It not only performs file recovery in macOS effectively but also backs up your important data, creates disk images, and repairs damaged files. Whether you lost files due to deletion, emptying the trash, formatting the volume or disk, drive failure, a program crash without saving documents, or your Mac cannot boot, etc., this program is your right-hand man.
iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac combines the main features of such programs (easy to use, real-time preview, displaying results while scanning, fast scan, file signature recognition, etc.) with the advanced features mentioned in the following into one. With it, you can not only maximize the recovery rate of essential data but also manage and protect them efficiently.
Compared to the generic retrieval engines used by competitors, this tool has been individually algorithmically optimized for the data storage methods of popular devices, including SanDisk, PNY, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Sony, GoPro, DJI, and more, to ensure you get the best data recovery on macOS.
Seeking the best file recovery software for Mac is essentially a remedy for data loss emergencies, and its success is uncertain. To avoid this issue fundamentally, it features a built-in backup function to prevent your files from being lost due to unexpected incidents.
Sometimes, during the process of losing a file, its metadata can be destroyed, making it unusable even if you have successfully recovered it. iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac will pre-detect errors in data blocks and attempt to correct them by interpolation and replacement, aiming to minimize this issue as much as possible.
Video files are stored as continuous fragments. Being deleted, some fragments in a video might be damaged. Due to this peculiarity, videos recovered by many recovery tools will become unplayable. With the help of the independent video repair module provided by this program, the damaged videos can be fixed in most cases.
It’s torturous for users who want to recover data from a large disk on a Mac by waiting for the scan to finish. The best recovery software for Mac makes it easier for you by saving the scan result automatically. After that, you can load the scan result at any time you are free to complete the data recovery process.
Sometimes, the recovered files lose attributes that make the Mac data recovery software unable to recognize the names or put them in the correct directory. This may make you unable to find them and make you think they have not recovered. The built-in multiple filters of this freeware will help you locate them quickly.
You live and work with files every day. If you lose any type of file due to deletion or unexpected incidents, iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for macOS can identify and restore them accurately.
BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, ICONS, CR2, PSD, INDB, AI, APM, INDL, INX, C4D, PSB, IDML, and more.
AVI, DV, MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, M4V, MPG, WMV, MKV, 3GP, RM, SWF, TOO, WEBM, TS, and more.
DOC/DOCX, XLSX/XLSX/CSV, PPT/PPTX, PDF, TXT, CWK, EPS, PDF, DWG, PMD, WPS, and more
MP3, WMA, WAV, AIF/AIFF, CDA, MID, MPA, OGG, WPI, ACC, RFL, MUS, SIB, SESX, VOC, and more.
EMAIL, EML, MSG, OFT, OST, VCF, PST, DBX, EMLX. (from Apple Mail, Outlook etc.)
archives (ZIP, RAR, SIT, ISO etc.), DMG, HTML, BAK, DMP, SWIFT, KEY, and more.
No matter in what scenarios, you can depend on iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac to completely recover deleted or lost files from Mac notebooks/desktops and other storage devices as long as it is not physically damaged.
The criteria for judging whether a recovery software for Mac is effective mainly focus on its workability for different data loss circumstances. After years of updates, iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac has successfully achieved this. Download it to quickly restore your photos, documents, videos, music, and other files on Mac OS.
We’ve tried very hard to make iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac compatible with all macOS. However, with the continuous updates of macOS, we have to adopt an upward compatibility strategy, making it compatible with the newest macOS. If you are using an older version of OS X, then please check the technical specifications below.
Runs perfectly on macOS 10.10(Yosemite) and above. It requires at least 256MB of RAM and 1GB of free disk space.
Recover lost files from hard drives with APFS, HFS/HFS+, FAT 16/32, exFAT, NTFS/NTFS+, ReFS, EXT, etc. file systems.
The built-in wizard and complete instructions in iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac will guide people to recover files lost by deletion, formatting, or unsaved on a Mac in a few clicks without professional skills. Here are the detailed steps on how to use it.
Click "Download" to download the dmg installation package for the best recovery software for Mac. If this is the first time you have downloaded an application from iBeesoft, a screenshot will prompt. Please click "Allow" to confirm the action.
