File recovery performance
Apple disk and volume managers
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
Apple RAID0
Test description: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume. The volume was unmounted to prevent the system from assembling it.
Data on the disk: 292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk Drill for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Recoverit Wondershare | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 1.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately found with the correct size. But no partitions and files could be found on the device, even after a deep scan. | |
| Tenorshare 4DDiG | 0.0 | The program could not find the Apple RAID0. | |
| Summary: Most of the programs, R-Studio for Mac, Disk Drill for Mac, iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac, and Wondershare Recoveryit could automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0 and found all original files and folders in their original place. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac could find the Apple RAID0, but was unable to find files, even raw ones, on the device. Tenorshare 4DDiG could not find the Apple RAID0. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive
Test description: OS: macOS Catalina, 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by macOS Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume. The volume was unmounted to prevent the system from assembling it.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Tenorshare 4DDiG | 5.5 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as a Container(disk6). All files and folders were found after a disk scan for 15 minutes. They were successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 3.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scan of the SSD disk revealed the original file and folder structure, but none of the files could be recovered. Deep scan finds some raw files that can be recovered. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 2.5 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found. Then, a strange message appeared stating that EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac 12.0 could not scan Fusion Drive due to Apple’s Policies. Version 11.18 was suggested to download and install onto the Fusion Drive. Installed Version 11.18 immediately recognized Mac APFS Fusion drive and started its scan. Only some raw files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 1.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as a virtual hard drive without any volume. Search for the volumes and files on that virtual hard drive found nothing. | |
| Recoverit Wondershare | 1.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as disk6, but the program could not find anything on it. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac and Tenorshare 4DDiG could correctly re-construct the Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, and Wondershare Recoveryit could detect the APFS Fusion drive could find only some raw files. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac immediately found the APFS Fusion drive, but could not recover anything. | |||
Apple Encrypted Volume
Test description: HDD: 40 GB HGST Travelstar, 40 GB HFS+ Apple encrypted partition.
Data on the disk: 294 files, approximately 16 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 107 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 6 pdf, 5 doc, 5 docx, 5 xls, 5 xlsx, 5 odt, 5ods, 1 zip.
292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 6.0 | It was necessary to enable "Show hidden items" in the view menu to find the Apple Encrypted Volume. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| Recoverit Wondershare | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| Tenorshare 4DDiG | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac and Disk Drill for Mac could automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume and found all original files and folders in their original place. The rest of the programs could not recognize Apple Encrypted Volume. | |||
Apple RAID0
Test description: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume. The volume was un-mounted to prevent the system to assemble it.
Data on the disk: 292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the files and folders, we then used the most powerful recovery option available.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Softtote Data Recovery for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 1.5 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately found with the correct size and file system. But no files could be found on the device. | |
| Remo Recover (Mac) | 1.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately found with the correct size. But no partitions and files could be found on the device. | |
| Summary: Most of the programs, R-Studio for Mac, Disk Drill for Mac, iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac, and Softtote Data Recovery for Mac could automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0 and found all original files and folders in their original place. The rest of the programs could find the Apple RAID0, but were unable to find files, even raw ones, on the device. | |||
Apple Encrypted Volume
Test description: HDD: 40 GB HGST Travelstar, 40 GB HFS+ Apple encrypted partition.
Data on the disk: 294 files, approximately 16 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 107 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 6 pdf, 5 doc, 5 docx, 5 xls, 5 xlsx, 5 odt, 5ods, 1 zip.
292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the files and folders, we then used the most powerful recovery option available.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 1.0 | The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized. But the program rejected a correct password, throwing a message that the password was wrong. Data recovery was impossible. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 1.0 | The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized, but the program could not find files and folders even after a relatively long scan (25 min). | |
| Remo Recover (Mac) | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| Softtote Data Recovery for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac and Disk Drill for Mac could automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume and found all original files and folders in their original place. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac rejected the correct password, and therefore was unable to recover anything. iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac could recognized the Apple Encrypted Volume but was unable to find anything. Remo Recover (Mac) and Softtote Data Recovery for Mac could not find anything. | |||
Mac APFS Fusion Drive
Test description: OS: macOS Catalina, 64 bit HDD: SSD OCZ Vertex 3 IOPS 128 GB and HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1 TB disks Mac APFS Fusion Drive: Created by macOS Catalina, formatted as an APFS volume. The volume was un-mounted to prevent the system to assemble it.
