Disk Drill 4.3 for Mac – data recovery from internal storage devices on M1 Macs
Meet Disk Drill 4.3 for Mac – the first data recovery software for macOS with full native support of recovering lost data from internal storage devices on Macs powered by M1 chips (aka Apple Silicon). This release also improves NTFS recovery, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, disk clean up and other Disk Drill’s extra tools, as well as creation of data backups.
New
- Yet another update that improves native scanning and recovery from storage devices encrypted by M1 security chips
- Totally new highly enhanced NTFS recovery
- Full-blown scanning and recovery from Time Machine on APFS volumes
- New storage space indicators when selecting drives in Disk Drill
- S.M.A.R.T. disk info is now collected and displayed for SSD devices on M1 Macs (when enabled in Preferences)
Disk Drill 4.2 for Windows – a Ton of Attention to NTFS Recovery
Disk Drill 4.2 for Windows is available for download and update. In this release, we’ve devoted a ton of attention to NTFS recovery and overall scanning stability, including multiple improvements in specific file signatures; fixing some annoying crashes along the way.
New
- Completely revamped NTFS scanning and recovery module restores more data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, and other critical data loss cases
Disk Drill 4.2 for Mac – а Major Upgrade Adds M1 Macs Support And Improved Data Recovery
Disk Drill for Mac gets a major upgrade, version 4.2 is available starting today. We worked on a number of stability issues, M1 Macs support, file formats in Deep Scan, additional file systems, security and extra tools that augment our core data recovery features. Give it a try, let us know what you think.
New
- Disk Drill now runs natively on M1 Macs
- Deep Scan extends PDF and AI file formats labeling
Disk Drill 4.1 for Windows – Improved Data Recovery, Better UI, New Features
Disk Drill 4.1 adds new file formats to its Deep Scan recognition algos, improvements in NTFS and FAT32 recovery, various tweaks in managing ongoing scans, and so much more. Disk Drill becomes smarter with every update delivering improved UI and backbone powerhouse.
New
- Extended selection controls in the recovery tree
- New option to “Select only files that were not recovered yet” in the recovery tree
- Auto-resuming scans of frequently disconnecting devices
- Disk Drill’s Deep Scan learns new file formats for Ichitaro Word Processor – .JTD, .JTDC, .JTT, and .JTTC, as well as .PUB (MS Publisher documents)
Disk Drill 4.1 for macOS adds a ton of new features, improvements and fixes
Disk Drill 4.1 🥳 for macOS adds a ton of new features, improvements and fixes. Check them out below.
New
- Deep Scan (traditionally) learns new file formats: “Ichitaro” the Japanese text processor (JTD, JTDC, JTT, JTTC), Microsoft Publisher files (PUB), WordPerfect (WPD)
- Byte-to-byte backups can now be paused and resumed
- Disk Drill now recommends scanning Android’s memory card when possible, instead of jumping through the hoops of full-fledged Android recovery
- New squircle Big-Sur-style app icon
- Improved hints throughout the app’s interface, including improved starting zero-state screens
Disk Drill 4.0.130 for macOS: Bad Sectors, Deep Scan and Other Improvements
Following the amazing major upgrade of Disk Drill for macOS, we are excited to release Disk Drill 4.0.130 (Mac edition) with a number of improvements and fixes. Please get it here or in the app itself, report back if anything.
Improvements
- Detection of APFS drives with bad sectors
- EXIF metadata processing for DeepTIFF signature
- Recovery and detection stability for deep-scanning of TIFF, JPG and X3F image formats
- Several Data Shredder issues on macOS 10.11
- Scan session saving and managing
- Support of corrupted OS X Fuse installation
- Multiple internal Byte-to-Byte Backup stabilizations and fixes
- Managing HFS+ disks disconnecting right after rebuild before displaying its results
- HFS+ scanner could hang while reading deleted files’ attributes
- Internal Duplicate Finder algorithms
- iOS 14.1 support
Disk Drill 3.8.977 for Mac: the Last Update Before Big Sur
Every update of Disk Drill brings new features and improvements. In this particular update, Disk Drill 3.8.977 for Mac, released on September 21th, 2020, we have some fixes and improvements that will enhance your experience and fix the issues that were brought to us by users just like you. Here are the changes we made in this update.
We have made significant progress in preparations for macOS Big Sur. Our team is constantly working to bring you Disk Drill 4 for macOS 11 Big Sur so we can be sure that you have the most efficient and reliable way to restore your lost data from any device.
