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Disk Drill Pro Changelog

What's new in Disk Drill Pro 5.4.1426

Jan 18, 2024
  • New:
  • The Clean Up module is completely revamped with a completely new way of visualizing your disk and locating space hogs, we call it "Tiles"
  • Disk Drill now offers NAS data recovery over the SSH protocol and can scan the connected drives and RAID storages
  • Disk Drill now offers Linux data recovery via the SSH protocol and can scan the connected drives and RAID storages
  • New scan type in Disk Drill! We are always working on recovering more lost data from Mac system drives. You can now undelete your Contacts from the macOS app. More data categories will follow
  • RAIDs with Btrfs are now supported and Disk Drill can recover recently deleted files and deleted partitions
  • Many Disk Drill icons and visuals got new looks
  • Disk Drill`s Deep Scan can now recover MBS (Opera Mailbox File) and EML (electronic mail format or email saved in plain text) files
  • Improvements:
  • Better handling of macOS devices that run on unsupported or modified macOS like Hackintosh
  • Improved internal processes when verifying iOS backup passwords during iPhone and iPad data recovery
  • Better reconstructing and labeling for the following file signatures: MBOX, EMLX, EWD, and RTF
  • Improved scanning of encrypted and unencrypted DMG and Sparse Image files with Apple Partition Map Scheme, GPT and MBR tables
  • Enhanced recovery for PDF files with a non-standard XRef table size
  • Improved recovery for encrypted SXI, SXD, SXC, SXW files
  • Encrypted ODT, ODS, ODP, ODG files are detected and recovered even better now
  • Better recovery for encrypted DOCX, XLSX, PPTX files
  • Improved recovery for encrypted XMind files
  • Improved detection of unencrypted hybrid DMG files
  • Detection and recovery for XLS files created in MS Excel 2008 on macOS renders even better results now
  • Recovery chances calculation for PPT files is now even more accurate
  • Better discovery and recovery in Disk Drill iOS module for WhatsApp and Line messenger attachments
  • Updated SSD Health Level and other improvements in the Disk Drill`s S.M.A.R.T. monitoring widget
  • Optimized default display settings for discovered files
  • iOS scan module got some improvements, including Skype chats recovery
  • Minor improvements in Disk Drill's dark theme
  • General UI localization improvements throughout
  • Much better iOS scanning stability, including detecting device disconnects
  • Backward compatibility for scan sessions created in newer versions of Disk Drill
  • Optimized recovery from NTFS partitions with damaged MFT (master file table)
  • Subtle improvements in files and folders navigation and filtration
  • Find Duplicates module is significantly improved
  • Fixes:
  • Occasional crashes when scanning for PNG or MXF files
  • Occasional glitches after interrupted iOS scan
  • Occasional crashes when scanning FAT32 partitions and the scanned drive disconnects
  • Occasional app freezing when a FLAC file type was discovered
  • Minor issues with RAM during EXT4 system scan
  • Exception error when scanning for RTF files
  • Occasional crashes during NTFS system scan for lost partitions

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.4.1425 (Dec 22, 2023)

  • New:
  • The Clean Up module is completely revamped with a completely new way of visualizing your disk and locating space hogs, we call it "Tiles"
  • Disk Drill now offers NAS data recovery over the SSH protocol and can scan the connected drives and RAID storages
  • Disk Drill now offers Linux data recovery via the SSH protocol and can scan the connected drives and RAID storages
  • New scan type in Disk Drill! We are always working on recovering more lost data from Mac system drives. You can now undelete your Contacts from the macOS app. More data categories will follow
  • RAIDs with Btrfs are now supported and Disk Drill can recover recently deleted files and deleted partitions
  • Many Disk Drill icons and visuals got new looks
  • Disk Drill`s Deep Scan can now recover MBS (Opera Mailbox File) and EML (electronic mail format or email saved in plain text) files
  • Improvements:
  • Better handling of macOS devices that run on unsupported or modified macOS like Hackintosh
  • Improved internal processes when verifying iOS backup passwords during iPhone and iPad data recovery
  • Better reconstructing and labeling for the following file signatures: MBOX, EMLX, EWD, and RTF
  • Improved scanning of encrypted and unencrypted DMG and Sparse Image files with Apple Partition Map Scheme, GPT and MBR tables
  • Enhanced recovery for PDF files with a non-standard XRef table size
  • Improved recovery for encrypted SXI, SXD, SXC, SXW files
  • Encrypted ODT, ODS, ODP, ODG files are detected and recovered even better now
  • Better recovery for encrypted DOCX, XLSX, PPTX files
  • Improved recovery for encrypted XMind files
  • Improved detection of unencrypted hybrid DMG files
  • Detection and recovery for XLS files created in MS Excel 2008 on macOS renders even better results now
  • Recovery chances calculation for PPT files is now even more accurate
  • Better discovery and recovery in Disk Drill iOS module for WhatsApp and Line messenger attachments
  • Updated SSD Health Level and other improvements in the Disk Drill`s S.M.A.R.T. monitoring widget
  • Optimized default display settings for discovered files
  • iOS scan module got some improvements, including Skype chats recovery
  • Minor improvements in Disk Drill's dark theme
  • General UI localization improvements throughout
  • Much better iOS scanning stability, including detecting device disconnects
  • Backward compatibility for scan sessions created in newer versions of Disk Drill
  • Optimized recovery from NTFS partitions with damaged MFT (master file table)
  • Subtle improvements in files and folders navigation and filtration
  • Find Duplicates module is significantly improved
  • Fixes:
  • Occasional crashes when scanning for PNG or MXF files
  • Occasional glitches after interrupted iOS scan
  • Occasional crashes when scanning FAT32 partitions and the scanned drive disconnects
  • Occasional app freezing when a FLAC file type was discovered
  • Minor issues with RAM during EXT4 system scan
  • Exception error when scanning for RTF files
  • Occasional crashes during NTFS system scan for lost partitions

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.3.1313 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • New:
  • Full compatibility with macOS Sonoma (version 14) as well as iOS 17.0.1
  • One of Disk Drill's extra tools - macOS Installer - detects and supports newly released macOS Sonoma
  • Fixes:
  • Occasional crash during DeepMov signature scans
  • Occasional crash during DeepR3D signature scans

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.3.1310 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill works on macOS Sonoma (version 14) beta and supports data recovery from iOS 17 beta
  • Disk Drill displays more relevant data for iOS devices currently connected for recovery
  • ETA is now calculated and displayed during iOS devices scan
  • Forensic reports now include the serial number of a scanned disk
  • Improved identification of GUID Partition Tables and MBR partition tables maximizing outcomes when looking for lost partitions
  • New file types supported by Deep Scan - Lotus Notes Archive (.nsf)
  • Improvements:
  • Improved handling of found files in case their original modification date cannot be correctly recovered
  • Filtering of scan results is now 35-50% faster
  • Scan and preview of Notes on a scanned iOS device is much improved
  • iOS device module functionality has been enhanced for a more user-conscious performance
  • If some of the disks of a scanned RAID array are offline, the array is highlighted in red to draw immediate attention
  • Better detection and analysis of Apple RAID 0 array
  • Improved performance when searching through scan results
  • Better handling of RAID arrays by Data Protection module
  • Data Shredder intro screen got an update
  • Improved detection of RAID array disks with JBOD configurations
  • General improvements in keyboard navigation of Disk Drill interface
  • Fixes:
  • A crash occurring during file names generation based on metadata discovered by signature scan
  • Some language localizations didn't display the found lost partitions icons in scan results
  • Preview panel glitch if the panel was hidden and then shown again
  • Some interface glitches while creating backups of USB sticks or RAID arrays
  • iOS module crash occurring if switching between different scan result views
  • Preview option was missing from the context menu in the Icons view in iOS module
  • File size filter in scan results wouldn't reset in some cases
  • Scan results view would sometimes reset to default after Time Machine data recovery

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.2.1215 (May 2, 2023)

