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According to the latest research, it can be defined that almost half of SD card users have ever met SD card unrecognized situations and most of them find no effective way to recover lost files from unrecognized SD card under Mac. Does there exist any effective methods that can help to fix this problem under Mac OS? Before finding reliable solution to restore lost files, let's find out reasons why SD card get unrecognized under Mac OS?

Recover Lost Files from Unrecognized SD Card under Mac OS

How Does SD Card Become Unrecognized under Mac?

  • Virus attack: it can be the top 1 reason for causing SD card or other storage devices unrecognized or even become inaccessible.
  • Device damaged: physical or logical mistake may cause storage device unrecognized; physical damage cannot be fixed; yet logical mistake can be fixed with professional tools or software.
  • Improper operation: careless operation such as unplug SD card directly without proper operation may also get the card unrecognized and even cannot be read by Mac.
  • Other problems including unable to open files or file folders while the SD card can be recognized by Mac are also troublesome.

Find Effective Solution to Fix SD Card Unrecognized Problem

Note: Stop using the SD card or other storage device when they become inaccessible or unrecognized under Mac or Windows. This is the only way to protect data from being overwritten by new data.

When storage devices become inaccessible or unrecognized under Mac or Windows, the best choice for restoring precious files and data is to get the SD card restored with professional solution. Although there are quite a lot of free SD card recovery tool and software online for solving such a problem, you still need be careful. Why? Most freeware are bundled with malware and even spyware which may cause worse problem and even get more data lost.

Indeed, getting files restored at some data recovery service centers is not a bad choice. But it's quite costly for most ordinary users. Any other solutions? Now an efficient solution for recovering lost files from unrecognized SD card under Mac offered by DoYourData is ready to do you a favor. When your SD card get unrecognized by Mac, Do Your Data Recovery for Mac Professional can recognized and even read your SD card, restoring precious files for you with high quality and low cost.

Where to get this software? You can directly click the download button below and follow the guide to start recover lost files from your unrecognized SD card under Mac OS now:

Easy steps to recover lost data from unrecognized SD card on Mac

Step 1: Connect the SD card to your Mac.

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac will find and recognize the SD card. Select the file types you want to recover to start data recovery.

Recover Lost Files from Unrecognized SD Card under Mac

Step 2: Scan the unrecognized SD card on Mac.

Choose the SD card, then click on Scan button. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac offers two scan modes: quick scan and deep scan. If the quick scan can’t find all lost files, just try deep scan mode.

Recover Lost Files from Unrecognized SD Card under Mac

Step 3: Recover all your files.

After scanning, this software will show you all existing files and deleted/formatted files in the SD card. Choose the wanted files and save them.

Recover Lost Files from Unrecognized SD Card under Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac can help you easily and quickly recover lost files from unrecognized SD card on Mac. If you want to fix the corrupted SD card, you can use Disk Utility or other disk formatting software - DoYourData Super Eraser to format the unrecognized SD card to fix all issues.

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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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