"Hi, I format one of my Mac hard drives without backing up the data with Time Machine. This hard drive is infected by unknown virus, so I format it to factory settings. But, I forget to back up my documents. Now, I want to recover the formatted hard drive and recover my documents, can you give me any suggestion? Thanks so much!" – Henry

It's all the time that Mac or device issue happens and we need to reset our Mac or device to manufacturing plant settings, we suspected that we have moved down all the vital documents. However, after reestablish, we may discover that there are something lost vital files, archives, photographs, filings, music documents, and so forth. Now, we have the need to recover a Mac hard drive that is already formatted. We know how to quickly format a hard drive or media device on Mac, but how to recover a formatted hard drive or media device under Mac OS? You will find the answer in this article.

How to recover formatted hard drive on Mac?

Don't worry. You still have the chance to restore formatted hard drive on Mac and get your data back. Mac unformat software is the reliable tool to recover formatted hard drive on Mac. Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac is the reliable Mac unformat software. This Mac hard drive unformat software can easily recover formatted hard drive on Mac and recover all lost files. It can recover lost data from a Mac hard drive that even has been formatted 5 times.

Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac offers deep scan technology. It can deeply scan the formatted hard drive and find lost data. Of course, you can pause the scan to recover files. However, if you want to get the best result, just wait till the scan is complete.

Step by step instructions to recover formatted hard drive on Mac

Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac is pretty simple to use. You don't have to be an IT Pro. This Mac hard drive unformat software can lead you to easily recover formatted hard drive on Mac. Here are the steps to recover formatted hard drive on Mac.

Step 1: Download and install Mac unformat software.

Just download and install the reliable Mac hard drive unformat software - Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac. It is 100% safe and clean, and it is fully compatible with all OS X versions and macOS versions.

Step 2: Select formatted hard drive.

Run Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac on your Mac. It will list all the hard drives and devices on your Mac. Just select the formatted hard drive and scan it to find lost files.

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Step 3: Preview and recover lost files.

After deep scan, you can recover all the lost files.

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You don't need to send your hard drive to data recovery store. You can recover the formatted Mac hard drive by yourself. Mac hard drive unformat software is the best tool to assistant you to recover formatted hard drive. And it also can recover formatted USB flash drive, memory card and camera card under Mac OS.