  • New:
  • Added a global scan ETA indicator. Previously, only Deep Scan had an estimated time shown, now you can see how much time the whole process from the very beginning is estimated to take
  • iOS data recovery: Chat history from iOS messengers, including Viber, WeChat, kik, WhatsApp, Line, and Skype, is now extracted and categorized comprehensively in scan results
  • New file signatures supported by Deep Scan - GZ, TGZ, ALS, FC (FlipaClip: 2D Animation creation app)
  • Recovery of iOS voicemails and voice memos
  • The "Find Duplicates" module now offers the preview panel with thumbnails
  • Improvements:
  • The recovery performance is greatly improved if during the Deep Scan stage one of the Windows Storage Spaces drives is disconnected
  • It is now possible to remove previously used recovery destinations with the right-click menu, when selecting where to save your recovered files
  • Minor enhancements in how the system Macintosh hard drive is listed in Disk Drill
  • File recovery chances are predicted even more accurately now for the discovered lost partitions
  • iOS Notes image attachments can now be found and recovered as separate files
  • Hover your mouse cursor over recovery destinations for your recovered files to see the full path and choose the proper folder
  • Multiple subtle usability improvements for iOS recovery throughout the app
  • Apple Fusion Drive can now be found in the RAIDs group under Storage Devices
  • Fixes:
  • Occasional view distortion when folders as icons modes were active in the recovery results that could potentially lead to an app crash
  • In certain cases the iOS scan results would display clipped icons
  • Rare interface freezing while displaying the operation progress
  • All file selection was working incorrectly when folders as icons modes were active in the recovery results window
  • App crash while using the Smart Select option in Find Duplicates with a large number of scan results
  • NTFS scanner stability issues when deallocated objects were found by Disk Drill
  • A crash, occurring during a RAID scan, if the disk images were disconnected suddenly
  • Some lags in updating disk list status when new items were added
  • Minor interface glitches when certain panels were displayed in macOS 10.15
  • Sometimes when the scan was resumed, the "Recover all" and "Review found" items buttons disappeared
  • Date Modified values were not shown properly for scan results after the latter were filtered by date
  • Some dates in the Date Modified filter could cause an exception when specified (if your files were modified back in the XIX century šŸ˜)
  • The drive temperature indicator wasn't always displaying correct visuals

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.1.1114 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • New:
  • Faster scans for lost data thanks to new caching algorithms
  • Recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
  • Lots of new file signatures are now found by Deep Scan, including ZPR, ZBR - Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC - Altium Designer; GED - GEDCOM Genealogy Data File; XCF - eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM - Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX - HotDocs Answer Format files; SPP - Substance Painter project; PRJPCB - Altium Designer Project file; XHW - ChamSys MagicQ Icon Snapshots files; ARI - ARRIRAW images; ARX - ARRIRAW images; TAR - Tape Archive files.
  • Symlink support to recover data from iOS backups saved to external storage locations (including network and web-based ones)
  • iOS Backups can now be shown in Finder via right click
  • Improvements:
  • Fine-tuned Disk Drill interface responsiveness
  • Better recovery from SSD on M1, M2, and T2-based Macs
  • More details on lost partitions displayed while scanning
  • More app-specific files extracted during iOS recovery and placed into Accessible Files category in results
  • Disk Drill's iOS data recovery module extracts more files with longer names (above 72 characters)
  • Improved scanning feedback for locked iOS 16+ devices
  • Visually improved hints for even easier navigation through the app
  • Greatly improved detection of RAID5 with EXT file system
  • Smoother start of iOS recovery thanks to preliminary disk space and device availability verification
  • Enhanced preview with even more information about found folders
  • More intuitive support for native macOS hotkey combos
  • Better recovery chances prediction for APFS drives
  • A more on-point icons design in dark mode
  • A more responsive iOS scan cancellation
  • Greatly improved scanning of FAT32 systems
  • Fixes:
  • Random exception error messages when a disk was disconnected while navigating through the list of sources available for recovery
  • Multiple interface touchups throughout the app modules
  • An issue with adding identical folders to Clean Up, Data Shredder, and Find Duplicates modules
  • Now Clean Up and Data Shredder modules give out a warning when attempting to add an item that's already on the list
  • Erroneous number of recovered files indicated upon recovery completion, if the destination drive was disconnected at some point of the recovery process
  • The S.M.A.R.T. module refreshing its data continuously

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.1.1112 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • New:
  • Faster scans for lost data thanks to new caching algorithms
  • Recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
  • Lots of new file signatures are now found by Deep Scan, including ZPR, ZBR - Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC - Altium Designer; GED - GEDCOM Genealogy Data File; XCF - eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM - Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX - HotDocs Answer Format files; SPP - Substance Painter project; PRJPCB - Altium Designer Project file; XHW - ChamSys MagicQ Icon Snapshots files; ARI - ARRIRAW images; ARX - ARRIRAW images; TAR - Tape Archive files.
  • Symlink support to recover data from iOS backups saved to external storage locations (including network and web-based ones)
  • iOS Backups can now be shown in Finder via right click
  • Improvements:
  • Fine-tuned Disk Drill interface responsiveness
  • Better recovery from SSD on M1, M2, and T2-based Macs
  • More details on lost partitions displayed while scanning
  • More app-specific files extracted during iOS recovery and placed into Accessible Files category in results
  • Disk Drill's iOS data recovery module extracts more files with longer names (above 72 characters)
  • Improved scanning feedback for locked iOS 16+ devices
  • Visually improved hints for even easier navigation through the app
  • Greatly improved detection of RAID5 with EXT file system
  • Smoother start of iOS recovery thanks to preliminary disk space and device availability verification
  • Enhanced preview with even more information about found folders
  • More intuitive support for native macOS hotkey combos
  • Better recovery chances prediction for APFS drives
  • A more on-point icons design in dark mode
  • A more responsive iOS scan cancellation
  • Greatly improved scanning of FAT32 systems
  • Fixes:
  • Random exception error messages when a disk was disconnected while navigating through the list of sources available for recovery
  • Multiple interface touchups throughout the app modules
  • An issue with adding identical folders to Clean Up, Data Shredder, and Find Duplicates modules
  • Now Clean Up and Data Shredder modules give out a warning when attempting to add an item that's already on the list
  • Erroneous number of recovered files indicated upon recovery completion, if the destination drive was disconnected at some point of the recovery process
  • The S.M.A.R.T. module refreshing its data continuously

New in Disk Drill Pro 5.0.1043 (Nov 15, 2022)

  • New:
  • Cutting-edge smooth modular user interface
  • Disk Drill 5 is the first release of our data recovery software fully compatible with macOS Ventura (version 13)
  • Scan and recover lost data from iPhones and iPads running iOS 16/16.1, iOS backups and iPadOS included
  • Predict recovery chances before the actual recovery
  • Fully compatible with Apple computers powered by the new M2 chip
  • RAID recovery - scan and undelete data from Windows and Linux software RAID arrays
  • VHD and VHDX support - Disk Drill 5 can mount, scan and recover data from your Virtual Hard Drives
  • Multiple new image formats can be reconstructed and properly labeled by Deep Scan. Among them: CRW (raw photos by Canon), CPT (Corel Photo-Paint 2019), EXR (high-dynamic range, multi-channel raster images), INSP (Insta360 panoramic images), X3I (super fine detail Sigma raw photos)
  • Deep Scan masters more video formats: VP6 (On2 TrueMotion), R3D (video files by the RED Cinema), and M1V (Moving Picture Experts Group Phase 1&2)
  • Google Pixel Motion Photos recovery
  • A great variety of professional file formats added to Disk Drill's Deep Scan and labeling algorithms. Among them: XD (Adobe XD mockups), MB (Autodesk Maya 2020 binary & ASCII projects), PTS, PTF, PTX, PTXP (Avid Pro Tools Sessions, multiple versions), MDP (Fire Alpaca), PLD5 (Professional League by ligaverwaltung.de), XMIND, RPH (Stormware Pohoda), GEO (TruTops by Trumpf), VBS & SUD (NI DIAdem VB scripts & user dialog files), VWX (Vectorworks 2019), SBK SHW (ChamSys MagicQ), 3MF (3D manufacturing & modeling files), STL (CAD-related binary & ASCII files), and GSM (Archicad 25 library objects)
  • New file generation rules in Deep Scan for multiple file signatures: VSD (MS Visio), JNB (SigmaPlot), MAX (3D Max), QPW (Quattro Pro), SDW & SDA (StarOffice), SDC, SXC, SXD, SXI, SXW, ODT, ODG, ODS, ODP (OpenOffice), TTF (you know this one, right?) among them
  • Deep Scan in Disk Drill for Mac is catching up with its Windows sibling - adds DMF file signature to recognize and properly recover deleted the Geosystem Digitals Map Files
  • Introducing more ways to manage, filter, group and sort through the found data
  • Entire disk scans may now produce additional recoverable file trees under the new "Lost data structures" group in the scanning results
  • More informative scanning progress indicator
  • Search history for scan results
  • macOS Installer creation module now offers the downloading of older versions of macOS/Mac OS X
  • And yes! Scanning sessions are now cross-platform. You can start scanning a drive for lost data in Disk Drill for Mac and continue/finish the scan on a Windows computer, or vice versa
  • S.M.A.R.T. module - keyboard navigation and clipboard integration
  • Improvements:
  • Heavily upgraded recovery from EXT3 and EXT4 Linux file systems, both Quick and Deep Scans
  • Lost APFS partitions detection and recovery from them
  • Recovery of relocated files from APFS partitions
  • Scanning and recovery from multiple live APFS and HFS partitions on one disk
  • EXT4 recovery now properly understands and treats symbolic links
  • EXT3 and EXT4 recovery algorithms prevent data duplication when all available scanning methods run simultaneously
  • ExFAT and FAT32 algorithms detect and restore more deleted fragmented files
  • iOS data recovery: Disk Drill implements new algorithms to restore data from multiple 3rd-party messengers like WhatsApp, Viber, Kik, Line, as well as Voice Memos, and voicemails
  • Deep Scan - improved detection and reconstruction of Insta360 One X, TTF, M4A, M4B, and Macromedia Director's DIR, DXR, CST, CXT file formats
  • Faster detection and reconstruction of multi-image JPG files (MP images) for some models of Samsung, Nikon, and Panasonic cameras
  • File labeling for MOV, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, M4B, and BRAW file formats in Deep Scan
  • Simplified scanning results, better file grouping, intuitive default navigation and more
  • Updated default recovery setting - Disk Drill 5 ignores the original folder structure for recovered items and restores all selected files to the same location (change this in Preferences)
  • Recovery chances prediction for ZIP and RAR archives
  • Revamped recovery of MXF files (video and audio data in the Material Exchange format), added support for updated high-definition codecs
  • Deep Scan - added mandatory chunk control for improved PNG recovery
  • Date info processing for recovered files
  • Verifying required disk space at destination when creating macOS installers
  • When loading large scanning sessions users will start getting recoverable data before session files are fully loaded
  • False-positives while scanning large HFS partitions are mostly eliminated
  • Fewer false-positive detections of STL files during Deep Scan
  • Icons mode - multiple thumbnail enhancements and fixes
  • macOS Dark Mode support
  • iPads are now properly identified with iPadOS label and its version
  • Use macOS Ventura (version 13) disk image as source when creating new macOS installers
  • Several internal updates in S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring thanks to smartmontools 7.3
  • Fixes:
  • Listing of unpaired iOS devices as available
  • Loss of data in Guaranteed Recovery storage during intensive disk scans while certain storage size limits were in place
  • Some NTFS partitions could be falsely listed as RAW
  • Corrupt system folder permissions leading to Disk Drill's reinstallation request on every launch
  • Video files can be previewed on the first click now; double clicking not needed any more

