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About Disk Drill
Simple enough for casual users but more than capable of delivering professional results, Disk Drill 4 is the ultimate data recovery and protection app both for macOS and Windows.
From permanently deleted work documents that took many hours to create to accidentally formatted USB flash drives and memory cards with irreplaceable family images and videos, Disk Drill 4 can quickly solve all data loss situations, regardless of how serious they may seem to be.

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Download Press KitDisk Drill for Mac
Disk Drill data recovery for Mac OS X locates and recovers deleted files from any mountable media like your main drive, external hard disk, memory cards, iPods, iPhones and Android devices, etc.
Disk Drill for Windows
Disk Drill can recover any deleted file if it hasn't been overwritten: photos, music, documents, archives, application specific OS X and Windows formats.
Apr 06, 2021
New:
Disk Drill now runs natively on M1 Macs
Deep Scan extends PDF and AI file formats labeling
Improved:
Support of the new osxfuse/macFUSE version 4
DOC, TTF, and PUB file formats recovery with Deep Scan
DNG/RAW image formats preview on older macOS versions, 10.11-10.14
Reinstated and enhanced S.M.A.R.T. monitoring for internal drives
Updating the app no longer requires user credentials
Enhanced scanning of SIP-protected drives on macOS Big Sur with T2 and M1
Deep Scan yields more recoverable files when scanning T2-protected system partitions
System drives' scanning when running Disk Drill in macOS Recovery
Scanning devices with ZFS file system
Scan session auto-saving when switching to drive backup in case of failing media
Overall UI improvements when resizing the main Disk Drill window
RTF file format recognition within Deep
Scan was missing font detection
Built-in preview functionality for M1 devices running Big Sur
Multiple security improvements in Disk Drill's updater
Recovery of encrypted system APFS Fusion
Drives when booting from external media
Better Hide Duplicates filter in recovery results
Duplicator Finder scanning and overall speed
Clean Up and Data Protection modules compatibility
Backup creation resuming
Several Dark Mode improvements in iOS scan results
PUB signature deep scan accuracy detection
DOC signature deep scan stability
Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder no longer accept folders from physically damaged drives
Backup files appending
Removed unnecessary scroll bars in Disk
Drill's main UI when resized into its minimal state
First-time Disk Drill installation procedure
System extension (kext) updates
Stability enchantments when detecting connected devices
Disk Drill's information overlays
Fixed:
A couple of minor visual glitches in the Disk Drill installer
System extension (kext) deployment on clean M1 Macs without Rosetta sub-system
Recovery from NTFS compressed drives
File preview and hex mode are available for long file names and paths (255 bytes or more)
Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder could move files to incorrect destination if the original target device was disconnected
Random Deep Scan crashes when detecting TIFF files
Creating backups of physically damaged devices and Android partitions
Backing up android partitions
Backed up APFS container did not list parent containers in the disk list
Occasional stops when mounting APFS containers from DMG disk images
Recovery destination could not be selected in macOS 10.13 while in macOS Recovery
Previews in Duplicator Finder
Scanning failing bad devices
Accidental scans of SIP-protected drives bypassing Disk Drill's system extension (kext) via right-click menu
Exception when hex preview window was not closed on a disconnected drive
Feb 23, 2021
New
Completely revamped NTFS scanning and recovery module restores more data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, and other critical data loss cases
Improvements
NTFS scanning now supports compressed volumes
Fluent disk backup progress indication
Recovery Vault data protection initiation
Preview of recoverable files in cases of multiple storage device disconnects while scanning
NTFS scanning status messages
Multiple improvements and fixes when choosing recovery destination folder
PUB files recovery for Microsoft Publisher documents
Deep-scanning for MSI (MS Windows Installer format recovery), DOC (MS Word), and PDF (Portable Document Format) file formats
Installation routines and verification of required files when upgrading from previous versions of Disk Drill
Connection status tracking for scanned storage devices
Disk Drill deinstallation and back-end cleanup
Full target recovery location shown on hover in the final steps of the scanning process
32-bit systems will not scan past 1 million items due to RAM constraints
Fixes
Crash when deleting scan session files from read-only drives
A bunch of other crashes while scanning and running the recovery phase
Crash when starting Disk Drill while its config file was blocked by another process
Crash while recovering RAF files (Fujifilm RAW image data)
Occasional crashes while searching for lost partitions
Crash when reading and updating S.M.A.R.T. disk data
Random crashes when recovering from NTFS drives with enabled compression flags
- Data Protection
- Boot Drive
- macOS Installer
- Data Backup
- Data Clean Up
- Data Shredder
- Free Space Eraser
- Duplicate Finder