Fixes
- iOS crashes during the scan
- Occasional crash related to hotkeys and empty selection in scan results
Thanks everyone for using Disk Drill as your preferred data recovery and protection solution, please keep in touch and stay tuned for more updates from our tech. Stay safe!
Disk Drill 4.0 for Windows, build 537 – Massive Improvements and Fixes
September 24, 2020: we’ve just released Disk Drill 4.0.537 for Windows. With this update, we offer fixes and improvements along with some new features. The release is aimed to improve usability of the application and make sure that you get the best results while using Disk Drill.
New
- Better navigation with the updated right-click menu in the disk list
- Support for disk health monitoring on Intel RST NVMe RAID drives
- Extended parameters for disk health reports – TRIM, Volatile Write Cache report for NVMe SSD drives, and 4K Sector
- Several disk health parameters added to S.M.A.R.T. tab for SSD drives – total host reads, total host writes, overall health and life timespan estimates
- Real-time drive temperature monitoring in the S.M.A.R.T. tab
Disk Drill 4.0 for Windows, build 533 – Improvements and Fixes
August 11, 2020: we’ve just released Disk Drill 4.0.533 for Windows. Here’s what we improved:
Improvements
- Deep Scan MP3 files labeling based on ID3 tags
- Linux Recovery Quick Scan on EXT2, EXT3, EXT4 partitions
- Deep Scan ZIP file names generation
- Deep Scan detection and reconstruction of PCX files
- Logs improved internal logging while scanning for lost data and recovering found items
- Windows 10 improved internal installation verifications
The New Disk Drill 4.0.528 for Windows – Feature Update
July 07, 2020: meet the new Disk Drill 4.0.528, one of our feature updates of its Windows edition. It includes some new features, relevant changes to what’s already in the app, and several fixes. As always, here’s the complete changelog:
New
- File Signatures Deep Scan learns to recover RAR5 (recent WinRAR compressed file format)
- UI new Home button on the final recovery screen takes users back to the disk list in one click, improves internal Disk Drill navigation
The Updated Disk Drill 3.8 for Mac Improves Data Recovery on Major File Systems
With every update of Disk Drill we are trying to add new features, enhance its existing functionality, and solve any potential issues we may find. Just yesterday, June 23, 2020, we uploaded Disk Drill 3.8.975 for macOS. And here’s what we introduced in this minor update:
Improvements
- APFS improved detection of broken and corrupted APFS partitions
- NTFS improved detection and recovery from lost NTFS partitions
- ExFAT improved scan and recovery from damaged ExFAT file systems once it can’t be mounted
- Disk Health S.M.A.R.T. status tracking for NVME drives
- Legacy improved support of (the old) Mac OS X 10.9
- Future preliminary code enhancements for the upcoming macOS 10.16 Big Sur
Disk Drill 3.8.971 for Mac: Guaranteed Recovery and Disk Health Monitoring Improvements
Today, April 28th, 2020, we are proud to officially release another update to Disk Drill 3 for our Mac users. As we are approaching the public beta of Disk Drill 4 (macOS), we also took the opportunity to incorporate a bunch of ongoing fixes to our data protection and disk health monitoring algorithms. The update is automatic, as always, unless you disabled this feature; and everyone can experience the new app by heading over to our download page here.
Improvements
- Data Protection Multiple internal data protection improvements for Guaranteed Recovery
- S.M.A.R.T. now Disk Drill’s disk health monitoring module can be completely turned off, which also disables monitoring disk’s vitals during scans, and may help in some cases of badly damaged scanned devices
- Data Protection Guaranteed Recovery is now properly disabled after Disk Drill uninstallation, no longer causes low disk space on system drives
- Improved several visual enhancements in scanning and recovery results
Disk Drill 4.0.521 for Windows: More Improvements in FAT32 and NTFS Recovery, New File Formats, Fixes
Disk Drill 4.0.521 now available for our PC users with improved data recovery on FAT32 and NTFS partitions, added file formats for Deep Scan reconstruction engine, a handful of UI refinements and a couple of your other requested features.
