Mac OS X

Free Mac data recovery tool ...

iBackup supports scheduled backups of files, folders and applications. System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. Universal binary.
Producer / download / (5,1 MB) / Freeware for personal use


TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery utility! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
Producer / download / (525 KB) / GPL


A file data recovery software designed to recover lost pictures (Photo Recovery) from digital camera memory and lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it'll work even if your media's filesystem is severely damaged or formatted. PhotoRec is safe to use, it will never attempt to write to the drive or memory support you are about to recover from. Recovered files are instead written in the directory from where you are running the PhotoRec program.
Producer / download / (525 KB) / GPL


A free utility helps Mac users to delete a file: drag a file (also a group of files/folders) and Graveyard delete it (them). Graveyard is more powerfull than you think, it deletes all files/folders without put them on trash. Graveyard deletes original file instead of alias!. It is for Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger or later version (Universal Binary). Not tested on Mac OSX 10.3 or previous.
Producer / download / (342 KB) / Freeware - Donationware


An easy way to backup important files and datas. It supports Address Book database, Apple Mail data, Home Documents folder, iCal Calendars, iPhoto Libraries, iTunes Libraries, Safari and Camino bookmarks and more.
Producer / download / (1,3 MB) / Freeware


Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4 natively provide support for the permanent deletion of files with the Secure Empty Trash feature, but for those who have earlier versions of Mac OS X, Permanent Eraser is the answer to ensure that your files have been securely removed. It requires Mac OS 10.1 or later.
Producer / download / (418 KB) / Freeware

See also data recovery category for PC/Windows.

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