciated.