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How you recover lost data from an external hard drive which can’t mount on Mac? Don’t worry, here is a solution can help in recovering data from unmounted external hard drive. Whether you want to export data from the unmounted external hard drive, or recover lost data from the unmounted external hard drive, this solution is your best choice.

Data recovery software for recovery data from unmounted external hard drive

DIY data recovery software is the best choice to recover data from unmounted external hard drive. But, if you choose a wrong data recovery program, you can’t recover your data and will cause more problems. Don’t worry, we have found the best DIY data recovery software for you to recover data from unmounted external hard drive under Mac OS.

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac is one of the most powerful yet easy-to-use Mac data recovery software. It can completely export/recover data from unmounted external hard drive under Mac OS. First of all, just download and install it on your Mac. It is a small program, takes only 30 seconds to download and install it.

This software not only can recover deleted/lost data from the unmounted external hard drive on Mac, but it also can help you export existing data from the unmounted external hard drive to the Mac. It is pretty simple to use. You can easily and quickly recover data from the unmounted external hard drive on Mac. Here are the main steps:

Step 1: Connect the external hard drive with the Mac.

Connect the unmounted external hard drive with the Mac which has installed Do Your Data Recovery for Mac. Then run the data recovery software from Launchpad. It will automatically show all hard drives and external devices on this Mac.

Step 2: Select the file types you want to recover.

What types you want to recover? Or just let the software recover all types of lost files for you. Then move to the next step.

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Step 3: Select and scan the unmounted external hard drive on Mac.

Now, select the unmounted external hard drive, and click on "Scan" button to scan the unmounted external hard drive on your Mac to find all deleted/lost files and existing files.

recover data from unmounted external hard drive on Mac

Step 4: Preview and recover lost files from unmounted external hard drive.

After scanning, you can preview all recoverable files, and then select the files you want to recover. Click on "Recover" button to save these files.

recover data from unmounted external hard drive on Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac offers two scan modes: quick scan and deep scan. If you can’t find all files after quick scan, just try deep scan mode to find much more files inside the unmounted external hard drive. After recovering your data, you can format the unmounted external hard drive on Mac to solve the ‘won’t mount’ issue. Super Eraser for Mac is such a Mac disk formatting tool which can help you format unmounted external hard drive on Mac.

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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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