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“Hi, I have an old exFAT USB flash drive which was formatted a few days ago. I wonder if I could recover my lost data from the formatted exFAT USB flash drive on my Mac?” - Katoo

exFAT is frequently used file system for Mac OS. Data loss can happen on exFAT hard drive or device. But, don’t worry. There are many data recovery software can help you quickly retrieve lost data from exFAT hard drive/device on Mac.

Download exFAT data recovery software for Mac

Katoo lost his data due to formatting a exFAT USB flash drive without backup. Fortunately, there are exFAT data recovery programs can help in restoring lost data from exFAT file system. In this article, we will show you an easy way to recover deleted/lost data from exFAT hard drive/device under Mac OS. First of all, we would like to introduce a powerful exFAT data recovery software for Mac, it is Do Your Data Recovery for Mac.

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac supports to recover lost data from most of file systems including exFAT. This Mac exFAT data recovery software can help you recover deleted, formatted, corrupted or inaccessible data from exFAT hard disk drive or external device.

Three steps of exFAT data recovery on Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac offers fast solution for exFAT data recovery. Just download install it on your computer, then follow the steps below to recover lost data from exFAT hard drive or storage device.

Step 1: Select the exFAT hard drive or device.

Where you lose your data? If you want to recover lost data from Mac exFAT hard drive or external device. Just select the target hard drive/device.

Recover Lost Data from exFAT Hard Drive/Device on Mac

Step 2: Scan the exFAT hard drive to find lost data.

Scan the exFAT hard drive by clicking on Scan button. The it will automatically scan your exFAT hard drive to find deleted/lost data.

Recover Lost Data from exFAT Hard Drive/Device on Mac

Step 3: Preview and recover lost files after scanning.

Once the scan is completed, Do Your Data Recovery for Mac will create a list of recoverable files. Just preview and recover the files you’ve lost.

Recover Lost Data from exFAT Hard Drive/Device on Mac

Do Your Data Recovery for Mac offers advanced data recovery technology for exFAT data recovery on Mac. If you can’t find all lost files after quick scan, just try advanced recovery mode to find much more lost files. The advanced recovery mode will deeply scan the exFAT hard drive or device and find every recoverable file, even the file was deleted a few years ago.

With advanced recovery mode, this Mac exFAT data recovery software is not able to recover deleted files, but it also can help you recover lost data from exFAT hard drive due to formatting, virus infection, logical error, etc. It even can hep you recover data from inaccessible, damaged or unrecognized exFAT hard drive under Mac OS. Download Do Your Data Recovery for Mac:

Permanently erase data from exFAT hard drive on Mac

If you want to avoid data recovery before you sell exFAT hard drive or device, you should try Mac data erasure software. DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac is powerful data erasure software. It can help you:

  • Permanently shred files/folders from exFAT hard drive/device on Mac.
  • Wipe all data from exFAT hard drive/device on Mac.
  • Erase deleted data permanently from exFAT hard drive/device on Mac.
  • Prevent data recovery on exFAT hard drive/device.

Once your data on exFAT hard drive is erased by DoYourData Super Eraser for Mac, the data will be gone forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software. Before you sell, donate or dispose exFAT hard drive/device, you can use this data erasure software to permanently erase your private data to avoid potential data recovery.

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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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