Here’s what we can do first: Select the hard drive that lost the data.

Select the hard drive or device that lost the file to start data recovery. You can also recover lost files from local/external Mac hard drives, or you can recover lost files from SD cards, USB drives, digital cameras, memory cards and other storage media. You can even recover lost files from deleted/lost Mac volumes.

Note: The new APFS file system (macOS 10.13 or later) does not allow any application to scan the system hard drive directly (the system with macOS installed). If you want to restore system hard drives (such as MacHD, Apple SSD) in APFS, you need to disable system integrity Protection (SIP). Just follow this guide: Disable SIP and recover lost data from the system hard drive in macOS 10.13 or later >>

If the software can’t recognize your hard drive or device, simply reconnect the hard drive and device to your computer and restart Your Data Recovery for Mac.

Select the type of file to restore.

Click on file Types and you will see that all file types are selected by default. If you only want to restore files of one, two, or three other file types, select them. For example, if you just want to restore photos, simply select image and the program will scan your drive or device and find photos/images for you only. This saves you time and gives you more focused scan results.

Step 2: Scan your hard drive for missing files.

Once you have selected the hard drive for the missing file, simply click the Scan button. Mac-only your data Recovery tool automatically scans hard drives and looks for missing files.

Note: Mac Data recovery? Mac Professional provides two recovery modes for Mac data recovery. We strongly recommend that you try the “Quick Recovery” mode first, as it takes only a few minutes – very fast.

Quick Recovery – This is the fastest way to detect and scan a Mac or storage device. Quick Recovery usually finds deleted or recently lost files in a matter of minutes. In most cases, it is recommended to try this recovery mode first. If Quick Recovery cannot find what you want, click Advanced Recovery to scan the drive in depth. Advanced Recovery – This recovery mode will use advanced scanning techniques to deeply scan a Mac drive or device to find every recoverable file. It performs a sector-by-sector scan, so it takes more time and finds more missing files.

Step 3: Preview the files and restore them.

You can preview recoverable files to check their quality before restoring them. Then restore what you want, and click the Restore button to save it on your computer or storage device. Do not save found files on the disk where the data was lost, in case they overwrite the original data.

Please note:

  • 1. If you cannot find what you want in Quick Recovery mode, click Advanced Recovery to find more missing files.

  • 2. During the scan, you can pause or stop the scan to recover the lost data.

Part 2: Import/export scan results

Check whether Data Recovery of the Mac provides the Import scan result and Export scan result options.

Exporting Scan Results

After a full scan is complete, you can save the scan results for later data recovery. Click the Export Scan results icon and save the scan results as a. Dydr file.

Importing Scan Results

Run Perform Data Recovery on your computer. Click the Import Scan results icon in the upper right corner of the first screen, and then import the previous scan results (.dydr file) to restore the data recovery. You do not need to scan the hard disk again.