Open the download folder and double-click the dmg file. When the screenshot appears, please drag the software icon to the "Applications" folder on the right to complete the installation.
Click "Launchpad" in the Dock and find the app icon. After clicking it, enter the computer login password in the dialog box to start this tool. After that, click the program name in the menu and select Settings to filter the file types. If you are not sure what type the lost file belongs to, please skip this step.
Select the drive where the data was before they were deleted or lost. After that, click "Search for lost files" in the lower right corner of the window. If you are retrieving files from Macintosh HD, please follow the instructions provided because it is an encrypted storage device with a file system for APFS.
When the scan is done, you can quickly locate the lost data by clicking "Path" and "Type" on the sidebar. Once you find them, you can double-click to preview the contents before recovering them.
After making clear which files to restore, click the checkboxes in front of the target items to select them. Click the "Recover" button at the bottom right of the window and choose a new location to save them.
More ways to recover deleted files on Mac.
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Update Time: 06/03/2025
Installation Package Size: 53.4MB
When choosing a free file recovery software for Mac, we should not only see what the official is saying but also take medium and users' reviews as references seriously. These reviews can better prove the facts of the software.
iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac is easy to use and can handle data loss problems in most cases. The ability to repair damaged files is impressive.
If you have lost some critical files from a Disk, SD card, or USB drive, this tool can be helpful. The free version is a good start, and the paid version is also worth considering if you have multiple files to recover.
iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac has many features but with an easy-to-go configuration. It does a great job to recover and backup data. It was the fastest in our tests.
Although my recovered video was not playable like the other programs recovered, I could fix the error with its built-in video repair option.
Thanks to iBeesoft. This free Mac data recovery software has helped me recover deleted photos from my SD card.
I mistakenly emptied the trash, and a document disappeared; it worked as advertised.
When you find files were lost, you should calm down and not do any of the following things before performing file recovery. Otherwise, you might lose the opportunity to retrieve them.
Whether you accidentally delete a file or lose it due to other reasons, macOS only removes its information in the directory structure, making it disappear, but the file itself remains there. This prevents lost data from being overwritten and making it unretrievable or unusable.
In some instances, they can indeed repair a damaged drive and allow you to regain access to the data on the device. However, this may also destroy the RAW data of the files and cause them to disappear forever.
The process of saving recoverable files is similar to copy-and-paste files. It is done sequentially. If you save them to the original hard drive, the files after the queue may become inaccessible or inconsistent with the size shown on the result page.
No. It offers two scanning modes, but we have combined them into an action to make it easy for users to operate. Here are the details for the two modes.
How it works: It mainly relies on the index information and free block information of the file system. Quick Scan can quickly locate deleted or lost files by identifying the file metadata (such as file name, date, modification time, etc.), record information, or deletion marks in the file system. It ignores the parts that have been marked as free space by the operating system. Doing this will avoid invalid scanning and save time.
Applicable scenario: It is suitable for looking for files deleted recently or files attacked by viruses but with complete file system index information.
How it works: It scans each sector of the storage device one by one. Then, it analyzes the underlying data distribution and file system structure to dig out file fragments and hidden data that conventional scanning methods miss. It will try to rebuild the index of lost files and the parent-child structure of directories and verify the validity of metadata.
Applicable scenarios: It works for complex data loss scenarios, such as formatting, volume loss, severely damaged partitions, RAW drives, and complex storage devices.
Yes. Before releasing the iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac installation package, we submit it to the Apple Developer for verification. The program is digitally signed only when it meets Apple's security guidelines.
Yes. iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac can do it. Here are the steps:
As long as your memory card is not physically damaged, even if it is inaccessible, not showing, or locked, and more, iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac can recover its files.
It happens mainly because the files were damaged during the loss process. Videos are extremely easy to damage after deletion because a video is stored in multiple fragmented files. In addition, new data written to the original storage location or the file is encrypted can also cause file damage.
Yes, Time Machine can help you restore deleted files. However, you must have backed up these data before deleting them.
If there is no backup, the best file recovery software for Mac is worth using. It can scan your drive and look for lost files.
It depends on the total size of the files you deleted. If it is less than 500MB, iBeesoft Free Data Recovery for Mac can help you get them back for free.
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