How do I recover my Mac hard drive?

In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose View > Show All Devices. If Disk Utility isn’t open, click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Disk Utility in the Search field, then click the Disk Utility icon . In the sidebar, select the volume you want to restore, then click the Restore button .

Is Disk Drill actually free?

Disk Drill is totally free, though they make their money on the bet that you’ll love their program so much that you’ll upgrade to pro (which I’ve done). With the free version you get free recovery up to 500 MB, recovery protection, can backup failing disks, preview all recovery methods, and undelete protected data.

Is there a free alternative to Disk Drill?

TestDisk. TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software: certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table).

How can I recover data from a damaged hard drive for free?

Steps to Recover Data from a Corrupted or Crashed Hard Drive

  1. Download and Install Disk Drill for Windows or Mac OS X.
  2. Launch Disk Drill recovery software, select the crashed hard disk and click:
  3. Preview the files you found with Quick or Deep Scan.
  4. Click Recover to recover your lost data.

What do I do if my hard drive is not detected Mac?

If your external hard drive is not detected, follow these steps to fix the issue:

  1. Go to Applications and open Utilities.
  2. In the Utilities folder, select Disk Utility.
  3. In the View menu at the top of your screen, select Show All Devices.
  4. Select your external drive and click Unmount.
  5. Connect your external drive again.

How can I recover data from a failed hard drive?