The Best Applications to Recover Deleted Data in macOS and iOS

Losing data stored on our Mac or external drives is always unpleasant. Sometimes it happens due to physical failures and we can do little to recover them. At other times it is usually due to an involuntary deletion and we can do something, or at least try. If you have deleted a file by mistake here are the best tools to recover data in macOS and iOS.

Apps to Recover Deleted Data in macOS and iOS devices

We will list out all the best apps to recover the deleted data from your macOS and iOS devices. 

Data Recovery in macOS

Many of the applications we use every day have begun to take advantage of the advantages offered by cloud storage. Two of the most important advantages are greater security and an option to recover them without having to resort to third-party applications. Because normally, despite erasing them, they usually remain 30 days until the final elimination.

But in the case of not having these options, in the situation of having deleted or formatted a unit by mistake, we can always use these data recovery applications. During all these years I have been able and need to try several. The following are the ones that have offered me the best results.

With these applications, you can try to recover that valuable data that was deleted from your Mac.

Before entering into the apps remember that if you have deleted a file or formatted a unit it is important not to rewrite any data. If we do it, the chances of recovery will be reduced, although not doing so also guarantees 100% success.

Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery

Mac Data Recovery is an application developed by Stellar capable of recovering documents, photographs, music or videos in partitions with HFS +, FAT, ExFat and NTFS file systems. 

This is the application that I have used the most times. Depending on the unit and its capacity the analysis will be more or less slow but with patience the percentage of success is high. Recovering photos I have achieved good results, and can even locate RAW files. But forget that it does not promise 100% effectiveness, because sometimes the files will recover corrupt or they will not be located directly.

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Disk Drill 3

This application has a number of additional options, some available in the free version and others only through the payment option (€ 89) as data recovery, allows us to recover deleted files. All through a very simple user interface. 

Although if the additional options do not interest you-you have Disk Drill Media Recovery that only costs € 43 in the Mac App Store.

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Data Rescue 5

Data Rescue is another popular application for data recovery. Available for both Mac and Windows, my experience with it is lower but in some tests the results were satisfactory.

With additional options such as cloning units or creating a recovery unit, Data Rescue is another alternative to consider if you have the need to recover deleted files.

• Download the Application of Data Rescue here

WonderShare Data Recovery

Wondershare Data Recovery is the last of the recommended utilities for the recovery of deleted files in macOS. Here we have a subscription payment model, the price for lifetime updates is $ 89.95. We also have a trial version with which to see if it is able to find those files that interest us. And if the result is positive then pay to unlock the functions and be able to save the data in a new location.

• Download the Wondershare data recovery application here

Recover Deleted Files from iPhone or iPad devices

As with macOS, iOS applications and the use of cloud services facilitate data recovery. But if for some reason we have deleted some data, especially photographs, from the local storage of the device there are also apps that will try to help us recover them.

With these apps, we can also recover data stored in a location within our iOS devices.

Without much experience for lack of need, the two most recommended applications to try to recover deleted files on iOS are:

• Dr. Fone 
• PhoneRescue for iOS

The operation of both is very similar if not identical. They are installed on our Mac or Windows PC, the device is connected via USB to the computer and that's it. Following the indications of its interface, we can see all the recovery options it offers. Which go beyond photos and also serve to retrieve messages or other data.

I hope you find this article is useful to recover the deleted data from macOS and iOS devices. If you have any questions, suggestions or experience you have had on this subject share them in the comment box below. So that we can all continue learning about iOS, macOS and Apple devices.