🎉 Disk Drill 6 is here!


Disk Drill, the brainchild of CleverFiles, has been upgraded to version 6. Advanced camera recovery, next-gen Byte-to-Byte backups, ReFS lost partition recovery, Windows BitLocker-encrypted partitions, improved faster scans, HEX view for in-depth disk & partition analysis, next-level scanning speed, refined sleeker ui, next-gen NTFS & exFAT recovery, SSH + RAID recovery improvements. Check out the full changelog for details.
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Version 6.1.2111

New

  • .fs FlexiSIGN files are now supported by Disk Drill
  • Disk Drill is fully compatible with macOS 26 Tahoe
  • .lzh, .lha files are now supported (compressed archive of files implemented with compression specifications and standards used by the Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu algorithm)
  • .story Articulate Storyline 360 files are now supported by Disk Drill
  • .ooutline Omni Outliner files are now supported by Disk Drill
  • .trm, .trs (For The Record) files are now supported by Disk Drill

Improvements

  • Backup process is smoother and can be resumed at any stage if device was disconnected and reconnected
  • Better support for JPG images inside Motion Photo files taken with Google Pixel
  • Better reconstruction of MOOV files, Insta360 videos, and low resolution files in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • Better detection of NTFS VBR backup files
  • Optimized RAM allocation during recovery chances calculation
  • Better detection of SRW files in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • Better processing of GoPRO camera content in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • Better detection of partitions with damaged sectors at the end
  • Added support for Canon 6D, Nikon Coolpix S9400, Nikon Z9, and Ricoh WG-6 cameras in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • The latest versions of TrueNAS based on Linux are now supported in NAS & Linux module
  • Proper thumbnail generation for .lrv, .lrf, .360, .thm, .insp files
  • Some interface improvements on macOS 10.15
  • Better support for Fusion Drive and its disk images
  • Better detection and display of BitLocker partitions
  • Updated SMART module
  • Personal Data (Calendar and Contacts) scan results are displayed alongside with all other scanned drive data
  • Improved remaining time estimation algorithm for backups when bad sectors are discovered
  • Improved app stability when creating backup copies for drives in bad condition

🐞 Fixes

  • Random crashes in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • Incorrect camera type detection notifications in Advanced Camera Recovery
  • Some issues with Disk Drill log file sizes
  • Rare crash when scanning DMG files
  • Rare crash when scanning APFS systems on drives with Time Machine backups
  • Rare occurrences of HFS Rebuild failing to restore the drive structure
  • Rare crash if a detected Android device was immediately disconnected from computer
  • Display of lost APFS partition duplicates when scanning for lost partitions
  • The absence of prompt to save partial backup file in case the connection with a backed up drive was lost