The latest smartphone cameras capture consistently sharp, clear and high-quality pictures, but most of these devices come with limited storage space. As a photography lover, you may decide to back up your favorite photos to your computer, which saves space and ensures that your pictures are readily accessible in case your smartphone gets lost, damaged or stolen. However, many mishaps occur, and you may end up deleting all your photos from your computer. In this article, we outline how to get back deleted pictures like the pro that you are.
Part 1. How to Get Back Deleted Pictures on Mac
iSkysoft Data Recovery for Mac is second to none when it comes to restoration of deleted pictures on Mac. The user-friendly software features 4 innovative recovery modes that enable you to easily retrieve lost files due to any data loss scenario including accidental deletion, improper operation, formatting, etc. It scans the existing data on your drive through a read-only process, and nothing is changed, meaning that even your data won't be destroyed.
A safe, painless, fast and complete recovery of your pictures is just a few clicks away, thanks to the latest powerful scanning algorithms and excellent performance of this fantastic program. Generally, Recoverit (IS) for Mac recovers "all types of data" from Mac-based drives, external drives and other portable devices in original quality and once you install it on your Mac, you'll love everything that it has to offer.
Why Choose This Software to Get Back Deleted Pictures:
- “Deep Scan” increases your data recovery success by scanning data in the entire system.
- You can save the scan results and resume the recovery process when you have time.
- With just a click, you can pause and restart the scanning process at any time.
- Save time by scanning files of a "selected file type" and by utilizing the filters and folder tree to find files in seconds.
- You can preview your photos, audio files, emails, documents or videos and distinguish the valid and invalid files before recovery.
Step-by-Step Guide to Get Back Deleted Pictures on Mac
Step 1. Continued operation on the drive from where your lost pictures were saved can lead to permanent data loss. Therefore it's recommended that you get another Mac computer to download the software and then install it to a USB flash drive. This means that you'll recover your pictures with the program installed on the USB flash drive. From the main window of the software, please select the file types to be recovered. To recover picture, please select "Photo" option and hit "Next".
Step 2. Select the drive where you have lost your pictures and then hit the "Start" button located at the bottom of the software's interface to start the scanning process. In case your drive isn't listed, click the refresh icon and it will appear.
Step 3. When the scanning process is complete, another window will be opened. It looks like the one shown in the image below. Here, you are free to preview your pictures before recovery and even distinguish the good and bad ones with the help of the "Validity" attribute. To recover your photos, check the listed files and then click the "Recover" button located at the top of the program's interface. Save the images to the selected path and not to the drive where you lost them. External drives are highly recommended. The "Deep Scan" will help you find and recover more of your lost files.
Part 2. How to Get Back Deleted Pictures on Windows
iSkysoft Data Recovery for Windows is all you need to recover deleted pictures at your pace. The software is programmed with the latest technology of data recovery technology and features 4 modes, Wizard, Lost File, Raw File and Partition Recovery Modes that makes it easy to restore lost data. Whether you your pictures or other files are lost, formatted or deleted from Windows PC, memory card, USB flash drive, external disks and more this software is the simplest, safest and most effective solution to retrieving them.
Why Choose This Software to Get Back Deleted Pictures:
- The software recovers all file types lost due to all data loss scenarios and from all devices.
- You can pause/stop the scanning process at any time and even save your scan result for future use.
- After scanning, your files are displayed with original file structure/names and you can search for lost files with names.
- It scans your files at an excellent speed, solving your data loss issues quickly and painlessly.
Step-by-Step Guide to Get Back Deleted Pictures on Windows
Step 1. To avoid permanent loss of your pictures through data overwriting, you had better not download or install the software on the original drive from which your pictures were lost. You can get another Windows computer or storage device, install the program on USB flash drive and then perform data recovery with the software installed in the USB flash. Now select the file types to be recovered.
Step 2. A new window will appear displaying the drives on your computer. Select the drive from which you would like to restore pictures from and click the "Start" button located at the bottom right corner to start the scanning process.
Step 3. Once the scanning process is over, the data found in your drive are displayed based on the "File Type" and "Path". Here, you can preview your pictures before recovery. Start recovery by first marking the listed files and then click the "Recover" button. Your photos should be saved to the selected path and not to the drive from where you lost them. If you have an external storage device, we recommend that you use it as the selected destination.
