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“Hi, I have an 8GB memory stick and I format it with Mac disk utility without backing up my files. Is it possible to restore my files?” – Samuel

recover deleted or formatted data from memory stick on Mac

Memory stick is a portable storage which can store documents for digital device. When you delete important files from the memory stick or format the memory stick, the data on the memory stick is not lost forever. With special Mac data recovery software, you can easily recover deleted or formatted data from memory stick under Mac OS. First of all, let’s introduce memory stick data recovery software for Mac.

Memory stick data recovery for Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is one of the most powerful data recovery software for Mac. It supports to recover lost data from hard drive and storage media device, including memory stick. This memory stick data recovery for Mac can help you:

  • Recover permanently deleted files from memory stick under Mac OS.
  • Recover lost data from formatted, erased, reformatted memory stick on Mac.
  • Recover all lost files from inaccessible, corrupted or raw memory stick under Mac OS.
  • Recover lost files from virus-infected memory stick under Mac OS.

This memory stick data recovery software for Mac offers two scan modes: quick scan and deep scan. The quick scan mode will quickly scan the memory stick and find recently deleted files within short time. If you can’t find lost files after quick scan, just try deep scan mode. This scan mode will deeply scan the memory stick and find every recoverable file on the memory stick. It can recover all types of lost files including photos, videos, documents, audio, archives, etc.

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Steps to recover deleted/formatted data from memory stick under Mac OS

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is pretty simple to use, even the most newbie can use it to quickly restore deleted/formatted data from memory stick under Mac OS. You can follow these steps to get lost files back.

Step 1: Connect your memory stick with your Mac.

Download and install memory stick data recovery software on your Mac. Then run this software from Launchpad. Connect your memory stick with this Mac computer.

Step 2: Select file types.

Select the file types you want to recover or just let it find all types of files for you.

recover deleted or formatted data from memory stick on Mac

Step 3: Scan the memory stick under Mac OS.

Select the memory stick, and click on “Scan” button to search the memory stick.

recover deleted or formatted data from memory stick on Mac

Step 4: Preview and recover lost files.

After scanning, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select and recover the files to your Mac. Before you recover all lost files, don’t put new files to your memory stick. If you can’t find all lost files after quick scan, just try deep scan mode to find more lost files.

recover deleted or formatted data from memory stick on Mac

In some cases, you can’t find any file when you connect the memory stick with your Mac. At this time, just run Do Your Data Recovery for Mac to scan your memory stick. This software will find all documents for you. It also supports to recover lost data from unrecognized memory stick under Mac OS.

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Written & Updated by Anderson

Anderson is a big fan of computer technology. He joined DoYourData in 2018 and has been writing 200+ articles about disk clone, data recovery, computer technology, data erasure, Mac system optimization, etc. He loves music, movie, and reading. In his spare time, he’s studying music and playing tennis.

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