New
- Deep Scan new .BRAW (Blackmagic raw video format), CinemaDNG container for DNG raw photos, IPYNB (documents for Jupyter Notebook) added to the list of recoverable file formats
- Deep Scan advanced file labeling of MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4P, M4A, M4V, TREC, BRAW and other ISO/IEC/QuickTime-based media file formats
Disk Drill 4.0.513 (Windows) Brings Better Recovery Rates, Speed and Stability Improvements
Disk Drill for Windows today receives its biggest update since the release of version 4, adding market-leading performance boosts, best-ever data recovery rates and an impressive list of improvements. Disk Drill 4.0.513 for Windows is available now.
New
- Deep Scan new AU (Audacity audio files) and PCX (bitmap images) file signatures
- UI language finally you can change Disk Drill’s UI language from the main app’s menu
Disk Drill 3.8.965: Various Data Recovery and Protection Improvements
Hi everyone! Disk Drill’s macOS edition has been updated to 3.8.965. It’s a free minor update for all 3.x users on our way towards the full-blown Disk Drill 4 upgrade slightly later this year. A list of most relevant changes in the latest release follows.
Improvements
- Improved Quick and Smart Scans on ExFAT partitions
- Data Protection Guaranteed Recovery no longer causes low disk space on system drives
- Improved UI translation
- Improved bootable drives created with Disk Drill now have more distinct icons
Disk Drill 3.8.953: New File Formats and Quick Scan Improvements
Today, we’re introducing Disk Drill 3.8.953 for macOS, a recommended stability update with a number of internal improvements. Here’s what we included in this release:
New
- Deep Scan new file formats: AU (Audacity audio files) and PCX (bitmap images)
Disk Drill 4.0.499 for Windows: More FAT32, ExFAT and NTFS Recovery Improvements
This is another massive update to Disk Drill 4 for Windows with more scanning and recovery improvements, new features, better UI, and a ton of fixes. Here’s what we were working on since August:
New
- Improved and updated ExFAT data recovery
- Internal updates in FAT32 and NTFS smart recovery algorithms
- Disk Drill adds initial S.M.A.R.T. disk health monitoring
- Disk Drill automatically attempts to remount storage devices into read-only mode to prevent further data loss before scanning; manual controls also added
- Deep Scan learns DMF (Geosystem Digitals Map File) and improves on MPO (Multi Picture Object File) and a number of font (TTF, EOT, WOFF, WOFF2, RPP) file formats recovery
Disk Drill 3.8 Lands Ready for macOS Catalina with New ExFAT Recovery
macOS 10.15 Catalina, the highly anticipated next Apple’s update, ships in October, just a few weeks from now. Disk Drill keeps improving to stay on top of the new security requirements and support all the latest features of the new macOS release. Disk Drill 3.8 landed today as a new major upgrade of our award-winning (and, frankly, the most user-friendly) data recovery app for macOS / Mac OS X. Here’s what’s new:
New
- OS Support Disk Drill is now officially ready for macOS 10.15 Catalina
- OS Support iOS recovery now supports iOS 13 and iPadOS
- OS Support New Full Disk Access requirements and wizard in place
- Data recovery New smart ExFAT recovery algorithms
The Updated Disk Drill 3.7.942: Continuous Improvements and macOS Catalina
As you have probably heard, macOS 10.15 Catalina is right around the corner. As Mac users, we are anticipating multiple new features and enhancements in every way. As developers, we are preparing to its under-the-hood changes. Ensuring Disk Drill works on all modern macOS releases and delivers the best data recovery results on all file systems is our utmost goal. Check out Disk Drill 3.7.942 for Mac OS X and let us know what you think:
New
- Deep Scan new file formats: TTF (TrueType Fonts), RPP (REAPER Project Files), EOT (Embedded OpenType Fonts), WOFF/WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format Files)
- OS Support Pre-release improvements for macOS 10.15 Catalina
Disk Drill 2.0.0.339 for Windows – Improving FAT32 and ExFAT Recovery
Following our macOS app release, Disk Drill for Windows also gets an overhaul. Please meet Disk Drill 2.0.0.339, and grab your update now. Here’s what the new version of our Windows app brings on:
Improvements
- Smart Partition Recovery Major improvements in FAT32 partition recovery
- Quick Scan Critical fixes when recovering from ExFAT partitions
- Deep Scan Video file recovery
- Deep Scan General improvements and stabilizations
- Fragmentation Better search of the clusters that belong to fragmented catalogs
- File Recovery Improved recovery of deleted files and directories on FAT32 volumes
- Speed Internal scanning speed enhancements
- Recoverable Improved filtering of scan results
- Recovery quality Better recovery of files and folders with non-English file names
- Improved activation procedures on Windows 10