A professional Mac data recovery software tailored for Mac with HFS+, FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems. 
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Mac Data Recovery
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Mac Data Recovery
FAQ
Q: Can all my lost files on Mac be recovered by MiniTool Mac Data Recovery in any circumstances?
Not actually, files that were overwritten by other data can never by recovered by any kinds of allegedly omnipotent Mac data recovery. Hence, data recovery should instantly be conducted after data loss to avoid overwriting lost files.
Q: Will MiniTool Mac Data Recovery damage my Mac?
As long as the drive is not damaged physically, no damage is to be imposed on your Mac during using the software. MiniTool Mac Data Recovery only reads data from the drive, and does NOT write to it at any time by itself.
Q: Can fragmentation of the drive affect the result of the recovery?
Fragmentation in NTFS should not affect the results of the recovery. Information about a file's allocation is stored in a MFT entry. However with the FAT file system, this information is stored in the FAT and this information will be lost after deleting, so the lower the fragmentation of the drive is, the higher the chance of a recovery is.
Q: Is data recovery of Flash Card™, SmartMedia™ or other digital storage devices on Mac viable?
Definitely, it can by recovered like the "Digital Media Recovery" module suggests. But note that your media have to be visible as a logical drive on Mac. Look at you camera manufacturer if it supports a special driver software that will show the smart media as a logical Windows drive. If no driver is supported you can buy a memory card reader. There are several types: for notebooks (PC-CARD / PCMCIA) and for PCs (USB, IDE). Ask your local Mac retailer.
Q: What to do after data loss?
What you should do now is protect lost data effectively through the following approaches:
1. Stop writing new data into volume suffering data loss.
2. If data loss happened on system volume, avoid operating Mac as much as possible.
3. Employing Mac data recovery software to recover lost data immediately.
Q: What should you prepare for data recovery?
Pre-data recovery is vitally important and largely determines data recovery effect.
1. Make sure that there is adequate free space for storing recovered data.
2. If data loss is caused by virus attack, make certain that virus was completely killed before performing data recovery.
Q: Are FAT32, NTFS and HFS+ supported?
All above-mentioned file systems are supported by MiniTool Mac Data Recovery.
Q: Is lost data recovery on memory card supported?
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is capable of recovering data from not only normal memory card but memory card with damaged file system.
Q: Can this software recovery recover video files?
Digital Media Recovery module can perfectly help recover video files.
Q: Can lost data resulting from partition resizing failure be recovered?
This usually has two data recovery scenarios:
1. If partition resizing led to partition loss, Lost Partition Recovery module should be employed.
2. If partition resizing failure only led to data loss, Damaged Partition Recovery should be employed.
This design helps perform data recovery efficiently, saving plenty of time.
Q: Why could MiniTool Mac Data Recovery recover lost Mac data?
Let's first see how Mac manages files. Like Windows, Mac realizes file management via file system. What differs Mac from Windows in file management is that Mac utilizes HFS+ file system which is more complicated than NTFS. HFS+ manages block size and meta file through volume header. Meta files include five importance file information parts including Allocation File, Extents Overflow File, Catalog File, Attributes File and Startup File. Catalog file and Extents Overflow File record b-tree layout and index user files through tree structure.
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery locates Catalog File and Extents Overflow File by finding volume header and then extracts file according to b-tree principle. If volume header is damaged, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery will scan Catalog File and Extents Overflow File, then recombine the information and extract these files.
Not actually, files that were overwritten by other data can never by recovered by any kinds of allegedly omnipotent Mac data recovery. Hence, data recovery should instantly be conducted after data loss to avoid overwriting lost files.
Q: Will MiniTool Mac Data Recovery damage my Mac?
As long as the drive is not damaged physically, no damage is to be imposed on your Mac during using the software. MiniTool Mac Data Recovery only reads data from the drive, and does NOT write to it at any time by itself.
Q: Can fragmentation of the drive affect the result of the recovery?
Fragmentation in NTFS should not affect the results of the recovery. Information about a file's allocation is stored in a MFT entry. However with the FAT file system, this information is stored in the FAT and this information will be lost after deleting, so the lower the fragmentation of the drive is, the higher the chance of a recovery is.
Q: Is data recovery of Flash Card™, SmartMedia™ or other digital storage devices on Mac viable?
Definitely, it can by recovered like the "Digital Media Recovery" module suggests. But note that your media have to be visible as a logical drive on Mac. Look at you camera manufacturer if it supports a special driver software that will show the smart media as a logical Windows drive. If no driver is supported you can buy a memory card reader. There are several types: for notebooks (PC-CARD / PCMCIA) and for PCs (USB, IDE). Ask your local Mac retailer.
Q: What to do after data loss?
What you should do now is protect lost data effectively through the following approaches:
1. Stop writing new data into volume suffering data loss.
2. If data loss happened on system volume, avoid operating Mac as much as possible.
3. Employing Mac data recovery software to recover lost data immediately.
Q: What should you prepare for data recovery?
Pre-data recovery is vitally important and largely determines data recovery effect.
1. Make sure that there is adequate free space for storing recovered data.
2. If data loss is caused by virus attack, make certain that virus was completely killed before performing data recovery.
Q: Are FAT32, NTFS and HFS+ supported?
All above-mentioned file systems are supported by MiniTool Mac Data Recovery.
Q: Is lost data recovery on memory card supported?
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is capable of recovering data from not only normal memory card but memory card with damaged file system.
Q: Can this software recovery recover video files?
Digital Media Recovery module can perfectly help recover video files.
Q: Can lost data resulting from partition resizing failure be recovered?
This usually has two data recovery scenarios:
1. If partition resizing led to partition loss, Lost Partition Recovery module should be employed.
2. If partition resizing failure only led to data loss, Damaged Partition Recovery should be employed.
This design helps perform data recovery efficiently, saving plenty of time.
Q: Why could MiniTool Mac Data Recovery recover lost Mac data?
Let's first see how Mac manages files. Like Windows, Mac realizes file management via file system. What differs Mac from Windows in file management is that Mac utilizes HFS+ file system which is more complicated than NTFS. HFS+ manages block size and meta file through volume header. Meta files include five importance file information parts including Allocation File, Extents Overflow File, Catalog File, Attributes File and Startup File. Catalog file and Extents Overflow File record b-tree layout and index user files through tree structure.
MiniTool Mac Data Recovery locates Catalog File and Extents Overflow File by finding volume header and then extracts file according to b-tree principle. If volume header is damaged, MiniTool Mac Data Recovery will scan Catalog File and Extents Overflow File, then recombine the information and extract these files.