All to try and recover 10MB worth of JPEG photos. Which meant having to use an external hard drive as the target.
Our 128GB MacBook Pro didn’t have enough free space to accept a 64GB SD card image. You need to create a copy of the entire disk image that you want to restore. However, the freeware is a little tricky to use. Which is to say that the application itself is completely free, but if you find it useful then you’re welcome to show the developer some appreciation by throwing a few dollars their way.Īs the name suggests, this is an application that’s specifically written to recover photos from a camera memory card. It’s a usable tool for those with time on their hands, but no money.Įxif Untrasher is macOS only and a donationware. The simple deletion recovery isn’t as instantaneous as Recuva, but the deep scan function was quite reliable. However, after choosing the Deep scan option and being very patient, the app recovered everything. The standard fast scan could not find our photos following either a deletion or format.