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Disk Drill is a free Mac data recovery software designed natively for Mac OS: easily protect your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recover lost data from Mac disks. When something is deleted Recovery Vault makes it possible to recover not only the file itself, but also its properties, such as original file name, location, etc. So you will always be able to recover data from Mac files system (HFS/HFS+) & FAT32 partitions. Disk Drill also includes powerful S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring right out-of-the-box; you can monitor your disks' hardware status and get automatic
What's New
Version 1.7.183:
- New: support for data recovery on external Thunderbolt hard disk drives
- New: Disk Drill knows some new file types for deep scan recovery (.xib for Mac OS X Interface Builder, .h and .m Xcode 3 and 4 related files, .ESS for The Elder Scrolls IV and V saved game files, .LXO, .PRPROJ, .VWX, .OLK14MSGSOURCE - Outlook for Mac Email Message Data File)
- New: updated Growl notifications, full support of new Growl's features
- Improved: lost partition searching
- Improved: large and small ISO files recovery
- Improved: detection of defective hard drives and better notifications if that happens during scanning
- Improved: feedback form inside the app
- Improved: free boot disk space monitoring and notifying during scan to prevent Mac OS lock ups
- Improved: no need to launch Disk Drill to check for available updates, new Growl notifications when new version is available
- Improved: localization references and links from the UI to local CleverFiles websites
- Improved: DMG creation canceling by user
- Fixed: last recovery resuming stabilized
- Fixed: all reported exceptions, crashes and minor bugs
- Fixed: occasional freezing if disk gets unexpectedly unmounted
- Fixed: Recovery Vault daemon startup issues on some Mac OS installations
- Fixed: rare freezing when viewing disk info
Version 1.7.183:
- New: support for data recovery on external Thunderbolt hard disk drives
- New: Disk Drill knows some new file types for deep scan recovery (.xib for Mac OS X Interface Builder, .h and .m Xcode 3 and 4 related files, .ESS for The Elder Scrolls IV and V saved game files, .LXO, .PRPROJ, .VWX, .OLK14MSGSOURCE - Outlook for Mac Email Message Data File)
- New: updated Growl more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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Disk Drill is a free Mac data recovery software designed natively for Mac OS: easily protect your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recover lost data from Mac disks. When something is deleted Recovery Vault makes it possible to recover not only the file itself, but also its properties, such as original file name, location, etc. So you will always be able to recover data from Mac files system (HFS/HFS+) & FAT32 partitions. Disk Drill also includes powerful S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring right out-of-the-box; you can monitor your disks' hardware status and get automatic notifications of potential failures or other issues. If a disk or partition is failing, you can easily backup it into a disk image (DMG) which can later be mounted for recovery.
Disk Drill PRO also features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. Using Quick Scan you can locate deleted items on FAT and NTFS disks, this scanning method is fast and accurate, but is unlikely to find data deleted long ago. With Deep Scan you can try to recover data from any disk or memory card regardless of their file system. This recovery method is long and thorough, it scans your disk in a binary mode and is capable of finding deleted files even after formatting.
Disk Drill is a professional but extremely simple Mac data recovery software that helps you rescue data on your Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, etc. So if your hard drive was damaged, or you accidentally deleted your favorite photos, music, videos and other data, no worries about data loss. Disk Drill will recover deleted files on your Mac!
If you don't want someone to undelete what you removed but it's still protected by Recovery Vault, you can specify a Master Password to protect your configuration of Disk Drill, Mac data recovery software by CleverFiles. Additionally, Disk Drill Mac Recovery features convenient scan sessions management, so you can scan a 2TB disk recovery, pause it, save a scanning session and continue it in a couple of days or even weeks (presuming you don't use the target drive to prevent data from being overwritten). You can even install Disk Drill in Portable Mode and run data recovery from your USB Flash drive.
Disk Drill PRO also features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. Using Quick Scan you can locate deleted items on FAT and NTFS disks, this scanning method is fast and accurate, but is unlikely to find data deleted long ago. With Deep Scan you can try to recover data from any disk or memory card regardless of their file system. This recovery method is long and thorough, it scans your disk in a binary mode and is capable of finding deleted files even after formatting.
Disk Drill is a professional but extremely simple Mac data recovery software that helps you rescue data on your Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, etc. So if your hard drive was damaged, or you accidentally deleted your favorite photos, music, videos and other data, no worries about data loss. Disk Drill will recover deleted files on your Mac!
If you don't want someone to undelete what you removed but it's still protected by Recovery Vault, you can specify a Master Password to protect your configuration of Disk Drill, Mac data recovery software by CleverFiles. Additionally, Disk Drill Mac Recovery features convenient scan sessions management, so you can scan a 2TB disk recovery, pause it, save a scanning session and continue it in a couple of days or even weeks (presuming you don't use the target drive to prevent data from being overwritten). You can even install Disk Drill in Portable Mode and run data recovery from your USB Flash drive.
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IMPie reviewed on 18 Feb 2012
I just tried the File Vault feature, which I luckily turned on a while ago by chance, and in a little while it recovered so much stuff it would take me ages with other programs, and I'm not even sure I could actually recover that stuff with other software. Great Software!
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Sd_robert reviewed on 12 Feb 2012
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M85 reviewed on 05 Feb 2012
I first tried Data Rescue's deep scan which "saw" the files, but could recover nothing.
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timdmackey reviewed on 15 Dec 2011
Disk Drill havs a very simple and easy to understand interface. It's not overly cluttered, and yet it manages to guide you clearly through the steps needed to recover your files. Once you scan a drive, it brings up a list of every file that it has found—all grouped by file type and with various columns of information to sort by. Each file has a label next to it estimating the likelihood of recovering the complete file, and you can also use Quicklook to preview any of the files on the list.
Overall, the free version of the software is very useful, and looks to have other useful features that I haven't tried yet. Based on this, I would certainly consider purchasing the paid version in the future if the extra features were useful to me.
Highly recommend this application!
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Jd_1 reviewed on 15 Nov 2011
This is certainly worth your time to download & setup, which was easy. Great app!
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bonnycalvin reviewed on 24 Oct 2011
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Mlmodel reviewed on 31 Jul 2011
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WebFox reviewed on 17 Jul 2011
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An.onymous reviewed on 28 Jun 2011
I have accidentally erased a 2TB disk where were the files of more than 9000 slides I had scanned with Nikon CoolScan in 16 bit and HQ format. It was a 30 year work summary, totaling more than 1.1 TB. Although I immediately stopped using the disk and I started trying to recover the files. All the last versions of the rescue softwares failed : Data rescue, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, TechTools Pro. All failed pathetically, either not recognizing the files (even with the sample learning option in Data Rescue's IQ) or interrupting the process with the dreadful "B-tree node size is wrong" message.
Then I found this new app "Disk Drill" and all my precious pictures started to be recoved, one by one. I could actually look at them displayed, unlike other softwares in which one has to wait for days before discovering what was recovered and whether the recovery is correct. This Disk Drill is magic and lightyears ahead of all its competitors. Now, unlike still mentioned in all the internet forums, the lethal second when one erases a precious HD is no longer a condemnation.
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Nice app by the way...
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mysio rated on 29 Jan 2012
Bill_Johnson rated on 17 Jan 2012
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Widber rated on 14 Nov 2011
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MacJunkee rated on 20 Oct 2011
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