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.6.382 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Multiple internal file signature recognition algorithms within Deep Scan
  • Bad sector detection when scanning system drives on M1/T2 Macs
  • Duplicate Finder module stability and minor internal enhancement
  • Preliminary code preparation for macOS 13 Ventura
  • Fixes:
  • Several non-critical crashes in CDeepDoc scanner

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.6.380 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Even better detection of Microsoft Office documents (.doc) during scan
  • Greatly improved detection of Windows installer package files (.msi)
  • Enhanced handling of unstable disks at every stage of recovery
  • Fixes:
  • Additional font download request no longer pops up after scan
  • Processing of Microsoft Office documents (.doc) during All Recovery Methods scan
  • Sending of Disk Drill crash reports on macOS Monterey
  • Slow scan of APFS Fusion Drives
  • Issues with scan and recovery on operating systems with the Chinese zh-Hans-CN locale
  • Minor crash during scans involving JPG files

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.6.370 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • S.M.A.R.T. monitoring gets extra touch-ups
  • Adjustments in Duplicate Finder when a disk is disconnected
  • macOS Monterey installation nativity
  • Fixes:
  • All Files selection in Clean Up module is fixed

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.4.369 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • New:
  • Full official support of macOS Monterey (12.0.1)
  • Data recovery from iPhones on iOS 15
  • Improvements:
  • Improved Deep Scan and recovery from APFS drives with multiple partitions
  • Enhanced recovery of X3F file format for Sigma sd Quattro cameras
  • Improved CR3 files recovery for Canon EOS R6 (craw with HDR preview), Canon EOS R5 (craw HDR, FW 1.2.0), Canon EOS 1DX Mark III (craw w/ HDR FW 1.0), Canon EOS R5 (craw/craw HDR FW 1.0)
  • Better labeling that includes proper image size of found JPG files in Deep Scan
  • Improved detection and recovery of deleted EMF files (Enhanced Windows Metafile, vector graphic)
  • Braw (Blackmagic RAW) file signature extended support for BRAVO codecs
  • Multiple improvements in BMP recovery: support for all existing BMP file formats, files with multiple images, icons and cursors on OS/2
  • Improved recovery of raw DCR photos (Digital Camera Raw file format)
  • Improved compatibility and fixed crashes in FAT32 recovery when scanning partitions with unsupported ANSI code pages
  • Improved recovery from NTFS drives formatted by Acronis apps
  • Visual improvements in S.M.A.R.T. monitoring module
  • Improved right-click menus in Time Machine module
  • Better compatibility while recovering from older iPods, the ones connected as a mass storage device
  • Procedural improvements in Clean Up, Duplicate Finder and Data Shredder modules
  • Visual enhancements in Duplicate Finder settings in macOS Big Sur and Monterey
  • Current Helium Gas Level explained properly in S.M.A.R.T. monitoring
  • Undelete Protected data - general improvements
  • Improved filter reset in Duplicate Finder
  • Improved font colors for selected file groups
  • Improved Preview panels management
  • Some minor visual enhancements in Disk Drill's Clean Up module
  • Improved final screen when re-scanning drives and partitions using saved sessions
  • Improved sorting of files in Icon mode in Time Machine module
  • Fixes:
  • Clean Up module properly detects disk disconnection
  • Process exception when clicking unrecovered items on recovery log
  • Inaccurate numbers of found files for disks with nulled ending areas
  • Non-functioning buttons in Byte-to-byte Backup module on macOS 10.11-10.14
  • Corrected recovery statuses in Disk Drill's logs
  • Duplicate Finder lists corrected numbers of processed files both on the final screen and in Disk Drill's log
  • Crash when removing files and folders with complicated hierarchy in Duplicate Finder
  • File name generation for RAF photos (RAW file signature)
  • Kernel extension deployment request did not properly fire when resuming scanning sessions for system partitions
  • Corrupted content alignment (Qty/Date) in Duplicate Finder when selecting found items

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.4.356 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • New:
  • More flexibility in byte-to-byte backups: select specific disk sectors or indicate the size in MB
  • S.M.A.R.T. monitoring is now easily accessible through the Extras menu
  • New simplified two-step Disk Drill installation
  • MSI files (Windows installer packages) are now supported in Deep Scan
  • Improvements:
  • Better detection of PSD files in Deep Scan
  • Clean Up detects and displays items stored in other user accounts on a computer
  • More details are now displayed upon recovery completion in case there were errors during the recovery process
  • More hints have been added to the icons and menus throughout the app's interface
  • A click on the Home button during scan in Clean Up module now evokes a confirmation dialog, where you can decide whether to cancel the scan or not
  • Thumbnail generation progress is back. You can now see that the previews are being generated in a convenient status label
  • A much faster Quick Scan for ExFAT systems that contain a large number of deleted files
  • Better detection of lost NTFS partitions and their files based on the found MFT entries
  • Scan is automatically stopped when a FAT32 disk is disconnected from the computer
  • The FAT32 scan is ten times faster now for files with longer names
  • Optimized and revised Deep Scan for such file formats as JPG, PDF, and DOC
  • Detection of Insta360 One X2 file signatures within Deep Scan
  • Better support for compressed NTFS volumes
  • Deep Scan now recovers video files (MP4) encoded with H.265 XAVC codec
  • Improved detection of false exFAT volumes
  • Improved behavior when scan and recovery run simultaneously
  • Fixes:
  • Minor interface enhancements throughout
  • Disk Drill stability when scanning Time Machine backups
  • Resolved compatibility issues with previously unsupported versions of osxfuse
  • A crash while recording a backup image to an unstable disk
  • A crash that occured if a recovery process was canceled during an ongoing scan
  • The "Show in Finder" button for the local Time Machine snapshots
  • A crash on macOS 10.11 and 10.12 that occured when scan was terminated in the Find Duplicates module
  • A crash that occured at the beginning of scan when the scanned disk was suddenly disconnected
  • Disk Drill freezing when scanning NTFS partitions with outdated Recovery Vault or Guaranteed Recovery database
  • A crash on macOS 10.11 if the scan results were displayed as Files and Icons
  • Random crashes in Hex view when loading saved sessions or repeating a scan

