This article discusses two methods to recover data from a formatted SD card on a Mac and a real-time test of Remo Recover Mac's performance in recovering files and photos from a formatted SD card on MacMini. The test results suggest that reliable SD card recovery tools such as Remo Recover can efficiently restore your lost data.
One of our users from California, USA, contacted Tim White, our Customer Experience Specialist at Remo Software. She accidentally formatted a SanDisk SD card, resulting in data loss of all her precious photos and files on Mac. After trying a paid SD card recovery tool, she had given up on data recovery tools and content available on the internet because of the poor recovery experience.
When she contacted us, our Customer Experience Team helped her recover data using Remo Recover Mac. After learning about her prior experiences with other data recovery software, I thought it was important for me to share this information to educate users in this article.
This article comprises real evidentiary images of the test conducted at Remo Research Lab with the help of Praneeth Anand, a Research Expert at Remo Software.
Formatting an SD card on Mac might be due to various reasons. Some of the common reasons are listed out below:
Yes. Recovering a formatted SD card on Mac is possible using Remo Recover Mac. If you have formatted your SD card using the Disk utility without taking a backup of your important files, stop using it. Adding more files to the SD card will overwrite the recoverable lost files, making formatted SD data recovery on Mac impossible.
Next, we proceeded to format the SanDisk Ultra 64 GB SD card using different file formats as follows:
Learn below how we recovered formatted SD cards on MacMini using Remo Recover Mac
Step 1: Download and install Remo Recover Mac software on your Mac system: We installed Remo Recover Mac on our MacMini installed with Monterey OS
Step 2: Connect the formatted SD card: We connected a formatted SanDisk SD card (64 GB) with the ExFAT file system.
Step 3: Launch the tool and select choose Recover Volumes / Drives option.
Step 4: In the next screen, select the Formatted / Reformatted Recovery option.
Step 5: Select the formatted SD card drive from which you want to recover files on Mac and click the Next button (In our case, we selected the formatted SanDisk SD card as shown in the below image).
Step 6: Select the file formats you want to restore and click Next. We selected Documents and Pictures. This will personalize the formatted SD card recovery process on your Mac.
Step 7: Choose the Advance Scan option and wait till the scanning process completes. In our case, we waited for 28m 27s. All your formatted memory card data will be displayed in Data View and File Type View. In the below screen, you can see that we recovered PDF files, JPG files, PNG files, PSD files, and GIF files from the formatted SanDisk SD card.
Step 8: Select the files you want to recover from the formatted SD card and click the Save button to restore them to the desired location on your Mac.
Now you know how effectively Remo Recover Mac can restore data from a formatted SD card on Mac. You can try this tool which is built with powerful data recovery algorithms to scan and recover over 300 file formats safely. Such as photos, raw images, videos, audio files, Office files, documents, and many more. Apart from formatted SD card recovery on Mac, you can also utilize this tool to restore data from corrupted, unrecognized, or inaccessible micro/ SD cards, SDHC/ SDXC cards, external hard drives, USB drives, etc.
I lost over 1,000 photos from my SD card and needed to find a way to recover them. I found Remo Recovery for Mac and downloaded it. The scan brought back even more photos than I thought I had lost and I was able to save them to my hard drive. Very easy process and when I had questions, the customer service team was quick to respond. So glad I was able to recover those memories!
- A User from the US on Trustpilot
Yes. Use Time Machine Backup.
If you want to restore a formatted SD card on Mac for free, then use Time Machine Backup. It is an awesome feature on Mac to help its users restore data during any data loss scenario. This feature works only if you have previously backed up your SD card using Time Backup. Else, you can use the above method.
1. Connect your Time Machine backup disk to your Mac system
Note: I have connected my SanDisk SD card (which has Time Machine Backup data) to MacMini
2. Double-click the backup drive icon (in my case, SanDisk SD card) to open the Finder window and navigate to the folder or file you want to restore
3. Click on the Time Machine icon in the Menu bar, as shown in the screenshot, and select Enter Time Machine option from the list
4. Now, Time Machine backup will show you various screens of backups (refer to the screenshot below). Navigate to the exact screen using the Top down or Bottom down arrow to locate the formatted SD card data you want to restore. Else you can also use the timeline provided at the extreme right-hand side of the screen to go back in time to locate your lost files and photos. Once the formatted data is selected, click on the Restore button
5. Once you have successfully restored data using Time Machine, you can eject your SD card or backup drive from the Mac system
Having a formatted SD card with important data in it is a very frustrating experience. If you happened to have a Time Machine backup, then you are sorted. If not, then your decision is crucial in selecting the best SD card data recovery software, like Remo Recover, which offers a great experience as well as excellent results.
To recover formatted SD card on Mac, Download and Install Remo Recover
1. Launch the software and select the SD card.
2. After QuickScan is completed, Double-click to preview the file.
3. Click on Recover to save the recovered file on your device.
You can fix a corrupt SD card on Mac using Disk Utilities.
1. Open disk utilities and select the corrupt SD card.
2. Click the First Aid button and follow the instructions.
3. Click Done after the process finishes.