- 2021
- 2020
Overall Product Rating: 4.5
A program with a good wizard interface, a good set of file recovery features, and the third score in file recovery. Its strong points are: a large number of supported interface languages (10) and direct access to a SIP-protected system disk. As to its file recovery performance, it’s become much better compared with the results shown in our previous tests (2020) – there have been no crashes, which had significantly worsened file recovery performance score in prior tests.
There are two weak points of this program: the lack of S.M.A.R.T. capabilities and strange behavior in recovery from a Mac APFS Fusion drive. The program immediately found it, but then a message appeared saying that this version could not recover files “due to Apple’s Policies” and suggested to install the previous version. The previous version could not recover anything.
Interface and Features
Support for the SIP system protection : 6.0Compare
A small, special driver can be installed that provides access for the program to all protected files. Disabling SIP is not required.
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 5.0Compare
Supports raw file recovery with a pre-defined file signature set. File types to search for cannot be selected.
Disk imaging and copying: 3.0Compare
The program can directly attach .dmg images, but cannot process disk images attached by the system.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 4.5Compare
Search parameters: individual file search, file mask search, manual mark for recovery. File sorting by file extension, time, size, and path by clicking column names. Files can be shown as a file list, icons, or details.
: 4.5Compare
A good wizard interface that guides the user through the file recovery process but gives the user some control over it
: 5.8Compare
Languages supported: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Japanese (10 languages). Language management: Languages can be changed on-the-fly.
Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.
: 4.0Compare
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.
File recovery performance
Apple Encrypted Volume: 0.0Compare
The program could not automatically recognize the Apple Encrypted Volume.
Apple RAID0: 6.0Compare
The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered.
Mac APFS Fusion Drive: 2.5Compare
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.
Emptied Trash (FAT32 file system): 5.0Compare
All files and folder were found in the .Trashes/502 folder after a 15-minute scan. The correct folder structure and all files were found in their correct places. All files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.
Emptied Trash (exFAT file system): 4.0Compare
After disk scan: The program found all files from the root folder two sub-folders with their correct names and content. It also found one original subfolder in the Lost Locations section. All found files were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found in the exFAT(Raw Files) section, that is, without their original names. Only one file was not found and recovered: one large mkv file. The program also found a lot of garbage files which made searching for the original files quite difficult.
Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.
Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, most of them as raw files. Almost all original folder structure was lost.
Emptied Trash (APFS file system): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the APFS(APFS) sections. Some files were found in these remnants and some in the Orphans folders, but all had correct filenames.
The rest of the files, except the mkv file, were found in the APFS(Raw files) section as raw files. They were successfully recovered, except for one mkv file that appeared broken after recovery.
Emptied Trash (HFS+ file system): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: In the HFS(HFS+)/.Trashes/502 section, the program found the entire original folder structure, but only 15 original files. All of them were recovered successfully. The rest of the files were found in the HSF(Raw Files) section as raw files, that is, without their names and original folder structure. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to APFS (external USB HDD): 6.0Compare
After disk scan: The program found all files from the previous files system, but no its remnants. All files were successfully recovered.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to APFS (external USB HDD): 5.0Compare
After disk scan: Most of the entire previous folder structure and files were found with correct names in Lost Locations folders.
The other lost files were found among raw files and successfully recovered without their correct names.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 5.0Compare
After Deep Scan: The entire previous APFS partition was found. Almost all files and folders were found in their original places with correct names and successfully recovered. There were only two exceptions: the avi file from the device root folder (several copies of the original file, each with different size) and the large mkv file.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv and 1 avi.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to HFS+ (external HDD): 4.0Compare
After disk scan: All files were found as raw files (All Files), that is, without the original folder structure or names. All found files were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to APFS (external HDD): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files (All Files) were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to exFAT (external USB HDD): 4.0Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 4 mts.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 5.0Compare
After disk scan: Almost all files were found in the HFS(exFAT) section with correct names, with the following exceptions: one zip file, one mkv file, and files from the root folder. Some of the folders contained the sub-folders of the second level (Calc, Writer, and alike) with correct files. Files from the root folder were not found among the remnants of the initial file systems. The avi, pdf and jpg files from the root folder were found in the HFS(Raw files), that is without their filenames. All found files were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv.
Disk erased (formatted) from FAT32 to FAT32 (memory stick): 4.0Compare
After disk scan: The program found the remnants of the previous file system in the FAT(FAT32)/Lost Locations section . They contained all files, except those from the root folder, all with correct names. All found files were successfully recovered. Files from the root folder could not be found.
Files that could not be recovered: all files from the device root.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to exFAT (external HDD): 6.0Compare
After disk scan: The previous HFS+ partition was found in the exFAT(HFS+) section. All files and folders were found in their original places with correct names and successfully recovered.
Damaged partition (APFS): 6.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous partition with the entire folder and file structure on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered.
Damaged partition (HFS+): 6.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous partition with the entire folder and file structure on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered. The program also found a lot of garbage files.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: All files with their original names were found in the Unknown (exFAT)/Lost Location section, but no remnants of the previous folder structure were found. All found files were successfully recovered.
Damaged partition (FAT32): 5.0Compare
After a partition scan: Several LOST_DIR_X folders were found. They contained some remnants of the previous file system was found. Almost all files were found in those remnants and successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 avi.
