You deleted a folder of photos, or formatted a card before copying it off, and now you need the pictures back. Mac Free Photo Recovery from IUWEshare is a Mac tool built for that situation. It scans a drive for lost pictures and lets you choose which ones to restore.
Quick facts
- Platform: Mac
- Price: free edition; the vendor also sells a paid Mac Photo Recovery Wizard as an upgrade
- Recovers: photos, videos and audio files
Key features
Get back photos, videos and audio
The program recovers lost, deleted, corrupted or formatted media files, so you can use it for more than still pictures.
Recover from many causes of loss
It handles accidental deletion, formatting and virus infection.
Scan a Mac, camera, phone or USB drive
You can recover from a Mac computer, digital camera, Android phone or USB drive. The vendor's description also lists memory cards such as SD, CompactFlash, MMC and xD, and formatted hard disks.
Preview before you restore
You can preview image files first and recover only the ones you need.
Who it's for
It suits Mac users who lost pictures from a camera card, USB stick or internal drive and want to try a free recovery tool before paying for anything.
Pros and cons
- Pro: free to download.
- Pro: preview lets you pick only the files you want.
- Pro: works with several storage types.
- Con: it is the free edition, and the vendor points to a paid edition as the upgrade.
- Con: the vendor's page lists no system requirements, so check that your macOS version works before relying on it.
FAQs
Can it recover videos and audio too?
Yes. The vendor says it recovers photos, videos and audio files.
Can I check files before recovering them?
Yes. You can preview image files and restore only the ones you want.
Does it work on formatted drives?
Yes. Formatted media is one of the listed recovery cases.
Is there a Windows version?
The vendor offers a separate Free Photo Recovery for Windows.