Free Recuva Alternatives for Mac

Recuva is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best free Mac alternative is TestDisk, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Recuva and many of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Recuva are PhotoRec, Digler, Disk Drill and Autopsy Forensic Browser.

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Recuva alternatives are mainly File Recovery Tools, but if you're looking for Photo Recovery Tools or Hard Disk Recovery Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows + Free, Linux + File Recovery, Open Source, File Recovery and Android. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Recuva.
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  1. TestDisk icon
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    Recovers lost partitions, repairs non-booting or damaged disks, restores deleted partition tables, supports FAT, NTFS, ext, and exFAT file systems, operates via command-line, converts dynamic disks to basic, runs cross-platform without installation.

    145 TestDisk alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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  2. PhotoRec icon
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    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures.

    143 PhotoRec alternatives

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    • BSD
     
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  3. Digler icon
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    Forensic disk analysis and file recovery solution supporting a wide range of disk image formats and raw devices, file system-agnostic recovery, metadata-independent scans, DFXML reporting, plugin extensibility, intuitive CLI, and integration for diverse forensic needs.

    50 Digler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Disk Drill icon
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    Retrieve deleted files with advanced scanning on various drives and file types. The free trial recovers up to 500MB, with Recovery Vault for protection and disk backup in case of failure.

    159 Disk Drill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Autopsy® is a digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit® and other digital forensics tools. It can be used by law enforcement, military, and corporate examiners to investigate what happened on a computer.

    101 Autopsy Forensic Browser alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  6. Data recovery tool with 96% success rate, restoring files from accidental deletions, system crashes, formatted disks, and more on Windows. It supports hard drives, SSDs, USBs, mobile devices, and memory cards, and handles all major data loss scenarios efficiently.

    125 Wondershare Recoverit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. DMDE icon
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    DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery (DMDE) is a disk editor which can help you to understand NTFS. Its capable to view your hard disk sector wise, on MFT level, to disect mft attributes and to edit bytes on your hard disk.

    101 DMDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Recover lost data on Mac, from documents to videos, even if deleted from Trash. Supports APFS, NTFS drives for Macs including M1 & T2 chips, with ability to create recovery USB.

    137 Stellar Data Recovery for Mac alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  9. Recovers deleted, formatted, or unsaved files from internal and external storage on two operating systems, supports over 1000 file types, repairs unplayable videos and photos, restores data from unbootable devices, and offers backup image recovery.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. The Professional Data Recovery Wizard! Quickly and safely recovers the deleted images, videos, audios, emails, documents and more from hard drives, memory card, flash drive, Windows 11/ 10/8/7/XP, and Mac (including Recycle Bin).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  11. Powerful yet easy-to-use Amigabit Data Recovery software to safely retrieve accidently deleted, damaged or formatted pictures, videos, music, documents, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. BinaryBiz VirtualLab quickly recovers lost data from Windows and Mac computers, hard drives, USB, RAID, FireWire, camera cards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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