Deleted partition (APFS): 6.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous partition with the entire folder structure and all files on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (HFS+): 5.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous partition after a very quick scan. It contained the entire folder and file structure, all on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered. The program also found a lot of garbage files.
Deleted partition (exFAT): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: Only some folders and files (app. 1/5) were found among the remnants of the previous files system in the Unknown/(exFAT) section. They were successfully recovered. The rest of the files were found as raw files in the Unknown(Raw Files) section. They were successfully recovered. Overall, all but one files (1 ods) were recovered. The program also found a lot of garbage files.
Deleted partition (FAT32): 5.0Compare
After a disk scan: The program found all files with their original names, but only some remnants of the previous file system. All files were successfully recovered, but only some parts of the original folder structure could be recovered.
Overall Product Rating: 4.0
A program with a good wizard interface, good set of file recovery features, and the third score for file recovery performance, especially for emptied Bin. It can recover files from Apple APFS Fusion Drives and RAID0. Its weak points are the lack of direct access to SIP-protected disks, no disk imaging, and no S.M.A.R.T. monitoring.
It crashed during three tests, and this significantly lowered its file recovery performance score, which performed quite well in other tests.
Interface and Features
Support for the SIP system protection : 4.0Compare
The program informs the user that the files on the system disk can be accessed only when SIP is disabled and provides instructions on how to do so.
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 5.0Compare
Supports raw file recovery with a pre-defined file signature set. File types to search for cannot be selected.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 4.5Compare
Search parameters: individual file search/mark for recovery, file mask search/manual mark for recovery, file modification data. Files can be shown in a folder structure or as a list. Image files can be shown as tiles.
User interface: 4.5Compare
A good wizard interface that guides the user through the file recovery process but gives the user some control over it.
: 5.8Compare
Languages supported: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, traditional and simplified Chinese, and Japanese (9 languages). Language management: Languages can be changed on-the-fly.
Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.
: 3.5Compare
The built-in previewer can show image files, Adobe Acrobat (pdf), and Microsoft Office documents.
File recovery performance
Apple RAID0: 6.0Compare
The Apple RAID0 was immediately reconstructed. All folders and files were found and successfully recovered.
Apple Encrypted Volume: 1.0Compare
The Apple Encrypted Volume was immediately recognized, but the program could not find files and folders even after a relatively long scan (25 min).
Mac APFS Fusion Drive: 5.5Compare
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.
Emptied Trash (FAT32 file system): 5.0Compare
The program found all files and folders after a 15 min scan. All found files were recovered successfully, although some file and folder names had the # character instead of their first letter.
Emptied Trash (exFAT file system): 5.0Compare
After Disk Scan: The program could find all files with correct names and some remnants of the initial file system. All found files were successfully recovered.
Emptied Trash (APFS file system): 3.0Compare
After Disk Scan: The program found some remnants of the previous file system in the .Trashes/502 folder. Some files were found in these remnants, most with correct file names. They were successfully recovered.
Overall, almost half of the original files were successfully recovered, the entire folder structure was recovered partially.
Emptied Trash (HFS+ file system): 5.0Compare
After Disk Scan: The program found all but one file, but only as raw file, that is, without their names and original folder structure. All of them were recovered successfully.
Files that were partially recovered: 1 mkv
Disk erased (formatted) from FAT32 to FAT32 (memory stick): 4.5Compare
After Disk Scan: The program found the remnants of the previous file system in the Other lost files section in the LOST_DIR_XX folders. They contained all files, except the avi file from the root folder, all with correct names. All found files were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: the avi file from the root folder.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to APFS (external USB HDD): 4.0Compare
After Disk Scan: Half of the entire previous folder structure and files were found with correct names in the APFS-New section.
Some lost files were found among raw files and successfully recovered, but without their correct names.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 3.5Compare
After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found. Some of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 46 jpg, 15 png, 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 3 mp4, 16 mp3.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to HFS+ (external HDD): 4.5Compare
After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found as raw files. Most were recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to APFS (external HDD): 4.0Compare
After Disk Scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to exFAT (external USB HDD): 3.5Compare
After Advanced Disk Scan: Only raw files were found without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 2 jpg, 1 mkv, 1 avi, 13 mp3, 1 zip
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 3.5Compare
After Advanced Disk Scan: Only raw files were found without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to APFS (external USB HDD): 3.5Compare
After Overall Scan for Partitions: Nothing was found.
After disk Deep Scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to exFAT (external HDD): 3.5Compare
After Disk Scan: Only some raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that were not recovered: 1 mkv, 4 avi, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods, 1 zip.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 4.0Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Damaged partition (FAT32): 4.5Compare
After Simple Scan: Nothing was found.
After Scan: Only raw files were found. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 4 mts, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Damaged partition (APFS): 4.5Compare
After a Deep scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Damaged partition (HFS+): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. All of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 1 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Deleted partition (HFS+): 5.5Compare
After a disk scan: The program found the previous partition with the entire folder and file structure on their original places with correct names. All files were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (FAT32): 3.5Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (exFAT): 0.0Compare
The program constantly crashed when the external disk was selected for scan.
