How to Recover Data from HFS on Mac?

The key difference between Windows and Mac data recovery is the different file systems they support separately. The Windows computer typically use NTFS files system, while the Mac file system is known as HFS (Hierarchical File system). And current Mac computers, including iPod, use a newer version of HFS plus to replace the primary file system of HFS.

Sometimes the data loss problems occur because the data structures used by HFS file system to store, manage, access and manipulate data are damaged or corrupted. In some situations, the HFS file system volume may become inaccessible on Mac operating system. Or you accidentally deleting of files or formatting. In such situations, you need to do HFS data recovery to save your lost files with Data Recovery for Mac software.

Get Back Data from HFS on Mac Steps:

Step 1: Choose the recovery mode

Firstly install and run the HFS Recovery for Mac software. There are three modes for you to select include “Deleted File Recovery”, “Raw Recovery” and “Lost Partition Recovery”. Here we press "Deleted File Recovery".

Step 2: Select the HFS file system

Select the HFS file system where your lost files were and click the "Scan" button to begin scanning. It can recover the lost files from external hard drives and USB flash drives with different file systems as well.

Step 3: Preview and Recover Data from HFS on Mac

When the scan is over, the recoverable files all list for you to choose. Pick up the check-box of the lost files which you want to recover and click the "Recover" button. Type or or select a destination where you want to save the target files, and then click the "Save" button.

Here we highly recommend you to select other locations from your source partitions, and other operations like copying, deleting or altering the files on this damaged HFS file system should also be avoided as it may occupy and overwrite the area of the lost data.

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