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.3.316 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • New:
  • Yet another update that improves native scanning and recovery from storage devices encrypted by M1 security chips
  • Totally new highly enhanced NTFS recovery
  • Full-blown scanning and recovery from Time Machine on APFS volumes
  • New storage space indicators when selecting drives in Disk Drill
  • S.M.A.R.T. disk info is now collected and displayed for SSD devices on M1 Macs (when enabled in Preferences)
  • Improvements:
  • Updated system extension deployment instructions + new video tutorial
  • More user verifications when canceling Disk Drill's actions, like ongoing scans or other operations
  • Multiple improvements in Disk Drill Extras: search for duplicates, disk clean up, backup creation, and data extraction from Time Machine
  • Parent disk and partition listing when booting from external drives
  • System information listing and collection of technical parameters for RAID arrays
  • Now disks with bad sectors are marked red in Extra Tools
  • More consistent messaging on disk updates
  • Improved scanning of APFS Fusion Drives
  • NTFS Quick Scan
  • Better disk selection when saving recovery results
  • Improved UI navigation on session auto-saves
  • Sufficient improvements in Disk Drill's internal logs for data recovery and S.M.A.R.T. status reporting
  • Disk Drill removal impromevents
  • Fixes:
  • Disk Drill errors when opening and detaching DMG disk images
  • Issues when drives changed their attributes while being scanned
  • Scan error 3072 while reconnecting encrypted drives
  • System drive scanning error in macOS Catalina on devices with T2 chip
  • Corrected accidental Disk Drill removal via Clean Up and Data Shredder
  • Some Clean Up freezes
  • App activation status verification when processing disks with corrupted MBR sectors
  • Improper display of scan auto-resume dialog on drive disconnect
  • Warning messages when disk goes offline
  • Most extra tools are now blocked in Portable Mode
  • Disk stability verification procedure before Rebuild HFS+ algorithm

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.3.314 (Apr 8, 2021)

  • New:
  • Yet another update that improves native scanning and recovery from storage devices encrypted by M1 security chips
  • Totally new highly enhanced NTFS recovery
  • Full-blown scanning and recovery from Time Machine on APFS volumes
  • New storage space indicators when selecting drives in Disk Drill
  • S.M.A.R.T. disk info is now collected and displayed for SSD devices on M1 Macs (when enabled in Preferences)
  • Improvements:
  • Updated system extension deployment instructions + new video tutorial
  • More user verifications when canceling Disk Drill's actions, like ongoing scans or other operations
  • Multiple improvements in Disk Drill Extras: search for duplicates, disk clean up, backup creation, and data extraction from Time Machine
  • Parent disk and partition listing when booting from external drives
  • System information listing and collection of technical parameters for RAID arrays
  • Now disks with bad sectors are marked red in Extra Tools
  • More consistent messaging on disk updates
  • Improved scanning of APFS Fusion Drives
  • NTFS Quick Scan
  • Better disk selection when saving recovery results
  • Improved UI navigation on session auto-saves
  • Sufficient improvements in Disk Drill's internal logs for data recovery and S.M.A.R.T. status reporting
  • Disk Drill removal impromevents
  • Fixes:
  • Disk Drill errors when opening and detaching DMG disk images
  • Issues when drives changed their attributes while being scanned
  • Scan error 3072 while reconnecting encrypted drives
  • System drive scanning error in macOS Catalina on devices with T2 chip
  • Corrected accidental Disk Drill removal via Clean Up and Data Shredder
  • Some Clean Up freezes
  • App activation status verification when processing disks with corrupted MBR sectors
  • Improper display of scan auto-resume dialog on drive disconnect
  • Warning messages when disk goes offline
  • Most extra tools are now blocked in Portable Mode
  • Disk stability verification procedure before Rebuild HFS+ algorithm

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.2.274 (Feb 16, 2021)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill now runs natively on M1 Macs
  • Deep Scan extends PDF and AI file formats labeling
  • Improvements:
  • Support of the new osxfuse/macFUSE version 4
  • DOC, TTF, and PUB file formats recovery with Deep Scan
  • DNG/RAW image formats preview on older macOS versions, 10.11-10.14
  • Reinstated and enhanced S.M.A.R.T. monitoring for internal drives
  • Updating the app no longer requires user credentials
  • Enhanced scanning of SIP-protected drives on macOS Big Sur with T2 and M1
  • Deep Scan yields more recoverable files when scanning T2-protected system partitions
  • System drives' scanning when running Disk Drill in macOS Recovery
  • Scanning devices with ZFS file system
  • Scan session auto-saving when switching to drive backup in case of failing media
  • Overall UI improvements when resizing the main Disk Drill window
  • RTF file format recognition within Deep Scan was missing font detection
  • Multiple security improvements in Disk Drill's updater
  • Recovery of encrypted system APFS Fusion Drives when booting from external media
  • Better Hide Duplicates filter in recovery results
  • Duplicator Finder scanning and overall speed
  • Clean Up and Data Protection modules compatibility
  • Backup creation resuming
  • Several Dark Mode improvements in iOS scan results
  • Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder no longer accept folders from physically damaged drives
  • Removed unnecessary scroll bars in Disk Drill's main UI when resized into its minimal state
  • First-time Disk Drill installation procedure
  • System extension (kext) updates
  • Stability enchantments when detecting connected devices
  • Disk Drill's information overlays
  • Fixes:
  • A couple of minor visual glitches in the Disk Drill installer
  • System extension (kext) deployment on clean M1 Macs without Rosetta sub-system
  • Recovery from NTFS compressed drives
  • File preview and hex mode are available for long file names and paths (255 bytes or more)
  • Clean Up mode and Duplicate Finder could move files to incorrect destination if the original target device was disconnected
  • Random Deep Scan crashes when detecting TIFF files
  • Creating backups of physically damaged devices and Android partitions
  • Backed up APFS container did not list parent containers in the disk list
  • Occasional stops when mounting APFS containers from DMG disk images
  • Recovery destination could not be selected in macOS 10.13 while in macOS Recovery
  • Previews in Duplicator Finder
  • Accidental scans of SIP-protected drives bypassing Disk Drill's system extension (kext) via right-click menu
  • Exception when hex preview window was not closed on a disconnected drive

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.0.206 (Dec 7, 2020)

  • New:
  • Deep Scan (traditionally) learns new file formats: ā€œIchitaroā€ the Japanese text processor (JTD, JTDC, JTT, JTTC), Microsoft Publisher files (PUB), WordPerfect (WPD)
  • Byte-to-byte backups can now be paused and resumed
  • Disk Drill now recommends scanning Androidā€™s memory card when possible, instead of jumping through the hoops of full-fledged Android recovery
  • New squircle Big-Sur-style app icon
  • Improved hints throughout the appā€™s interface, including improved starting zero-state screens
  • Improvements:
  • Encrypted and CoreStorage HFS+ partitions are now displayed separately in the disk list
  • APFS scanning and recovery algorithms
  • Proper detection of macOS Big Sur installer on disk
  • More informative and accurate bad blocks notifications when scanning corrupted drives
  • Better detection of APFS partitions after formatting
  • Additional information displayed while loading large session files
  • Several minor improvements in disk backups
  • Better detection of a driveā€™s online status in Clean Up and Backup modules
  • File search improvements in the UI
  • Updated descriptions in data protection settings
  • Quick Scan of FAT32 partitions
  • Recovery log can now be sorted by several dimensions
  • Some enhancements related to user privacy throughput the UI
  • Data Shredder and free space Erasure method selection
  • No more auto-collapsing of recently deleted files (Found files) in scan results
  • Disk Drill provides more details when detaching byte-to-byte backups fails
  • Disk Drill now properly prompts for admin credentials when launched under a restricted user
  • System extension (kext) is now installed only when SIP-protected device is initialized for scanning
  • Fewer System Extension permission requests on macOS Big Sur
  • Scan results navigation
  • Better icons to identify some partitions after scan completion
  • ā€œRecover Allā€ now properly selects all files for recovery if scanning is still in progress
  • S.M.A.R.T. icons and indicators behavior
  • Fixes:
  • Some random freezes in scan results
  • Mount/Unmount options now disabled for encrypted partitions
  • Font color could erroneously change in data protection module
  • HFS+ Catalog Rebuild fixes for disconnected drives
  • ā€œAll Recovery Methodsā€ type of scan no longer available for locked devices
  • Source device with macOS installer could be selected as destination
  • Network connected devices were duplicated in some modules
  • Built-in preview window resizing
  • Various UI micro-glitches
  • Scanning could be resumed from the backup module
  • Random crash while saving backups to desktop
  • Scanning methods selection for external APFS Time Machine backups
  • Memory leaks while scanning Android devices
  • Forensic data export when scanning in progress
  • File list was not properly updated when switching filtered objects on and off
  • Incorrect ā€œScan completeā€ confirmation when canceling Clean Up process
  • Incorrect informers shown when scanning iOS 14

