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My SD card data is lost. How can I restore it on the Mac?

Updated By Cameron On Dec 28, 2022, 6:13 pm

What should I do if I lose the files in SD card from my Mac? How to recover?

Does anyone know how to recover the lost files of SD card from the Mac computer? I had planned to wipe my camera's sd card once I had transferred some important files to the mac. However, after a long time of transmission, I removed the SD card from the MAC computer and tried to connect again. As a result, the mac os x pops up a warning message asking to format the SD card. I immediately formatted the SD card, and the photos originally stored on the SD card disappeared. Now I want to restore the deleted or lost photos from the formatted SD card, is there anyway?

Sometimes, when trying to transfer files between the computer and the SD card/USB drive, you may receive a prompt from the Windows PC or Mac computer to format the SD card or USB drive. If you follow the prompt, your files may disappear.

If you encounter this problem, you might worry that you will never find your lost photos again. Don't worry, the picture can be retrieved.

Recover SD card or memory card on Mac OS X

Data Recovery (4DDiG) for Mac helps you out.

All kinds of reasons may result in the loss of sd card files, but the good news is that lost files can be retrieved using Mac file recovery software! Data Recovery (4DDiG) for Mac helps users recover lost files from storage devices such as Mac hard drives, external hard drives, memory cards, USB sticks, or SD cards.

Systems and devices supported by Data Recovery (4DDiG) for Mac:

Supported Systems:Mac OS X:OS X 10.11 - Mac OS X 10.7, macOS 10.12 (Sierra), macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), macOS 10.14(Mojave), macOS 11.0 (Big Sur), macOS 12.0 (Monterey), macOS Monterey12.4.

Supported SD cards: MicroSD card, SDHC, SDXC, XD card, MMC card, memory card, etc.

Supported file systems: APFC, HFS X, HFS+, FAT (FAT16, FAT32), exFAT, NTFS.

How do I use Data Recovery (4DDiG) for Mac to recover SD card files from Mac OS X?

Operating Steps for Restoring SD Card Files on Mac

It takes only three steps to retrieve the lost data, files and materials on SD card. Remember that you should never use the SD card once you find that a file is lost, to avoid the lost file being overwritten by a new file.

Step 1. Connect the memory card or SD card to the Mac. Open the Data Recovery (4DDiG) for Mac, select the SD card and click "Scan".

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Step 2. After scanning, all recoverable files will be displayed.

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Step 3. Select all the files and data to be restored and click "Restore Now". Remember not to save the recovered files on the SD card where the files were lost to prevent the original files from being overwritten.

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Reasons for loss of data/files/data on SD card

Before using the methods provided in the article to retrieve data/files/data, your need to first understand that the files on the SD card will be lost, so that these problems can be avoided in the future and important data/data/files can be protected.

Deleted files on the SD card accidentally.

Formatted SD card.

The SD card cannot be read externally or it is damaged.

Infection or virus attacks.

File loss due to external power failure.