Without using sudo photorec may return an error of “No disk found”. In my case, I could not see the partition where my accidentally deleted files were stored as I didn’t use sudo and I nearly gave-up and paid the extortion fees for a paid undelete program.
In some cases this won’t be necessary, but it doesn’t hurt and will ensure you see all of your disk partitions where your deleted files may be stored. It is key that you use sudo to run the photorec program which will undelete / recover deleted files from your Mac drives.
You often need “root” access for photorec to see all partitions on your disk and using “sudo” gives you the power of root access. At this point you’ll be asked for your password. To start the undelete mac files program, type “ sudo. Each red arrow in image below points to a typed command followed by enter/return button. 
Show the contents of the directory by typing “ ls” then press enter/return. Change directory to testdisk-7.0-WIP by typing “ cd testdisk-7.0-WIP” then press enter/return. (Capital/Uppercase letters matters in most cases.
Change directory to Downloads by typing “ cd Downloads” then press enter/return button. Launch the Terminal program, found in Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. You’ll then see a folder named testdisk-7.0-WIP You can see it in Finder like in the below image. 
The file will be saved in your Downloads folder named _2.
Download Testdisk / Photorec (both come together in same. Select directory to put recovered files. Select disk and disk partition to find deleted files. Download Mac undelete program – photorec/testdisk. (Huge thanks to Christophe for making this program and making it free to the world.) Overview – Undelete Mac Files Free To undelete Mac files free, here is a step-by-step guide to using a free Mac undelete program called Photorec by Christophe GRENIER of CG Security.
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