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Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery Review

The Good: The easy to use interface goes a long way in reducing the anxiety that comes with losing a file.  Recovered files from your Mac are grouped together, making the process more straightforward and intuitive.  

The Bad: Support leaves a lot to be desired as the manufacturers do not answer questions clearly. For many individuals, reading the online resource will provide better solution to problems.

The Verdict: Even with the minor chinks in its armor, this software measures up perfectly with the best Mac data recovery software. 

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What makes Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery great recovery utility?

The user interface of this Mac data rescue program comes bundled with easy-to-use navigation options which minimize the effort put into the recovery process. Even with the trim-looking user interface, the software still maintains a professional feel. Using this software, there is no learning curve as the software clearly shows three major options which are the “Recover Data” “Resume Recovery” and “Create Image”.  You data can be recovered in just a few clicks using this tool.  If you are not sure about the recovery process, the recovery wizard does a very good job.

The Stellar Phoenix comes with all the recovery features that should be expected of the best recovery software for Mac.  Apart the variety of scans allowed, you can easily add in custom file types which are not recognized natively. The software is a read only recovery tool so you do not have to be worried about additional damage being done to your system of lost file.

With the way recovered files are grouped into categories based on file format, it is easy to browse and organize discovered files. With some file types, files are recovered with the file names kept intact but this is dependent on a variety of factors such as the nature of the data loss, the size of remaining space on the hard disk etc.

Regarding features, this software comes with five data recovery modules. These are the Raw Recovery, the iPod Recovery, CD/DVD Recovery, Photo Recovery and Drive Recovery.

The drive recovery module is dedicated towards searching the hard disk of your Mac system, the photo recovery module is dedicated towards recovering pictures and other multimedia files, the CD/DVD module is focused towards recovering files from optical discs wrongly burned, the iPod module is for recovering lost files on iPod Classic and iPod shuffle while the Raw module is the last resort after all other modules fail to bring back the file.

In terms of support, the manufacturer has a plethora of online resources that can be easily accessed. Information obtained from here often proves more educating than sending emails to the customer care representatives.

 

Why choose Stellar Phoenix Mac Recovery as your recovery software?

  • Quick recovery of data from Mac  Hard Drives
  • Supports NTFS, ExFAT, FAT
  • Signature Based search for files
  • Preview of data to be recovered
  • Easy to use graphic user interface

 

System Requirements

  • Processor: Intel, PowerPC (G3 or later)
  • Memory: 1GB
  • Hard Disk: 50MB
  • Supported OS types: OS X 10.9 Maveriicks, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.7.2 Lion, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.5 Leopard and OS X 10.4 Tiger

 

 

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