Data on the disk: 293 files, approximately 17 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure
Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
Note: Different programs have different options for performing a certain file recovery task. For each program, we initially used the option most suitable for this test. If it did not recover all the data, we then used the most powerful recovery option in the program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found and correctly reconstructed. All files and folders were found and successfully recovered. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 5.5 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as a Container (disk6). All files and folders were found after a disk scan for 15 min. They were successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 3.5 | The program could not recognize the Mac APFS Fusion Drive. Separate scan of the SSD disk revealed the original file and folder structure, but none of the files could be recovered. Deep scan finds some raw files that can be recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 2.5 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found. Then a strange message appeared stating that EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac 12.0 could not scan Fusion Drive due to Apple’s Policies. Version 11.18 was suggested to download and install to work with the Fusion Drive. Installed Version 11.18 immediately recognized Mac APFS Fusion drive and started its scan. Only some raw files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Remo Recover (Mac) | 1.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as a virtual hard drive without any volume. Search for the volumes and files on that virtual hard drive found nothing. | |
| Softtote Data Recovery for Mac | 1.0 | The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as disk6, but the program could not find anything on it.. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac and iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac could correctly re-construct Mac APFS Fusion drive and recover all files and folders. iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac did that after a relatively short scan (10 min). Disk Drill for Mac and EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac could find only some raw files. | |||
Apple Time Machine Backup Volume
Test description: HDD: 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12, 320 GB HFS+ Apple Time Machine backup disk.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 6.0 | The program could recover files from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery | 6.0 | The program could recover files from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| R-Studio for Mac | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| Restorer Ultimate for Mac | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| Premium Seagate File Recovery Software for Mac | 0.0 | The program doesn’t support file recovery directly from an Apple Time Machine backup volume. | |
| Summary: Only EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac and Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery could recover files directly from Apple Time Machine backup disk. | |||
Apple Core Storage Volume
Test description: HDD: 40 GB HGST Travelstar, 40 GB HFS+ Apple Core Storage encrypted partition.
Data on the disk: 294 files, approximately 16 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure.
Files: 107 jpg, 40 png, 1 mkv, 9 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 6 pdf, 5 doc, 5 docx, 5 xls, 5 xlsx, 5 odt, 5ods, 1 zip.
292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple Core Storage Volume was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Restorer Ultimate for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple Core Storage Volume was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume. | |
| iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume. | |
| Premium Seagate File Recovery Software for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac and Restorer for Mac could automatically reconstruct the Apple Core Storage Volume and found all original files and folders in their original place. | |||
Apple RAID0
Test description: 2 Silicon-Power4G 4GB disks Mac RAID 0: Created by Mac OS X Yosemite, formatted as an HFS+ volume. Data on the disk: 292 files, approximately 7 GB total size, scattered over a certain file structure. Files: 87 jpg, 40 png, 22 avi, 1 flv, 1 m4v, 2 mov, 5 mp4, 1 mpeg, 4 mts, 86 mp3, 10 pdf, 6 doc, 12 docx, 2 xls, 4 xlsx, 6 odt, 2 ods, 1 zip.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Restorer Ultimate for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 6.0 | The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered. | |
| Premium Seagate File Recovery Software for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0. | |
| iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0. Moreover, the program could not recognize the Apple RAID0 assembled by the system. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 0.0 | The program could not automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0. | |
| Summary: Only R-Studio for Mac, Restorer for Mac, and Disk Drill for Mac could automatically reconstruct the Apple RAID0 and found all original files and folders in their original place. iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac could not recognize even the Apple RAID0 assembled by the macOS. | |||
