iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac review: Recovers data, but it’s not cheap

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At a glanceExpert's Rating

Pros

Good speed and toolsets

Preserves file names where possible

Extensive file system support

Excellent file system access through Unbootable Mac module, activated through Recovery Mode

Cons

High price

Deep Scan only seems to be accessible through Recovery Mode-based tool

Irritating ads

Our Verdict
This is a viable contender as a recovery program with a Disk Image module, a Fusion Drive module, and a Recovery Mode-based tool, as well as extensive file format support, even if the price is a bit steep outside of the professional community.

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iBoysoft’s Data Recovery for Mac is a catch-all data recovery application by Chinese developer Chengdu Aibo Tech Co who has also created several other utilities for the Mac.

The software requires Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later to install and run. It downloads and installs cleanly, and after assigning it full disk access in macOS’ Privacy and Security preferences, you’re set to work with its data recovery tools, which encapsulate standard rotational hard drives, flash and solid state drives, thumb drives, fusion drives, and Apple’s.dmg archive files, which can be searched through and recovered from as needed.

As expected, iBoysoft’s Data Recovery for Mac focuses on outright data recovery. For long-time data recovery application users, what’s present is familiar in terms of interface and features, and viable as a set of work tools. Drive searches are speedy, the Disk Image and Unbootable Mac modules are novel and interesting, and the program does what it can to bring back your files with their original names as opposed to having to sift through thousands of generically named files in your data recovery folder.

There’s a good, if somewhat simplified, level of customization to be had, and the inclusion of a specific Fusion Drive data recovery model acknowledges that fusion drives are a strange hybrid between a standard rotational hard drive and a solid-state component, offering a specific tool to work around these elements.

It currently supports the APFS, HFS, HFSX, HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT file systems, making it excellent for recovering from Mac, Windows, and Linux-based computers and partitions.




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In addition to offering support for Apple’s Secure Enclave technology, T2 chip protection, APFS encryption, and FileVault 2 protection, the application also offers an “Unbootable Mac” module that allows you to boot into your Mac’s Recovery Mode, and then enter “sh