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.0.130 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Detection of APFS drives with bad sectors
  • EXIF metadata processing for DeepTIFF signature
  • Recovery and detection stability for deep-scanning of TIFF, JPG and X3F image formats
  • Several Data Shredder issues on macOS 10.11
  • Scan session saving and managing
  • Support of corrupted OS X Fuse installation
  • Multiple internal Byte-to-Byte Backup stabilizations and fixes
  • Managing HFS+ disks disconnecting right after rebuild before displaying its results
  • HFS+ scanner could hang while reading deleted files' attributes
  • Internal Duplicate Finder algorithms
  • iOS 14.1 support
  • FIXES:
  • Random crashes while deep-scanning DTPartitions
  • Crash when clicking system notifications related to recovery sessions
  • Random crashes when initiating the recovery after completing the scan
  • Occasional freezes in Clean Up module during scans
  • Random crashes related to Time Capsule and Time Machine activity
  • Accidental crash when selecting recovered files while the scan was still in progress
  • Unsystematic crash when unmounting iOS devices
  • Crash when Disk Drill is blocked from accessing the Internet

New in Disk Drill Pro 4.0.123 (Oct 7, 2020)

  • āš™ New:
  • macOS 11 Big Sur support
  • FAT32 data recovery: complete overhaul of existing ones, and a number of new internal FAT32 data recovery algorithms, +200% efficiency and quality boost
  • New NTFS recovery: Quick Scan fixes, heavily improved scanner stability
  • iOS data recovery: iOS 14 support
  • Apple's Time Machine local snapshots are now included in the main scan for lost data
  • Start your recovery before finishing the scan
  • Data extraction from devices with the T2 encryption chip
  • FREE Data Shredder: securely delete any files and folders for good
  • FREE Free Space Eraser: make sure others cannot recover your deleted data by securely erasing "free" disk space
  • Recovery from Time Machine backup disks
  • New Disk Image Formats support: DSK, BIN, DAT, RAW, and DD
  • Integrated file preview
  • Disk Drill can be launched in macOS Recovery Mode through Terminal without the need to create a bootable drive
  • [Humbly] The best UI among do-it-yourself data recovery apps (with Dark Mode!)
  • Tips and hints during scan and recovery to help you recover more of your lost data
  • šŸ‘¾ Improved:
  • Scanning and recovery speed improved by more than 200%
  • Raw image recovery: GoPro GPR, JP2, HEIC, WMF, Panasonic/Leica RAW, Panasonic RWL, Sony SR2 and SRF, Leaf MOS, Mamiya MEF, Epson ERF, Minolta MRW, Olympus ORF, Canon CR3, APM and other formats
  • BRAW: better recovery of professional video recordings
  • CinemaDNG: reconstruct deleted digital cinema files
  • Ground-breaking improvements in QuickTime-based video recovery (MOV and similar containers)
  • Canon CRM: Cinema RAW Light HD videos
  • MPC recovery: compressed audio files based on MPEG-2 algorithms
  • Improved detection and reconstruction: Canon CR2, Kodak DCR, Sony ARW, Nikon NEF and NRW, Leaf and Phase One IIQ, Hasselblad FFF and 3FR, Polaroid and Sigma X3F, Panasonic RW2, Sony DSLR-A100 ARW, Fujifilm RAF, Kodak DCR, Samsung SRW, Leica X2 DNG, Leica M (typ240, typ246) DNG, Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ DNG
  • Improved recovery and labeling of ZIP and RAR file formats, support for RAR generation 5
  • Better reconstruction, labeling and ID3 tag naming for MP3 files
  • Deep Scan labeling: improved parsing of XMP, IPTC and EXIF metadata for better naming of multiple image formats like JPG, PNG, GPR, RAW, NEF, DCR, etc.
  • Updated exFAT, HFS+ and APFS recovery algorithms
  • More informative and effective pausing and resuming of scans: improved clever scans that require uninterrupted scanning time
  • Better notifications on filtered objects, background scans, and more
  • Multiple data protection improvements in Recovery Vault and Guaranteed Recovery
  • Improved recovery of fragmented directories helps with locating original file names and structures
  • S.M.A.R.T. disk health monitoring improvements
  • Dynamic monitoring and detection of newly connected or changed devices and partitions
  • Clever scan will now list live files separately and won't scan disk areas with live files to improve speed and avoid false findings (configurable)
  • Increased installation speed
  • Portable Mode enhancements when running Disk Drill without its actual deployment onto a live system
  • Faster scans and data removals in Clean Up and Duplicate Finder modes
  • Better listing of RAID arrays available for recovery
  • When Disk Drill is removed incorrectly by just dragging it to the Trash, its background processes will end gracefully
  • .cleverfiles folder auto-added to Time Machine exclusions list

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.977 (Sep 21, 2020)

  • Improved:
  • Last-minute preparations for macOS 11 Big Sur
  • iOS data recovery scans
  • Fixes:
  • occasional crash related to hotkeys and empty selection in scan results

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.975 (Jun 26, 2020)

  • Improved:
  • Detection of broken and corrupted APFS partitions
  • Detection and recovery from lost NTFS partitions
  • Scan and recovery from damaged ExFAT file systems once it can't be mounted
  • S.M.A.R.T. status tracking for NVME drives
  • Support of (the old) Mac OS X 10.9
  • Preliminary code enhancements for the upcoming macOS 10.16 Big Sur
  • Fixes:
  • Random crashes when detecting RAID arrays in the disk list
  • Occasional crashes during recovery from external drives

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.971 (May 5, 2020)

  • Improved:
  • Now S.M.A.R.T. disk health monitoring module can be completely turned off, which also disables monitoring disk's vitals during scans, but may help in some cases of badly damaged scanned devices
  • Guaranteed Recovery properly disabled after Disk Drill uninstallation
  • Multiple Guaranteed Recovery internal data protection improvements
  • Fixes:
  • Occasional crashes when scanning Android devices for lost data
  • Some random crashes in Duplicate Finder and Disk Clean Up modules

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.965 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Improved:
  • Quick and Smart Scans of ExFAT partitions
  • Guaranteed Recovery protection option no longer causes low disk space
  • Fixes:
  • Labeling of found files after scanning when Fuse framework is present in the system
  • Several minor crashes and exceptions fixed
  • Scan results filters could be disabled when loading previously saved recovery sessions
  • Some UI localization improvements
  • Micro glitches with icons in some onboarding dialogs on macOS Catalina
  • Random crashes on Mac OS X 10.10
  • Proper removal of protected data when uninstalling Disk Drill
  • Bootable drives created with Disk Drill now have more distinct icons

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.953 (Nov 22, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • File signatures added to Deep Scan - AU (Audacity audio files) and PCX (bitmap images)
  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Data Protection improvements as part of Guaranteed Recovery
  • Original file location detection in Quick Scan
  • Boot drives creation on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Full Disk Access granting in System Preferences
  • Recovery of fragmented files on ExFAT partitions
  • Minor UI and tutorial enhancements
  • FIXES:
  • Protected files now properly included in smart scans of APFS partitions
  • False detections of HFS+ partitions
  • Rare cases with file name recovery during HFS+ Quick Scan
  • Formatting APFS partitions when creating boot drives on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Clean Up mode issues on system partitions on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.8.947 (Sep 27, 2019)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill is now officially ready for macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • iOS recovery now supports iOS 13 and iPadOS
  • New Full Disk Access requirements and wizard in place
  • New smart ExFAT recovery algorithms
  • Mac OS X 10.8.5 is no longer supported in Disk Drill 3.8, the minimum Mac OS X version is now 10.9.5
  • Extras:
  • LaCie devices recovery: critical improvements, disk disconnection prevention
  • iOS recovery: preview improvements
  • FAT32: improved support of lost partition recovery
  • Disk Drill gets better at detecting and scanning external USB storage devices on macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • Guaranteed Recovery internal stabilizations, including compatibility issues with macOS 10.15
  • Fixes:
  • HFS+ recovery stabilization fixes
  • macOS installer download fixes
  • Fixed empty disk labels on macOS Catalina
  • Minor random crashes and exceptions during disk scanning

