How to Unformat USB Flash Drive on Mac?

donemax editorCharles updated on 2021/4/28 to Mac Data Recovery

Unformat USB flash drive on Mac

Summary: how to unformat an USB flash drive on Mac? Yes, download the reliable Mac USB flash drive unformat software - Donemax Data Recovery for Mac. It can help you unformat your USB flash drive within 3 simple steps.

“Hi, I formatted an USB flash drive using Disk Utility on my Mac. However, I realized I had important documents stored on this USB flash drive. Is there any way to get the lost documents back?” - Jean

Mac users use USB flash drive to store important files or use the USB flash drive to transfer data between Mac and other computers. There are many reasons to format an USB flash drive on macOS or Windows. For example:

  • Intentionally or unintentionally format the USB flash drive without backup.
  • The USB flash drive gets corrupted and need to be formatted.
  • The USB flash drive is infected by virus or malware, it should be formatted for security reason.
  • The USB flash drive can't be recognized or opened on Mac.

Mac users always use Disk Utility to format USB flash drive or other disk drive on Mac. And third-party disk formatting software also can help to format an USB flash drive on Mac. If you also format your USB flash drive without backing up your data and want to get the lost data back, just try Mac USB flash drive unformat software.

Unformat USB flash drive on Mac with software

Is it possible to unformat USB flash drive on Mac? Yes, there are many data recovery applications can help you unformat USB flash drive on Mac whether the USB flash drive is formatted by Disk Utility or other disk format tool. Donemax Data Recovery for Mac is such a unformat tool for Mac OS. Just download it here:

This software is able to scan your formatted USB flash drive and help you find all lost data. The process is simple. Now follow the steps below:

Step 1. Run Donemax Data Recovery on your Mac and insert the formatted USB flash drive into your Mac. Donemax Data Recovery will automatically recognize the formatted USB flash drive.

Unformat USB flash drive on Mac

Step 2. Click on Scan button. Donemax Data Recovery will deeply scan the formatted USB flash drive and find all lost files.

Unformat USB flash drive on Mac

Step 3. Once the scan is completed, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select the wanted files and save them.

Unformat USB flash drive on Mac

Before you unformat USB flash drive on Mac, you must keep in mind that - stop using the USB flash drive after the formatting. Otherwise, new data will overwrite the old data, which will result in data loss permanently. As you've seen, Donemax Data Recovery can help you unformat your USB flash drive easily. Just immediately run this software to scan your formatted USB flash drive and get all lost data back.

If your USB flash drive can't be recognized by your Mac, just click here to fix it. Whether you have formatted the USB flash drive or not, you can use Donemax Data Recovery for Mac to get lost files back. This software also can help you unformat external hard drive, HDD, SSD, memory card on Mac.

Donemax Data Recovery for Mac can help you recover all types of files such as photos, videos, audio files, documents from your formatted USB flash drive. It supports to recover data from exFAT, FAT, NTFS, HFS, HFS+, APFS, etc.

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Charles

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Charles, a technology writer and editor, focuses on writing articles about Mac data recovery, data erasure, disk clone etc for Donemax. He likes playing tennis and swimming. Charles also is a Apple fan, he is crazy about different Apple machines and is interested in testing software and applications on Mac.