Recover Mac files from USB drive

Recover Mac files from USB drive that is corrupted

The USB drive is used widely nowadays for transfer of data from one storage of media to another easily. The fact that it is easy to carry and can store large amount of data makes it the preferred device for data transfers. This very advantage of the USB flash drive is one of its drawbacks. Due to its frequent usage for transfer of data, it has very high chances of getting corrupted very easily. There could be various reasons for the USB drive getting corrupted which results in the files present on the USB drive becoming inaccessible.

One of the major reasons for corruption of the USB drive is improper unplugging of the USB drive from the Mac machine without using the eject option. This could happen when the USB drive is pulled out when files are being transferred. There are also times when a harmful file could result in corruption of the USB drive. In this case, the infected file affects the other files denying the user access to those files. In such cases, an error message is usually displayed that the USB drive is corrupted.

The files in the USB drive are inaccessible as the file system of the USB drive has been damaged. Therefore, the files are still very much existent but cannot be accessed by the operating system. However, it is possible to access and recover Mac files from USB drive that is corrupted by making use of a good Mac file recovery software.

How to recover Mac files from USB drive that is corrupted?

Remo Recover (Mac) Pro Edition Software lets you recover files from USB drive on Mac OS X easily. The software has been designed to effectively scan the USB drive and recover deleted or lost files of various formats even from the most severe data loss scenarios like corruption or accidental formatting of the USB drive.

Steps to recover Mac files from USB drive that is corrupted

Step 1: Install and launch Remo Recover (Mac) Pro Edition Software by selecting it from application folder. The Main Windows is displayed as shown in Figure a.

Figure a: Main window

Step 2: Once you click the "Recover Files" option, the different drives and volumes that are connected to the system are displayed. From the list of drives, select the USB drive from which you want to recover Mac files and click on "Next" button as shown Figure b.

Figure b: Select drive

Step 3: Once you click "Next", a new window to select the file types to be recovered is displayed. Select the file types you want to recover, or click "Mark All" option to select all the file types that are listed as shown in Figure c.

Figure c: Select file type

Step 4: Once you click "Next", the Mac recovery software scans the selected USB drive and displays the found files in the form of a tree structure as shown in Figure d. You can now click on the "Save" button and choose the destination folder where you want to save your recovered data.

Figure d: Found files and folders