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.7.942 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • New:
  • New Deep Scan file signatures: TTF (TrueType Fonts), RPP (REAPER Project Files), EOT (Embedded OpenType Fonts), WOFF/WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format Files)
  • Pre-release improvements for macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • Greatly improved ExFAT recovery with new unified algorithms
  • Extras:
  • HFS+ rebuild and Quick Scan enhancements
  • App notarization improvements
  • Improved Android 9 recovery
  • Workspace settings stabilized
  • Fixes:
  • Disk Drill Portable Mode
  • macOS installer creation bug
  • Some recently reported crashes

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.7.934 (May 21, 2019)

  • New:
  • New file signatures added to Deep Scan: APM (Adobe raster images), WMF (proprietary Windows graphic format), CR3 (Canon Raw 3 images), GPR (GoPro raw image format)
  • Extras:
  • Improved data recovery on APFS Fusion Drives
  • Improved reading of iOS backups under Full Disk Access system protection
  • Improved data recovery on ExFat partitions that were reformatted into FAT32
  • Improved preview of DOC files and a number of related fixes
  • Updated S.M.A.R.T. monitoring module
  • Improved recovery of SRW raw images
  • Improved preview of files with extensions in upper case
  • Fixed recovery loops on some FAT32 partitions
  • Fixed several stubborn crashes when reading Fusion Drives under SIP

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.7.929 (Feb 10, 2019)

  • New:
  • Simplified data recovery from startup disks and disk locations protected by SIP
  • Support for Full Disk Access in macOS Mojave
  • Extras:
  • Improved universal recovery sequence on APFS partitions
  • Improved recovery of damaged APFS Fusion Drives
  • Improved scanning of unmounted volumes
  • Improved scanning of external HDD
  • Mounted disk images (DMG) are now read-only
  • Fixed: scan progress indicator in Allocate Existing Data algorithm
  • Fixed random crashing when entering the Clean Up mode
  • Minor UI and localization improvements

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.6.918 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill is officially macOS Mojave ready with multiple internal optimizations and improvements
  • Global improvements in FAT32 partition recovery, all related smart recovery algorithms updated
  • Canon RAW Movie (CRM) file format added to Deep Scan's file signature repository
  • Disk Drill is now capable of creating APFS bootable drives on macOS 10.13.5+ and 10.14
  • Data recovery from Apple's RAID arrays - Striped (RAID 0), Mirrored (RAID 1) and Concatenated (JBOD) types are supported for now
  • Automatic detection of APFS Fusion Drives
  • Extras:
  • Improved universal recovery sequence on APFS partitions
  • Improved processing of Core Strorage
  • Improved data recovery routines on encrypted APFS volumes, emphasis on Deep Scan
  • Improved support of Guaranteed Recovery data protection feature on APFS volumes
  • Improved Clean Up mode security
  • Improved recovery consistency on FAT32 partitions with 8K cluster size
  • Disk Drill will no longer request access to your Mac's Contacts when sending feedback from the app
  • iOS recovery: corrected disk space data displayed for iPad
  • Improved preview on older macOS (10.10)
  • Improved MP3 recovery and labeling as part of Deep Scan
  • Several minor UI enhancements
  • Multiple improvements in UI translations

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.6.916 (Oct 12, 2018)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill is officially macOS Mojave ready with multiple internal optimizations and improvements
  • Global improvements in FAT32 partition recovery, all related smart recovery algorithms updated
  • Canon RAW Movie (CRM) file format added to Deep Scan's file signature repository
  • Disk Drill is now capable of creating APFS bootable drives on macOS 10.13.5+ and 10.14
  • Data recovery from Apple's RAID arrays - Striped (RAID 0), Mirrored (RAID 1) and Concatenated (JBOD) types are supported for now
  • Automatic detection of APFS Fusion Drives
  • Extras:
  • Improved universal recovery sequence on APFS partitions
  • Improved processing of Core Strorage
  • Improved data recovery routines on encrypted APFS volumes, emphasis on Deep Scan
  • Improved support of Guaranteed Recovery data protection feature on APFS volumes
  • Improved recovery consistency on FAT32 partitions with 8K cluster size
  • Disk Drill will no longer request access to your Mac's Contacts when sending feedback from the app
  • iOS recovery: corrected disk space data displayed for iPad
  • Improved preview on older macOS (10.10)
  • Improved MP3 recovery and labeling as part of Deep Scan
  • Several minor UI enhancements
  • Multiple improvements in UI translations

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.5.883 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • NVMe S.M.A.R.T. support for newer Macs and their SSD drives
  • EXTRAS:
  • Deep Scan's featured file format: AutoCAD's DWG format recovery
  • Improved DMG backups when external drives present in the system
  • Improved navigation in all tutorials throughout the app
  • iOS recovery mode now lets you search your recoverable contacts by multiple fields, not only by the first and last name; plus other minor improvements
  • Updated: UI localizations
  • Fixed: a number of random crashes on macOS 10.11.6 and 10.13.2
  • Even more file signatures:
  • ELFO (Elsterformular by German Tax Office)
  • AWB (Adaptive Multi-rate Wide Band)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec)
  • AFPHOTO (Affinity Photo), 3DS (Autodesk 3DS Max)
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
  • BIK (Bink Video)
  • VOC (Creative Labs Voice)
  • MPA (MPEG-2 Audio File)
  • MP2 (MPEG Layer II Compressed Audio File)

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.5.882 (Feb 14, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • NVMe S.M.A.R.T. support for newer Macs and their SSD drives
  • EXTRAS:
  • Deep Scan's featured file format: AutoCAD's DWG format recovery
  • Improved DMG backups when external drives present in the system
  • Improved navigation in all tutorials throughout the app
  • iOS recovery mode now lets you search your recoverable contacts by multiple fields, not only by the first and last name; plus other minor improvements
  • Updated: UI localizations
  • Fixed: a number of random crashes on macOS 10.11.6 and 10.13.2
  • Even more file signatures:
  • ELFO (Elsterformular by German Tax Office)
  • AWB (Adaptive Multi-rate Wide Band)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec)
  • AFPHOTO (Affinity Photo), 3DS (Autodesk 3DS Max)
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
  • BIK (Bink Video)
  • VOC (Creative Labs Voice)
  • MPA (MPEG-2 Audio File)
  • MP2 (MPEG Layer II Compressed Audio File)

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.5.860 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • New:
  • We officially support macOS 10.13 now! See cleverfiles.com/help for details
  • Extras:
  • Improved APFS support
  • Enhanced thumbnail generation for recoverable files
  • Improved file operations in "Folders with Icons" view
  • New hints on the recovery process
  • Improvements on the frontend and backend of iOS 11 data recovery
  • Better handling of read-only drives

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.3.846 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • New:
  • iOS Data Recovery: iOS 11 full support
  • Create bootable macOS installation drives
  • Deep Scan now supports APFS partitions
  • Improved Deep Scanning of ExFAT partitions
  • Disk Drill will now recommend to scan the entire disk if only a partition has been scanned to improve the overall recovery success
  • Extras:
  • Multiple improvements in macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • New file signatures are now supported by Deep Scan: MBOX, HEIC, OLK15MESSAGE, FMP12, IIQ, NOTEBOOK, ZRV
  • Scan Results: thumbnail generation now has a progress bar in Icons views
  • Improved: no more skipped files within AFC recovery for iOS
  • Clean Up mode: improved scanning of of network drives
  • Clean Up mode: visual improvements in Preferences
  • See full changelog on our website for other improvements

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.2.831 (Jul 12, 2017)

  • New:
  • Redesigned and significantly improved iOS data recovery engine and the representation of the recoverable items
  • Labelled files: MP3, EMLX, TIFF, XLSX, DOC/DOCX, RTF
  • Extras:
  • Critical fixes when creating boot drives for recovery on macOS 10.12.x, including recent betas
  • Deep Scan file signatures: improved M4B audiobooks, improved DV and MXF videos, improved FLAC lossless audio
  • Clean Up mode updated with multiple fixes and enhancements
  • Duplicate Finder module gets a boost with hundreds of internal improvements
  • Priority setting in Duplicate Finder
  • Sorting and grouping of the found items
  • Searching and filtering of the found items
  • Improvements in managing and copying recoverable items from the mounted virtual drive
  • Better preview of DOCX and XLSX file types
  • Recovery of micro-files of 0+ bytes
  • Fixed blinking and disappearing Gear icon that prevented accessing advanced settings per drive/partition
  • Stability fixes in Deep Scan on ExFAT partitions
  • Fixed some occasional crashes with HFS+ partitions scan

