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MPG File Recovery for Mac

2012-08-29 09:28:15 / Posted by to PC Utilities Topic
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Q: "I was given numerous popular movies from my best friends and saved them on my Mac computer. Last week I formatted the partition where I stored those movies after backup. But later I discovered the MPG files become inaccessible. I tried several ways to open them but failed. Is there is any reliable software to help me get back these formatted MPG video files? "

MPG is one of the most popular standard for digital video and audio compression. Movies and music fans must save lots of favorite movies and songs on their computer, and it would be a great joy to enjoy them at leisure time. Since MPG files are used so widely, losing such type of files can be very tormenting. The loss of MPG files can happen due to various reasons, such as accidental deletion, virus attack, power failsure, device formatting, etc. But if you get your precious MPG files lost and also you forget to copy them or the backup is inaccessible. Never panic because you can perform a MPG file recovery on your own now.

Mac Data Recovery or Data Recovery Pro (for Windows 8/7) is professionally designed for Mac and Windows users to recover lost, deleted, formatted or inaccessible MPG files on Mac or PC easily and efficiently. Just free download the correct version of MPG File Recovery according to the computer system you are using, and continue with the below steps to get back lost MPG videos on. Please note the following guide is based on Mac version, but the steps to get it done on Windows offer a similar experience.

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How to Retrieve Lost MPG Files on Mac Easily and Efficently

Step 1: Run on the MPG File Recovery for Mac and make certain that the storage medium is well attached to your Mac computer. This software supports you to recover MPG videos on Mac from different devices like USB driver, other mass storage devices and the internal hard driver etc.

Step 2: In the directory of logic drives here, find the one partition from where your lost MPG files locate, and then go through the "Scan" button to get started scanning.

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Step 3: Once the scan is finished, the lost MPG files might be placed in the folders of the left pane. Select the ones that you would like to recover. Next, go through the "Recover" button.

Pick a destination in places you desire to save the recoverable MPG files, and then click the "Recover" button. Here we strongly suggest you to select other locations from your source partitions where you loss the MPEG videos.

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Here it is, finally your lost MPG files go back together again! In addition, this MPG File Recovery for Mac supports you to recover not just videos, but additionally photos and music on many different devices. Especially, it is very easy to use as well as the following features:

Support you to preview your lost videos before recovering.
The scanning results sort all the videos by file formats.
The scanning result can be saved so you won't need to re-scan if you wish to recover songs later.

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