- 2021
Overall Product Rating: 4.1
A program with a standard wizard interface, a decent feature set, and the fourth score in file recovery. Its strong point is the support for the NTFS file system which allows its user to recover files from Windows disks. It weak points are: an English-only interface and no S.M.A.R.T. monitoring capabilities. Also, its previewer cannot show files larger than 15 MB.
Interface and Features
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.
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 how to do so.
Disk imaging and copying: 4.5Compare
The standard macOS system Disk Utility can be invoked from the program to create disk images. The program can process disk images attached by the system.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 4.0Compare
Search parameters: individual file search, file mask search, manual mark for recovery and file modification data. Graphic can be shown as tiles.
: 4.5Compare
A good wizard interface that guides the user through the file recovery process but gives the user some control over it.
: 4.5Compare
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.
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: 1.0Compare
The Mac APFS Fusion drive was immediately found as disk6, but the program could not find anything on it.
Emptied Trash (HFS+ file system): 3.5Compare
After disk scan: The program found the entire original folder structure in the HFS(HFS+)/Trashes/502 section, but only 15 original files, including all files from the device root folder. Every found file had its copy with different time stamps. All of the found files 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: 39 jpg, 1 mts, 17 mp3, 1 pdf, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1ods.
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. Half of original files were found in these remnants, all with correct filenames. They were successfully recovered.
The rest of the files 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 (FAT32 file system): 4.5Compare
The program found all files and folders after a 10-minute scan. All found files were recovered successfully, except for files from the device root folder. They appeared damaged. Some file and folder names had the _ character instead of their first letter.
Emptied Trash (exFAT file system): 5.0Compare
The program found all files from the root folder in the exFAT (exFAT)/Trash/502 folder after a very short scan. They were successfully recovered.
After disk scan: The rest of the files (except the the mkv file) were found in the exFAT_1(exFAT) section. They were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: one mkv file.
Overall: All but one file were successfully recovered with their correct names, but most of the original folder structure was lost.
Disk erased (formatted) from FAT32 to FAT32 (memory stick): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: The program found all but one files in the FAT (FAT32)/Lost Locations section. The only lost file was the avi file from the root folder. All found files were successfully recovered, with correct names.
Files that could not be recovered: the avi file from the root folder.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to exFAT (external HDD): 3.5Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 ods, 1 odt.
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 the APFS-New(APFS) section. They were successfully recovered.
The other lost files were found among raw files (the APFS-New(RAW Files) section) and successfully recovered, but without their correct names.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv file.
Disk erased (formatted) from APFS to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 4.0Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 4 mts, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to HFS+ (external HDD): 3.5Compare
After disk scan: All files were found as raw files (RAW Files), that is, without the original folder structure or names. Most found files were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 18 mp3, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from HFS+ to APFS (external HDD): 3.5Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 m4v, 4 mts, 7 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to exFAT (external USB HDD): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: Some remnants of the previous file system were found in the exFAT-New_1(exFAT) section. The contained almost all previous files except files from the device root folder. They were successfully recovered. The files from the root folder were found in the exFAT(RAW files). They were successfully recovered, including the avi file from the device root folder.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to HFS+ (external USB HDD): 3.5Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 1 avi, 1 mpg, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Disk erased (formatted) from exFAT to APFS (external USB HDD): 4.5Compare
After disk scan: Only raw files were found, that is, without the original folder structure or names. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 2 avi, 1 mpeg, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Damaged partition (FAT32): 5.5Compare
After Disk Scan All previous files, but only some parts of the previous file system were found. They were successfully recovered.
Damaged partition (HFS+): 4.0Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. They were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Damaged partition (exFAT): 5.5Compare
After a disk scan: All files with their original names were found in the disk3(exFAT)/Lost Location section. In spite of its name, that section also contained the entire previous folder structure. All found files and the entire folder structure were successfully recovered.
Deleted partition (FAT32): 4.5Compare
After Disk Scan Almost all previous files, but only some parts of the previous file system were found. They were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 4 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Deleted partition (APFS): 4.0Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 ods, 1 odt.
Deleted partition (HFS+): 4.5Compare
After a disk scan: Only raw files were found. Most of them were successfully recovered.
Files that could not be recovered: 1 mkv, 17 mp3, 1 doc, 1 odt, 1 ods.
Deleted partition (exFAT): 5.0Compare
After Disk Scan All previous files, but only some parts of the previous file system were found. They were successfully recovered.
