Best Data And File Recovery Software For Mac

Jan 15, 2018 - Data recovery software is your best (and sometimes only) hope of getting lost files back. Seagate Premium File Recovery Suite (for Mac).

If you are looking for the best Mac data recovery software to get back your accidentally deleted or lost files, here's the place for you. We understand how frustrating and desperate it can be when you couldn't find something important either on your Apple Mac computer or an external drive. Those files are so precious that you can't lose them for whatever reasons. We've reviewed what we thought to be the top performing data recovery tools available for OS X (now called macOS since 10.12 Sierra) in 2017. Pro tip: the best way to avoid data loss is to make backups on a regular basis. Once you've recovered your lost files, we highly recommend you to keep multiple copies of these files by syncing them to the cloud or transferring to an external drive. Please note: the Mac apps below are for recovering data from common storage media, except mobile phones/tablets.

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**Below, you'll find our expert reviews, but you can also click the links above to learn more about each Mac data recovery product or get it and start retrieving your lost files. How We Chose The Best Mac Recovery Tools? Below are the criteria we used to test and narrow down the options. In short, the best Mac data recovery software should be free of virus/malware, easy to use, be able to find and recover as many file types as possible, with technical tutorials or customer support, and compatible with major Mac OS X versions. • Security: we first download and install each program on our Macs. We then open — known as the best Mac security program, to run a scan and see if the installed application contains any malicious processes.

Also, we observe whether the software performs read-only procedures, which is crucial in protecting your source drive. Mac os x download for windows 10 free. • Recovery Quality: we try to mimic each Mac data loss scenario by preparing a folder filled with many files types (images, videos, songs, documents, etc.) We first save them to Macintosh desktop and an external HDD, then delete them from Mac Trash and formatting the HDD. We believe these are two of the most common data loss situations. After that, we test each data recovery program to scan the disk and locate any recoverable items, followed by evaluating quality of the software with several factors: time needed to finish scan, percentage of files recovered, file intactness of recovered items.

• Ease of Use: since most of us Mac users aren't tech-savvy. If the recovery software is too complicated to navigate for a novice, we consider its usability to be low and thus discount its score. We won't recommend it unless it has other compelling features or merits. • Tutorial/Support: we examine whether each software developer/provider offers up-to-date tutorials or materials for users to better understand its product and to navigate the software.