- FREE RECOVERY, UP TO 500 MB
- All recovery methods with a cap
- Recovery Vault data protection
- Undelete protected data
- Backup failing disks

US$89
- 1 USER, UP TO 3 MACS
- Quick & Deep Scan
- Rebuild HFS+ Catalog
- Lost Partition Search & more
- All media types and file systems
US$89
- UNLIMITED PERSONAL RECOVERY, 1 USER
- Quick and Deep Scan
- Lost partition search
- All file systems (FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4 etc.)
US$499
- 10 USERS, ∞ MACS
- Full-featured commercial data recovery package with top-level support for the whole company.
US$499
- UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL RECOVERY
- 10 users
- All PRO features
- Priority support
Disk Space: 150MB minimum free space
CPU: at least with x86
RAM: at least 128MB
Disk Drill 3.8 • Mac OS X 10.9.5–10.11.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.7 • Mac OS X 10.8.5–10.9.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.4 • Mac OS X 10.6.8–10.8.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 1.8: Mac OS X 10.5-10.6.7 Direct Download
Disk Space: 30MB minimum free space
CPU: at least with x86
RAM: at least 128MB
Disk Drill 2.x: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Direct Download
Disk Drill for Mac
Disk Drill data recovery for Mac OS X locates and recovers deleted files from any mountable media like your main drive, external hard disk, memory cards, iPods, iPhones and Android devices, etc.
Apr 06, 2021
New:
Disk Drill now runs natively on M1 Macs
Deep Scan extends PDF and AI file formats labeling
Improved:
Support of the new osxfuse/macFUSE version 4
DOC, TTF, and PUB file formats recovery with Deep Scan
DNG/RAW image formats preview on older macOS versions, 10.11-10.14
Reinstated and enhanced S.M.A.R.T. monitoring for internal drives
Updating the app no longer requires user credentials
Enhanced scanning of SIP-protected drives on macOS Big Sur with T2 and M1
Deep Scan yields more recoverable files when scanning T2-protected system partitions
System drives' scanning when running Disk Drill in macOS Recovery
Scanning devices with ZFS file system
Scan session auto-saving when switching to drive backup in case of failing media
Overall UI improvements when resizing the main Disk Drill window
RTF file format recognition within Deep
Scan was missing font detection
Built-in preview functionality for M1 devices running Big Sur
Multiple security improvements in Disk Drill's updater
Recovery of encrypted system APFS Fusion
Drives when booting from external media
Better Hide Duplicates filter in recovery results
Duplicator Finder scanning and overall speed
Clean Up and Data Protection modules compatibility
Backup creation resuming
Several Dark Mode improvements in iOS scan results
PUB signature deep scan accuracy detection
DOC signature deep scan stability
Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder no longer accept folders from physically damaged drives
Backup files appending
Removed unnecessary scroll bars in Disk
Drill's main UI when resized into its minimal state
First-time Disk Drill installation procedure
System extension (kext) updates
Stability enchantments when detecting connected devices
Disk Drill's information overlays
Fixed:
A couple of minor visual glitches in the Disk Drill installer
System extension (kext) deployment on clean M1 Macs without Rosetta sub-system
Recovery from NTFS compressed drives
File preview and hex mode are available for long file names and paths (255 bytes or more)
Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder could move files to incorrect destination if the original target device was disconnected
Random Deep Scan crashes when detecting TIFF files
Creating backups of physically damaged devices and Android partitions
Backing up android partitions
Backed up APFS container did not list parent containers in the disk list
Occasional stops when mounting APFS containers from DMG disk images
Recovery destination could not be selected in macOS 10.13 while in macOS Recovery
Previews in Duplicator Finder
Scanning failing bad devices
Accidental scans of SIP-protected drives bypassing Disk Drill's system extension (kext) via right-click menu
Exception when hex preview window was not closed on a disconnected drive
Disk Space: 150MB minimum free space
CPU: at least with x86
RAM: at least 128MB
Disk Drill 3.8 • Mac OS X 10.9.5–10.11.6 Direct Download
Disk Drill 3.7 • Mac OS X 10.8.5–10.9.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 2.4 • Mac OS X 10.6.8–10.8.4 Direct Download
Disk Drill 1.8: Mac OS X 10.5-10.6.7 Direct Download
- Data Protection
- Boot Drive
- macOS Installer
- Data Backup
- Data Clean Up
- Data Shredder
- Free Space Eraser
- Duplicate Finder

