FileSalvage

FileSalvage – Mac software for OS X that will retrieve files that have been deleted (undelete), rescue data from corrupted media, and recover lost files from your hard drive or storage device.

If you lose any files that you want back, just run FileSalvage and if the deleted files have not been written over (of which there are usually good chances), it will recover them. Corruption does not detain FileSalvage. It will process any intact data on the disk and recover whole or partial files wherever they are found.

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My computer decided, once we were pages away from finishing a 100-page screenplay that was due in three days, to dispose of the only file in the world I cared about. I consulted AppleCare and all the computer people I know. The script was gone and I was sweating in that bad way. As a last resort, the AppleCare guy recommended I try FileSalvage, but could make no promises. I read all the reviews I could find, as 80 bucks seemed like a gamble on a program no one could truly vouch for. But, we made the leap of faith and FileSalvage found over 600 Final Draft documents. It was a task sifting through 600 files to find 10, but I've never so willingly sifted. I think we may have lost around 5% of the original file, but that remaining 95% never looked so good. Throughout the recovery process, I had questions and Mark at SRS Support was helpful every step of the way, responding to my emails long after normal business hours. I couldn't say if the program will work as well for everyone's file losses, but it sure did save us.

Good luck.

Jessie McNamara for FileSalvage