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.1.817 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • New:
  • Disk Drill uses passwords stored in keychain to open encrypted iOS backups
  • iOS recovery now supports attachments in notes
  • Extras:
  • Android data recovery (emphasis on Android 4.x and 5.x)
  • Processing of encrypted iOS backups
  • Reporting of the current scanning method during the scanning phase
  • Scanning results mounting for iOS devices
  • Identification of iOS backups available for scanning
  • Support of the latest Fuse for OS X (you can still mount recovery results without it, but Fuse seems to be faster)
  • Some improvements in Disk Drill running from the bootable drive
  • Fixed: a number of crashes and spins when recovering from iOS devices
  • Fixed: crash on iPod disconnect

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.1.804 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • New:
  • Now Deep Scan groups "Identified" items with file names reconstructed based on recoverable meta information
  • JP2 (JPEG2000 image) and LAYOUT (Google SketchUp LayOut document) formats can now be recovered with Deep Scan
  • Substantially improved recovery of ExFat partitions and their original file structures
  • Extras:
  • Better MP4 videos recovery, including some videos created with dash cams that add GPS data to them
  • Improved connection and detection of Android 7.x devices
  • Improved notifications on found partitions
  • Updated app access protection via master-password
  • Improved sorting in the scanning results screen when switching file types and filters
  • Fixed: Icons mode losing thumbnails when the scanning results are mounted as disk
  • Fixed: random crash when Guaranteed Recovery is enabled
  • Fixed: HEX view hotkey in Icons view modes in scanning results

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.1.769 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • New:
  • Introducing workspaces for recovery - now you can choose a custom location for Disk Drill's workspace in Preferences, if you don't want it to use your system drive for the very few temp files it creates; it's also extremely useful for recovering high-capacity iOS devices
  • More files can be recovered on iOS devices, even those that are not usually backed up by iTunes, thanks to accessing your device's storage directly through AFC
  • Estimated size of selected files for recovery is now shown by the destination field
  • Extras:
  • Hardware disks are listed on top of logical volumes in the disk selection screen now to promote scanning whole drives instead of just partitions to improve recovery rates
  • Lost Partition Search improved in multiple ways
  • Data recovery on exFAT partitions
  • Recovery of encrypted notes from iOS
  • Reading and scanning unstable drives
  • MBR/FAT32 partitions can now be converted into boot drives
  • Much improved: pausing and resuming of scans
  • DMG backups, you can now append to previous backups in case drive was disconnected, or else
  • Filtered items can also be removed in Clean Up mode
  • Overall stability of the Clean Up mode
  • Android detection process (adb) is no longer running in the background after disk list refresh
  • The option to ignore hierarchy and recover all files into one folder was added to the destination folder selection dialog
  • Explanation screens were enriched with video tutorials and walkthroughs
  • Other improvements and fixes when creating boot drive
  • Improved Preferences UI
  • Improved UI fontset
  • Fixed: proper enumeration of disk blocks while scanning
  • Fixed: occasional spins when scanning iOS devices
  • Fixed: a bug with detecting some partitions' proper size
  • Fixed: some random crashes in Clean Up mode on macOS 10.12 when scanning system partition
  • Fixed: DDpreview running bug when starting Disk Drill from the disk image
  • Fixed: a bunch of minor crashes, including some on OS X 10.8.5 and the one while quick-scanning Android devices

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.0.756 (Sep 21, 2016)

  • Improved:
  • Improved authorization of iOS 10 devices when accessing them from Disk Drill for data recovery
  • Improved Clean Up mode
  • Improved Duplicate Finder mode
  • Improved support of macOS 10.12
  • Enhanced bootable drives created from macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • UI improvements when resuming past recovery sessions and stopping some recovery methods that cannot be resumed
  • Extras:
  • Better explanations of data protection statuses in the app
  • Increased timeout for new drives detection to prevent false detection of bad sectors
  • UI translation improvements
  • Several reported crashes fixed

New in Disk Drill Pro 3.0.728 (Aug 30, 2016)

  • New:
  • iOS data recovery for iPhone and iPad
  • Bootable disk creation for data recovery
  • ExFAT, EXT4 support
  • Android recovery (rooted or USB mass storage mode only)
  • Tolerant reading of GPT partitions improves lost partitions recovery
  • New file signatures for Deep Scan: .epb (EP Budgeting files), .rt (Rich Text document), .mlv (Magic Lantern Video Wrapper File for DSLRs), .ipt (AutoDesk Inventor CAD), .aaf (Advanced Authoring Format multimedia file), .tib (Acronis True Image), .enex (Evernote XML notes)
  • Better handling of orphan & lost files in HFS+ Catalog Rebuild
  • HFS+ Extraction added to the family of other HFS+ Healing Algorithms - now locating lost HFS partitions more reliably
  • Support of macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • Extras:
  • Duplicate finder module helps free up extra disk space
  • Faster byte-to-byte disk backups
  • Create byte-to-byte disk images of Android devices
  • Improved mounting of scanning results as disk
  • And so much more!

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.441 (Apr 1, 2016)

  • New interface: simply amazing completely redesigned retina-ready user interface with universal Smart Recovery feature.
  • New recovery method: HFS+ Catalog File Rebuild lets you recover corrupted HFS+ partitions that cannot be correctly mounted by Disk Utility.
  • Powerful recovery management: PRO users will be able to mount their scan results as a disk and preview them in Finder, using native applications. No more having to use the QuickLook preview function.
  • Export Forensics Data: technical information about the physical sectors and logical sizes of disks can now be exported in a DFXML format for forensic examination.
  • S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring for External Disks: Disk Drill can now monitor the disk health of external drives through the use of a third-party app.
  • Remount Partitions As Read-Only: non-system partitions can be remounted in read-only mode to prevent other apps and system processes from changing their contents while scanning is in progress.
  • Disk Space Visualized: easily track which files are eating up your precious disk space in a clean and simple scan mode, clean up your disk right away.
  • Better File Dating: Disk Drill now keeps the original creation date when found items are recovered.
  • Better Detection of Lost Partitions: Disk Drill is now better at detecting corrupted lost partitions during scanning.
  • Better Deep Scan File Naming: available meta-data inside of recovered files is processed so that EXIF-data and image resolution can be used to assign lost names to recovered files.
  • Guaranteed Recovery Optimizations: new database optimizations prevent orphaned files from appearing after system crashes, thus preventing unreasonable increases in database size.
  • Faster Previews: previews of recoverable files now appear more quickly.
  • Recovery Vault Issues Resolved: several issues were fixed relating to updating Disk Drill while the Recovery Vault daemon was active in the background.

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.437 (Dec 14, 2015)

  • Deep Scan: DNG (Adobe Lightroom Raw images) recovery with Deep Scan
  • Damaged drives: bad sectors management improvements
  • File systems: Quick Scan internal procedures updated
  • Internal: software protection and activation improved
  • Fixed: occasional exceptions on OS X 10.6.8

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.435 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Speed: Disk Drill starts faster on OS X 10.11
  • Catalog rebuild: our super-fast full-disk recovery with HFS+ Catalog Rebuild is now available for more cases of accidental data loss
  • Session management: recovery sessions can now be saved at any moment of the scanning progress, even when nothing was found yet
  • Data protection: indexing existing data by Recovery Vault and Guaranteed Recovery
  • Fixed: Disk Drill now properly remembers Fahrenheit/Celsius setting for S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on Mac OS X 10.11

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.433 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • NEW: hundreds of new file types can now be recovered with Deep Scan: PSD, MKV, TAX, OGG, DMG, M2TS, ORF (Olympus raw images), SKETCH and more!
  • New recovery methods: Rebuild HFS+ Catalog File, Quick Scan ifor HFS+ partitions, Universal Partition Search, Existing Data Binary Allocation, etc.!
  • Data visualization mode: easily track which files are eating up your precious disk space in a clean and simple scan mode, clean up your disk right away.
  • New protection method: Guaranteed Recovery is a totally new data protection method, and it's free; creates invisible copies of deleted files, works as a missing "Recently Deleted" feature in Mac OS
  • Deep Scan improvements: Deep Scan now finds lost HFS journal and uses it to recover files and even their original names, if possible. Plus, searching for HFS directory potions is now part of deep scanning, this helps to recover more files, and locates their original filenames, if it's possible of course
  • Export of forensic data: Disk Drill provides low-level technical information about physical sectors and logical sizes for forensic examination of recoverable items in DFXML format.
  • Interface: Disk Drill is now available in French, German, Italian and Spanish (more interface localizations are coming)
  • Disk images mounting: now you can "Attach non-mountable disk images" when Disk Utility cannot mount a DMG
  • S.M.A.R.T.: more accurate S.M.A.R.T. monitoring configuration (see Preferences -> S.M.A.R.T.)
  • S.M.A.R.T.: now you can choose which disks will display their temperature as an alternative to impersonal icon in the menu bar in previous releases
  • Session management: scanning sessions management directly from the app's menu, including previous loaded sessions history
  • Portable mode: undeletion from Recovery Vault is now also available in Portable Mode
  • Disk reading: bad blocks detection and handling were enhanced
  • UI: more details on disk monitoring are available directly in the menu bar on click
  • Improved: scanning resuming when the target drive is in sleep mode

