Mac is an effective Unix based graphical user interface operating system developed by Apple Inc for their Macintosh line of computers. Mac operating system released in different versions like Panther, Jaguar, Leopard, Snow Leopard, etc and the latest version is Mac OS X 10.7 i.e. Lion. In order to have an efficient file manipulation system, Mac operating uses secure and reliable file system called HFS and HFS+.
Formatting is a common process which most of the users performs to erase the data stored in the storage media and re-install the file system. Sometimes Mac users lose their files due to formatting their hard drive. In case if you have lost important files and thinking about how to get it back, here is an optimum solution. You can get back your lost files after format at your finger tips. This article describes the detailed procedure of Mac file recovery after format. Before discussing how to recover files, it is good to know how users lose their files due to formatting Mac hard drive. Few common scenarios are listed here.
- Accidental format is the major reason for Mac data loss. While formatting an external storage drive by connecting it to Mac computer, user might accidentally hit format on some logical drive. In case if the formatted drive is not backed up, then user will lose all the files.
- Sometimes due to some errors in the files system, when user tries to access any external drive, it might ask to format for further use. In case if such drive has some important files, then chances of losing files are pretty more.
- There are times in which your entire hard drive becomes inaccessible due to operating system crash or hard drive crash. In order to access such drives, sometimes it needs to format. If the user has not taken a backup of such inaccessible drives, then losing of files is guaranteed.
No matter how you have lost files, you can recover with the help of Mac data recovery utility. Once you have found that the file is lost or deleted, stop using the storage drive, because whenever a file gets delete from Mac drive, only the resource fork which is responsible to hold the information related to stored file manipulation like menu items, code segments will be removed and space marked as available but the data fork which holds the actual information which user kept in the stored files still resides on the stored sector until it is overwritten with new data. Unfortunately such data is inaccessible to operating system without a resource fork but data recovery software scans the hard drive and retrieves with the help of different file attributes.
Remo Recover (Mac) – Pro Edition is one such advanced file recovery software which is developed by some expert data recovery professionals especially for Mac operating system. This tool facilitates you to recover files from formatted, partitioned and re-partitioned hard drives. Apart from hard drives, you can use this tool to restore deleted or lost files from external drives, flash memory cards, FireWire drives, iPods and other removable storage devices which are accessible to Mac OS X.
You can download the trial version of this software to evaluate the chances of recovery.