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, Free, Open Source, Linux + File Recovery and File Recovery. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Recuva.
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  1. TestDisk icon

    TestDisk

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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.

    144 TestDisk alternatives

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    The best one out there. It can edit/restore partitions, list and copy files and folders and it's very fast.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    It's focused in recovering partitions, not files. So it lists partitions with not much info about the files inside.

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    merih coban
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    It can recover FILES. When you select your partition press P for list files option. It will show you all your files and folders. Then you can browse your files and select the folder you want to recover. For example your Users folder. Press C to copy selected files to another location. Yes the user interface is not super beginer friendly but it can recovery your files. It also recover file names and folder structure.

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    • Most users think TestDisk is a great Recuva alternative.

    • TestDisk is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Recuva.

    • TestDisk is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Recuva.

    • TestDisk is Free and Open SourceRecuva is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. PhotoRec icon

    PhotoRec

     182 likes

    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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    Photorec is simple, light, yet powerful, but it recovers files roughly, without names and metadata.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PhotoRec is a great Recuva alternative.

    • PhotoRec is Free and Open SourceRecuva is Freemium and Proprietary
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  6. Disk Drill icon

    Disk Drill

     209 likes

    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.

    158 Disk Drill alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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  7. Autopsy Forensic Browser icon

    Autopsy Forensic Browser

     23 likes

    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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  8. Wondershare Recoverit icon

    Wondershare Recoverit

     5 likes

    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

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  11. DMDE icon

    DMDE

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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.

    99 DMDE alternatives

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  12. Cisdem Data Recovery icon

    Cisdem Data Recovery

     6 likes

    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.

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  13. Raise Data Recovery icon

    Raise Data Recovery

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    Raise Data Recovery is an easy-to-use powerful utility with an intuitive wizard-style interface for data recovery from simple storages with Windows, Linux and macOS file systems and from common RAID-based devices.

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    RecoveRx

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    RecoveRx allows to rescue erased files like digital photos, documents, music and videos from memory cards, MP3 music players, USB flash drives, external hard drives and solid state drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  15. Amigabit Data Recovery icon

    Amigabit Data Recovery

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

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