How recover data from external hard drive on Mac?

To recover files from external hard drive on Mac follow the steps: Download and install Donemax Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac Connect the external hard drive to your Mac Launch the software and select the external drive to scan Click ' Scan ' to search for lost files Select the files and click ' Recover ' to save your files.

How long does it take to scan the hard disk?

It depends on the capacity of your hard drive and the performance of your Mac. As reference, most drive recoveries can be completed in around 10 hours for a 1-TB healthy hard drive in general conditions.

Is Donemax Data Recovery for Mac safe?

Yes, Donemax Donemax Data Recovery for Mac is 100% safe to use and non-destructive to your data without overwriting or altering the original data.

Can I backup & restore data with Donemax Data Recovery for Mac?

Its built-in ' Create Disk Image ' can make a full copy of your Mac disk data easily. It makes sure that your important files, media and documents are backed up into a byte-to-byte disk image (DMG or ZIP) for later restore if needed.

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Best Mac Data Recovery Software for Data Recovery from Unlimited Macs

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician offers reliable and cost-effective data recovery solution for enterprise & business users, IT administrators, organizations, service providers, etc.

Data Recovery from Unlimited Devices

This powerful Mac data recovery software supports to recover lost data from unlimited Mac computers, HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, SD cards, digital cameras, etc.

Powerful Data Recovery Capacity

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician not only can recover permanently deleted files, but it also can recover formatted or erased data, recover lost data from RAW drives or deleted disk volumes.

DIY Mac Recovery Tool

It is 100% safe and very easy-to-use. It takes only three steps to get all lost files back and allows users to preview all recoverable files before saving them. No pro skills required!

Advanced Mac Recovery Software with High Recovery Rate

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician offers deep scan technology to deeply scan any drive and find every recoverable file. It can easily recover deleted/erased files and can recover inaccessible/lost files from a corrupted hard drive, recover lost data from a deleted disk volume.

It is fully capable of recovering lost data from ExFAT/FAT32 drives, NTFS drives, APFS drives, HFS+ drive or even RAW drives.

This Mac data recovery software supports to recover all types of lost files including photos, videos, audio files, documents, archives, emails, folders, etc.

Advanced Mac Recovery Software with High Recovery Rate

Mount and Repair Disks on Mac

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician offers disk manager tool to help Mac users to mount or unmount a disk on Mac, reformat external storage device on Mac, rename drives on Mac and repair damaged drives on Mac, etc.

If the drive gets damaged, just select it and click on First Aid button to repair the drive. Or you can reformat the damaged drive to APFS, ExFAT or Mac OS Extended to fix logical errors.

Mac Data Recovery User Guide

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician can easily and completely recover lost data from Mac's internal disks or external storage devices. Check full user guide

Step 1. Select drive Select the Mac hard drive or device where you deleted or lost your files.
Step 2. Scan Click Scan button to deeply scan your Mac hard drive and find all lost files.
Step 3. Recover Once the scan is completed, preview all recoverable files. Then select the wanted files and save them.

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Mac Data Recovery User Reviews

CacuxUpdated on Apr. 15, 2025

I lost my files after reinstalling Sequoia. Thanks to Donemax Data Recovery, all files are back to my MacBook Pro. It is easy-to-use and can repair my damaged USB drive, great tool.

FenchesUpdated on May. 2, 2025

Thanks so so much! It takes hours to scan my 8TB external hard drive! Amazing result, it finds all my lost videos and photos, they are very important to me.

NinaniaUpdated on May 7, 2025

I tried 4 data recovery apps on my old MacBook Air, only Donemax Data Recovery can scan the encrypted drive and find my lost documents, lots of documents.

JeffUpdated on May 9, 2025

I can't read my USB drive on my Mac, run this tool to scan the USB drive before I format it. It exports the files from the USB drive to my Mac, everything is perfect.

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Tech Specification

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac is fully compatible with Latest macOS

Mac OS:

macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS 14 Sonoma, macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 12 Monterey, macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.11

File System:

APFS, HFS/HFS+, NTFS, NTFS5, FAT 12/16/32, exFAT, ext2/3/4

Recover Data From Virtually Any Storage Device

Hard disk drive:

HDD, SSD, external HDD, RAID, Zip drive, pen drive, USB drive, etc.

Memory card:

USB memory, memory card, CF/SD card, Micro card, memory card for each device

Other digital device

Digital camera, camcorder, Mp4, Mp3, Voice recorder and more

The following environment is required to install Donemax Data Recovery

Disk Space:

at least 100 MB

CPU:

At least 1GHz

Mac Data Recovery FAQs

How to recover deleted or missing files on Mac?

Follow the steps below to recover permanently deleted or missing files on Mac:

Download and install Donemax Data Recovery for Mac Technician on your Mac
Open this Mac data recovery software and choose the drive where you delete or lose the files
Click "Scan" to search for lost files
Select the files and click "Recover" to save your deleted or missing files.