US$89
- 1 USER, UP TO 3 MACS
- Quick & Deep Scan
- Rebuild HFS+ Catalog
- Lost Partition Search & more
- All media types and file systems
US$499
- 10 USERS, ∞ MACS
- Full-featured commercial data recovery package with top-level support for the whole company.
Disk Drill for Windows
Disk Drill can recover any deleted file if it hasn't been overwritten: photos, music, documents, archives, application specific OS X and Windows formats.
Feb 23, 2021
New
Completely revamped NTFS scanning and recovery module restores more data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, and other critical data loss cases
Improvements
NTFS scanning now supports compressed volumes
Fluent disk backup progress indication
Recovery Vault data protection initiation
Preview of recoverable files in cases of multiple storage device disconnects while scanning
NTFS scanning status messages
Multiple improvements and fixes when choosing recovery destination folder
PUB files recovery for Microsoft Publisher documents
Deep-scanning for MSI (MS Windows Installer format recovery), DOC (MS Word), and PDF (Portable Document Format) file formats
Installation routines and verification of required files when upgrading from previous versions of Disk Drill
Connection status tracking for scanned storage devices
Disk Drill deinstallation and back-end cleanup
Full target recovery location shown on hover in the final steps of the scanning process
32-bit systems will not scan past 1 million items due to RAM constraints
Fixes
Crash when deleting scan session files from read-only drives
A bunch of other crashes while scanning and running the recovery phase
Crash when starting Disk Drill while its config file was blocked by another process
Crash while recovering RAF files (Fujifilm RAW image data)
Occasional crashes while searching for lost partitions
Crash when reading and updating S.M.A.R.T. disk data
Random crashes when recovering from NTFS drives with enabled compression flags
Disk Space: 30MB minimum free space
CPU: at least with x86
RAM: at least 128MB
Disk Drill 2.x: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Direct Download
- FREE RECOVERY, UP TO 500 MB
- All recovery methods with a cap
- Recovery Vault data protection
- Undelete protected data
- Backup failing disks

US$89
- UNLIMITED PERSONAL RECOVERY, 1 USER
- Quick and Deep Scan
- Lost partition search
- All file systems (FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT3/4 etc.)
US$499
- UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL RECOVERY
- 10 users
- All PRO features
- Priority support
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techrepublic.com
The developments didn't slow Disk Drill, which continued to recover lost files and lost partitions dating back years. The applications' deep scans required less than nine minutes to complete scanning a 16 GB drive...

macworld.com
Disk Drill 2 is your first and last line of defense for dealing with misbehaving volumes on the Mac, and the Pro version easily pays for itself the first time trouble comes along. Aside from a UI that feels out of step with OS X El Capitan, my only caveat would be to hold off for the forthcoming version 3...

download.cnet.com
Disk Drill for Mac is a powerful tool that lets you scan your computer or other connected device for lost files and, with the paid version, recover them. While not all files are recoverable, Disk Drill uses a variety of techniques to find or reconstruct files that were lost or accidentally deleted, and is successful in many cases...

softonic.com
It's very easy to use and is an excellent final option if you feel like you've lost your data for good. Disk Drill for Mac is a valuable tool to recover lost files...
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