Interface and Features
File preview
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. **Files can be marked for recovery or recovered directly from the previewer. ** | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft / Open Office documents (including ppt and ppts files). | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft/Open Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. | |
| Recoverit Wondershare | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic files (both as icons and in a separate window), Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft / Open Office documents. The previewer cannot show files larger than 15 MB. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show image files and Microsoft Office documents. Files, even those that cannot be previewed, can be recovered directly from the previewer. | |
| Tenorshare 4DDiG | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show image files. Files, even those that cannot be previewed, can be recovered directly from the previewer. | |
| All the tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Studio for Mac has the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. The rest of the programs can preview graphic files, and some can preview video, Microsoft / Open Office and Adobe Acrobat documents. Since our last review: R-Studio for Mac: Files can be marked for recovery or recovered directly from its file previewer. | |||
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files without having those applications installed. Image files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show images, audio, and video files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files). | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, image and video files. | |
| Remo Recover (Mac) | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show images, audio, and video files, and Microsoft Office documents. | |
| iMyFone AnyRecover for Mac | 3.5 | The built-in previewer can show image files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents. | |
| Softtote Data Recovery for Mac | 3.0 | The built-in previewer can show images and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents. | |
| All the tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Studio for Mac has the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. The rest of the programs can preview image files, and some can read Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat documents. | |||
A good file previewer is a powerful tool for estimating chances for successful file recovery. This feature is crucial when evaluating a demo version, but it continues to be useful with a fully-functional program.
| Product | Rating | Test Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-Studio for Mac | 6.0 | The built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| Restorer Ultimate for Mac | 6.0 | he built-in previewer can show all graphic, audio, and video files. It can also show Microsoft and Open Office documents: doc, xls, ppt (Office 97-2003), docx, xlsx, pptx, ods, odt, Adobe pdf, and txt files even without having those applications installed. Picture files can be shown as medium/large tiles, and video files as icons of the first frame. | |
| EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents (including ppt and ppts files). | |
| iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac | 5.0 | The built-in previewer can play image, video, and audio files, show Microsoft and Open Office documents, Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, archive files, and emails. | |
| Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio (mp3), video (mp4, mpeg, avi) files, Microsoft/Open Office documents (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx), txt, Adobe PDF (pdf). Audio and video are played only partially. | |
| Premium Seagate File Recovery Software for Mac | 4.5 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. Only the beginning of files/documents can be shown/played back. | |
| Disk Drill for Mac | 4.0 | The built-in previewer can show Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, txt, graphic and video files. | |
| All the tested programs have built-in previewers. R-Studio for Mac and Restorer Ultimate for Mac have the best preview capabilities among the evaluated programs. Their built-in previewers can show the most frequently recovered file formats even without having those applications installed. | |||
