All posts by Mac Data Recovery HQ

MacDataRecoverHQ is a website that provides advice on how to recover data on your Mac computer or device. This includes data that has been permanently deleted, lost, or missing. Check back periodically for updates and news.

What is a Bad Sector

What is a Bad Sector, How do they Affect a Mac OS & Ways to Deal with It Macs are unique Operating Systems (OS). Spanning the different models of computers and laptops that Apple supports, traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDD), Solid State Device (SSD) memories and fusion options leveraging the best of both varieties – all three options are found. These primary memories are susceptible to bad sectors where data bytes are rendered .

Mac Disk Recovery

Mac Disk Recovery: Need a Reliable Way to Get Data Back? Has a recent disk corruption, reformat, or other issue caused your data to be unintentionally deleted or lost? Even a simple power surge can wreak havoc on a computer’s local hard drive or external storage media. Whatever the cause of your data issue, you will need a reliable tool capable of salvaging this information. Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery is the right .

Convert Rich Text to Plain Text in Mac

How to Easily Convert Rich Text to Plain Text in Mac Sometimes what might seem simple ends up being a convoluted task you cannot seem to get away from such as converting files of one type to another type. The processes for converting from one file format to another vary per operating system and application. For example, all you need to do on a Windows computer is perform a “Save As” to quickly .

How to Protect Yourself against Ransomware

So you want to know how to protect yourself against ransomware. We’ll go into background details first. Let’s say you are an avid music collector and have a huge database of songs that you love and cherish. You wake up one morning to find an email in your inbox that invites you to download 15,000 free tunes through a new website application. You download the .exe file and suddenly your screen is hijacked by .

Recover Data From Repartitioned Mac Hard Drive

Recover Data From Repartitioned Mac Hard Drive Made Easy! Hard drives are flexible. The space that they have for storage can be allocated as desired to create partitions that go on to become the various drives that users tag for different purposes. Often though there is the need to shrink an existing drive and leverage the freed up space to accommodate a new partition or volume. Or Mac users may want to repartition all .

Common Mac Computer Problems

A Rundown of Common Mac Computer Problems While a Mac computer is reliable and secure for the most part, they still have their quirks whether it be due to the operating system or an unexpected hardware issue. Over the years, Mac users have been hard pressed to find significant issues especially after the introduction of El Capitan. Of course every version of OS X has required a few bug fixes or security updates, .

Clean Up Mac Hard Drive

6 Ways to Clean Up Mac Hard Drive Whether you are in need of a complete data wipe or simply require more storage space, there will come a time when it will be necessary to perform some type of clean up action on your Mac computer. A messy hard drive reduces performance and makes it difficult to properly manage data. The messier it is, the harder it will be to access, manage, and .

Mac Volume Recovery

Mac Volume Recovery: How to Regain Data From a Lost or Deleted Partition A local hard drive can have one or multiple volumes configured for file storage. Each might have a different file storage system such as NTFS and ExFAT or they could all use the same type such as HFS+. When you purchase a computer or an external storage media, they are configured with one partition (i.e. volume) by default. However, it .

How to Recover Mac Deleted Folders

It doesn’t really matter whether you use a Mac or a Windows machine, files and folders are the building blocks of our understanding of the way digital data classification works. From the perspective of the hard drive memory storage space, a file is a discrete data lump comprising of multiple bits while a folder is a logical container that can be given an easy to remember name and is the holder of various files of .

Restore Data From Mac HFS Partition

HFS (Hierarchical File System) is the proprietary file organization system developed by Apple for exclusive use with the Macintosh. Even though HFS has been upgraded to the HFS+ to handle the storage space of larger 100 GB drives more effectively, the standard OS (operating system) still operates with it. The HFS partition is either a local partition or it exists as a logical volume on the drive. Important files, items and data are generally .

How to Recover iTunes Playlists

iTunes has this annoying “feature” where sometimes when you’re switching your iTunes over to a new device, you lose all your playlists. If you’ve just switched over to a new machine and you’re having difficulty finding all your old playlists, it’s because they haven’t been transferred across properly. While Apple products are great with doing other things smoothly, their iTunes syncing often leaves a lot to be desired. What this can .

MacBook Photo Recovery

A Simple Solution for MacBook Photo Recovery Photo loss or accidental deletion on a MacBook is devastating whether these images represent an important family memory or are vital for work. If photos are removed from the computer unintentionally or lost due to some type of drive corruption, you can still get these memories back! A dependable recovery utility is necessary to salvage the files. The Mac operating system will not be able to .

Recover Unmountable Mac Hard Drive

A hard drive is nothing but space that is reserved for storing system files, user data and software files. When users create partitions, they simply create logical divisions or volumes that can be tagged or reserved for different purposes. Most people like to keep their videos, files and images away from the volume that holds the system data. When a Mac is booted, the Operating System mounts the local file systems through which the .

Best Data Recovery Service

It’s not all that long ago that we were taking our machines to our local repair man or call out our tech guy when something went wrong with our computers. Problems were simply too hard to fix yourself and there was no help anywhere, unless you just happened to know some clever cookie in IT. This all changed somewhat when places started to roll out software and ISP support phone lines where you could .

How to Restore Data from a Damaged Mac Volume

A Mac volume can be damaged due to many causes and these problems often surface unexpectedly. In some situations, the operating system might not be able to find or open a file stored on the drive. At other times, you may not be able to access the drive at all via your computer. Here are a few ways a Mac volume can become damaged: Problematic Shutdown Virus or Malware Attack Power Surges Full Drive .