Macbook Air Recovery: How to Recover Data from MacBook Air

Use these steps to recover data from a MacBook Air hard drive:

1. Downland and install Disk Drill on a flash drive or removable storage device. Do not use the MacBook’s hard drive.
2. Launch the program and select the disk from the app’s list.
3. Click Recover to scan the disk for deleted data.
4. Preview the recovered files and select those you wish to restore. Choose a safe storage location on a different disk that that being recovered.
5. Click Recover again to perform the recovery.

You have several options when trying to get data off a Mac that won’t boot.

• Connect the affected computer to another Mac with Disk Drill installed and see if the software recognizes the disk. If it does, you can restore your data with the recovery software.
• Try starting Disk Drill in Recovery Mode.
• If you cannot gain access to the drive from another machine, you may need to use a data recovery service.

Possibly. A hard drive failure recovery can be performed with software if you can get the device recognized by the operating system. If that doesn’t work, your choices are to restore your data from a backup or send the device to a data recovery service.

You may be able to recover data, if your MacBook won’t turn on, with the following procedure. This will only work if the disk can be seen by the second computer. If not, you will need to send the drive to a recovery service to get its data back.

1. Connect the dead MacBook to another Mac with Disk Drill installed.
2. Launch Disk Drill and select the drive from the disk list.
3. Click the Recover button to start scanning the device.
4. Preview the found files and select those you want to be recovered.
5. Click the Recover button to complete the recovery.

Use these steps to recover data from a MacBook Pro hard drive:

1. Downland and install Disk Drill on a flash drive or removable storage device. Do not use the computer’s internal hard drive.
2. Launch Disk Drill and select the disk from the app’s list.
3. Click Recover to start the scanning process.
4. Preview the recovered files and select the ones you want to restore. Designate a safe storage location on a different disk to store the recovered items.
5. Click Recover again to perform the recovery.

The cost of Mac data recovery depends on if you can access the drive and use software or need to engage a data recovery center. Using recovery software, the cost should be under $100. A data recovery service will undoubtedly be more expensive, but an exact price can’t be determined until the device has been examined by the center’s technicians.

Use the following steps to use Disk Utility to restore an external hard drive with your MacBook Air.

1. Connect the external drive to your MacBook.
2. Open Disk Utility and choose View > Show All Devices.
3. In the sidebar, select the external volume you want to restore, then click the Restore button. This volume will be erased and become an exact copy of the source volume.
4. Click the Restore pop-up menu and choose the volume that will be copied to the external drive.
5. Click Restore and then Done.

To recover lost data from your MacBook Air, you need to download a data recovery software application and use it to scan the SSD:

1. Download and install Disk Drill for Mac.
2. Launch Disk Drill and select the SSD you want to recover.
3. Click Search for lost data and wait.
4. Preview & select lost data.
5. Click Recover and specify a recovery destination.

Keep in mind that encrypted system SSDs can’t be recovered using applications like Disk Drill. In such cases, backups are the only option.