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If you have upgraded OS X to 10.9 Yosemite, you may have lost your files either during the upgrade or afterwards. Data loss on OS X Yosemite Mac can be caused by deletion, format, OS X upgrade, virus infection, volume loss, power failure etc. It must be very desperate and frustrating when you find your critical files are totally lost. Fortunately, DoYourData lets you recover lost files with Mac OS X Yosemite Data Recovery Freeware within easy steps.

DoYourData is professional at Mac file recovery. Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware offered by DoYourData can quickly and completely scan your Mac hard drive in OS X 10.9 Yosemite. Whether you have formatted the Mac hard drive or deleted important files, you can utilize it to get your files back. DoYourData Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware makes recovery files super simple. Here are the steps to get your files back.

#1 Download and install Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware.

Please click on the following download button to download this Mac data recovery freeware on your Mac. After download, you will get a ZIP file, just unzip it to get a .dmg file. Drag the .dmg file to the Applications box to complete the installation.

#2 Run DoYourData Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware.

After launching DoYourData, you should make two choices. The first is selecting the file types you want to recover. The second is selecting the hard drive where you want to recover data from. DoYourData supports to recover any kind of file types and supports to recover data from any kind of Mac drive or storage device. Just select the file types you want to recover and the drive where you want to recover data from.

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#3 Scan your Mac hard drive or device to find lost files.

DoYourData Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware offers two scan modes. Quick scan will scan your hard drive within a short time to find recently deleted files. Deep scan is the complete scan solution to detect your Mac hard drive thoroughly to find much more files.

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#4 Preview and recover files.

After scanning, all the files will be listed based on the information: Path, File type, Path. You can preview and locate your files and selectively save them back to your Mac. In some cases, the files that have been found may not have their correct name, so you have to preview each one to find the file you want. If you have no time to recover your files immediately, you can save the scanning results to your Mac. Next time when you have time to perform recovery, you can quickly import the saved scanning results to recover files without scanning again.

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Mac OS X Yosemite data recovery freeware is the reliable solution to recover lost files in OS X Yosemite. But it is only palliatives. The best way to protect your data is backing up your files regularly with Time machine, iCloud, backup software etc.

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Written & Updated by Justin Kenny

Justin Kenny is a writer & editor of DoYourData. He joined DoYourData in 2016 and focuses on writing articles about Windows data recovery, Mac data recovery, external device data recovery, hard drive clone, data erasure, Mac cleanup, computer issue fixes, etc. He is a super fan of Apple devices and is big on testing new digital device and system utility software.

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