Everyone faces a problem of losing important file or data. This may be due to several reasons like hard disk failure, virus or malware attack, power attack, etc. Now, there are many software available for recovering lost data. In this, we are going to talk about Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery, and as the name suggests, it is developed for the Mac operating system.
While Microsoft Windows has a lot of programs available for the purpose of data recovery, there are very few reputed ones for the macOS. Let’s check if Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery is one of those or not.
Interface and Process
The program has a simple and elegant interface. On the left side, there is a logo, and on the right side, you are presented with two options — Start New Scan and Resume Saved Scan. To get started, select the “Start New Scan” which can start the process for the recovery of files that are accidentally deleted or formatted or lost.
Next, you will get the list of all the partitions of the mounted hard disk. You are presented with three options for Volume Recovery — Search Lost/Deleted Volumes, Raw Recovery and Create Image. Similar, for Data Recovery, you are presented with four options — Recover Data, Deleted Recovery, RAW Recovery, Create Image.
Once you select the drive and the “Recovery Data” option, click on the “Start Scan” to start the scanning process. You get the list of recoverable files in a tree-like layout. The files are displayed according to file types with a labelled group. You can also launch preview of the listed files.
You can then select single or multiple files for recovery by checking the checkboxes, and clicking on the “Recover” button at the bottom-right. Following that, select the destination where you would like to save the recovered file, and it will start the process to save the recovered data to the selected destination.
Apart from Volume Recovery, you can also have option for Data Recovery, Deleted Recovery and RAW Recovery. You can also create image of the storage media. This feature can be used to recover data of the selected storage media later, even when the storage drive is not available.
The program is capable of recovering lost files on iMac, MacBook Pro, Air, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro. It also facilitates RAW recovery on lost Mac volumes and data recovery from Encrypted file systems. It also achieves complete data recovery for Mac OS X after logical disk errors. It can also be used to recover deleted backup files from Time Machine hard drive.
Performance & Support
We performed deleted file recovery with Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery software on a MacBook Pro 2016 and iMac 2015 model. On both the Macs, the software recovered all the deleted and erased files from the devices comfortably. It was able to create a disk image file of an external hard drive that has few disk errors. Overall, this is a powerful tool to recover data from Mac Systems.
As for the support, the company offers three channels — Chat, Phone, and Email. It also has a knowledge base with FAQs, user manuals, and tutorials.
What we think?
For such software, the need varies from person to person based on the type of options and features. Fortunately, you can download the program in a trial version and run it to see if it can actually recover your files. You can use the preview feature to determine whether the file you want can be recovered — and then pay for it so that it can perform the actual recovery.
The single user edition costs $99 while the Platinum Edition for single user costs $125. The major difference between the normal edition and Platinum Edition is that the platinum edition has Volume Optimizer.
The pricing for the Pro edition is not much high compared to other similar programs. For recovery of your lost data on Mac, this is a good choice. It offers great file recovery rates and an easy-to-use layout, all of which is backed by great customer service.