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.426 (Jul 29, 2015)

  • Deep Scan: support for reconstructing .PSAFE3 (Password Gorilla storage files), .TREC (Camtasia Studio 8.4+ recordings), .JKS (Java KeyStore), .NGRR (Guitar Rig sound files) and improvements in already known file signatures
  • El Capitan: preliminary support for Rootless security mode in OS X 10.11
  • UI: updated Japanese locale
  • Usability: we polished UI refreshing when recovering and saving recovered items
  • File Preview: some improvements in navigating the preview of found items after scanning
  • Fixed: calculating available disk space for recovery

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.421 (Jun 9, 2015)

  • Disk Images: improved data recovery on disk images
  • Internal: many speed and stability improvements
  • Data Protection: improved data protection when Mac awakes from sleep and idle modes
  • Data Validation: improved attaching of disk images with corrupted data structures
  • Disk Info: correct enumeration of files in disk/partition info
  • File Systems Support: updated internal disk reading libs

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.417 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Deep Scan: new file formats can be recovered - Thumbs.db (cached previews on Windows), LWS (LightWave 3D Scene File), LWO (LightWave 3D Object File), ALS (Ableton Live Set File), SKETCH (Sketch vector drawing)
  • File support: Disk Drill now recovers the updated Numbers, Pages, Keynote packaged file formats
  • Resource consumption: we improved disk usage and CPU time required for Disk Drill's background daemon (data protection and disk health monitoring)
  • Software activation: app activation internal algorithms got some polish
  • Fixed: occasional crash when switching user accounts

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.415 (Feb 12, 2015)

  • NEW: hundreds of new file types can now be recovered with Deep Scan: PSD, MKV, TAX, OGG, DMG, M2TS, ORF (Olympus raw images) and more!
  • New recovery methods: Rebuild HFS+ Catalog File, Quick Scan ifor HFS+ partitions, Universal Partition Search, Existing Data Binary Allocation, etc.!
  • Data visualization mode: easily track which files are eating up your precious disk space in a clean and simple scan mode, clean up your disk right away.
  • New protection method: Guaranteed Recovery is a totally new data protection method, and it's free; creates invisible copies of deleted files, works as a missing "Recently Deleted" feature in Mac OS
  • Deep Scan improvements: Deep Scan now finds lost HFS journal and uses it to recover files and even their original names, if possible. Plus, searching for HFS directory potions is now part of deep scanning, this helps to recover more files, and locates their original filenames, if it's possible of course
  • Export of forensic data: Disk Drill provides low-level technical information about physical sectors and logical sizes for forensic examination of recoverable items in DFXML format.
  • Interface: Disk Drill is now available in French, German, Italian and Spanish (more interface localizations are coming)
  • Disk images mounting: now you can "Attach non-mountable disk images" when Disk Utility cannot mount a DMG
  • S.M.A.R.T.: more accurate S.M.A.R.T. monitoring configuration (see Preferences -> S.M.A.R.T.)
  • S.M.A.R.T.: now you can choose which disks will display their temperature as an alternative to impersonal icon in the menu bar in previous releases
  • Session management: scanning sessions management directly from the app's menu, including previous loaded sessions history
  • Portable mode: undeletion from Recovery Vault is now also available in Portable Mode
  • Disk reading: bad blocks detection and handling were enhanced
  • UI: more details on disk monitoring are available directly in the menu bar on click
  • Improved: scanning resuming when the target drive is in sleep mode

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.4.409 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • New interface: simply amazing completely redesigned retina-ready user interface with universal Smart Recovery feature.
  • New recovery method: HFS+ Catalog File Rebuild lets you recover corrupted HFS+ partitions that cannot be correctly mounted by Disk Utility.
  • Powerful recovery management: PRO users will be able to mount their scan results as a disk and preview them in Finder, using native applications. No more having to use the QuickLook preview function.
  • Export Forensics Data: technical information about the physical sectors and logical sizes of disks can now be exported in a DFXML format for forensic examination.
  • S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring for External Disks: Disk Drill can now monitor the disk health of external drives through the use of a third-party app.
  • Remount Partitions As Read-Only: non-system partitions can be remounted in read-only mode to prevent other apps and system processes from changing their contents while scanning is in progress.
  • Disk Space Visualized: easily track which files are eating up your precious disk space in a clean and simple scan mode, clean up your disk right away.
  • Better File Dating: Disk Drill now keeps the original creation date when found items are recovered.
  • Better Detection of Lost Partitions: Disk Drill is now better at detecting corrupted lost partitions during scanning.
  • Better Deep Scan File Naming: available meta-data inside of recovered files is processed so that EXIF-data and image resolution can be used to assign lost names to recovered files.
  • Guaranteed Recovery Optimizations: new database optimizations prevent orphaned files from appearing after system crashes, thus preventing unreasonable increases in database size.
  • Faster Previews: previews of recoverable files now appear more quickly.
  • Recovery Vault Issues Resolved: several issues were fixed relating to updating Disk Drill while the Recovery Vault daemon was active in the background.

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.3.398 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • New interface: simply amazing completely redesigned retina-ready user interface with universal Smart Recovery feature.
  • New recovery method: HFS+ Catalog File Rebuild lets you recover corrupted HFS+ partitions that cannot be correctly mounted by Disk Utility.
  • Powerful recovery management: PRO users will be able to mount their scan results as a disk and preview them in Finder, using native applications. No more having to use the QuickLook preview function.
  • Export Forensics Data: technical information about the physical sectors and logical sizes of disks can now be exported in a DFXML format for forensic examination.
  • S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring for External Disks: Disk Drill can now monitor the disk health of external drives through the use of a third-party app.
  • Remount Partitions As Read-Only: non-system partitions can be remounted in read-only mode to prevent other apps and system processes from changing their contents while scanning is in progress.
  • Disk Space Visualized: easily track which files are eating up your precious disk space in a clean and simple scan mode, clean up your disk right away.
  • Better File Dating: Disk Drill now keeps the original creation date when found items are recovered.
  • Better Detection of Lost Partitions: Disk Drill is now better at detecting corrupted lost partitions during scanning.
  • Better Deep Scan File Naming: available meta-data inside of recovered files is processed so that EXIF-data and image resolution can be used to assign lost names to recovered files.
  • Guaranteed Recovery Optimizations: new database optimizations prevent orphaned files from appearing after system crashes, thus preventing unreasonable increases in database size.
  • Faster Previews: previews of recoverable files now appear more quickly.
  • Recovery Vault Issues Resolved: several issues were fixed relating to updating Disk Drill while the Recovery Vault daemon was active in the background.

New in Disk Drill Pro 2.2.386 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • New interface: simply amazing completely redesigned user interface with universal Smart Recovery feature.
  • New recovery method: HFS+ Catalog File Rebuild lets you recover corrupted HFS+ partitions that cannot be correctly mounted by Disk Utility.
  • Powerful recovery management: PRO users will be able to mount their scan results as a disk and preview them in Finder, using native applications. No more having to use the QuickLook preview function.
  • Export Forensics Data: technical information about the physical sectors and logical sizes of disks can now be exported in a DFXML format for forensic examination.
  • S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring for External Disks: Disk Drill can now monitor the disk health of external drives through the use of a third-party app.
  • Remount Partitions As Read-Only: non-system partitions can be remounted in read-only mode to prevent other apps and system processes from changing their contents while scanning is in progress.
  • Free Space Displayed: you can now quickly see exactly how much free space you have on each disk and partition.
  • Better File Dating: Disk Drill now keeps the original creation date when found items are recovered.
  • Better Detection of Lost Partitions: Disk Drill is now better at detecting corrupted lost partitions during scanning.
  • Better Deep Scan File Naming: available meta-data inside of recovered files is processed so that EXIF-data and image resolution can be used to assign lost names to recovered files.
  • Guaranteed Recovery Optimizations: new database optimizations prevent orphaned files from appearing after system crashes, thus preventing unreasonable increases in database size.
  • Faster Previews: previews of recoverable files now appear more quickly.
  • Recovery Vault Issues Resolved: several issues were fixed relating to updating Disk Drill while the Recovery Vault daemon was active in the background.
  • And many more other new features and improvements.