Sony Handycam is a high-definition camcorder of high imaging capabilities used for video recording. Users can access the recorded videos later for various uses. However, sometimes the files stored may get lost. The major causes of video loss are accidental deleting, corruption of the memory device, turning off or ejecting memory devices when transferring files to your Mac or Windows computers. So, if the disaster hits, is it possible to recover deleted videos from Handycam? Yes, recovering deleted videos from Sony Handycam camcorders is possible.
Part 1. The Best Software to Retrieve Deleted Videos from Sony Handycam on Mac
What you need is just a data recovery application like Recoverit for Mac. This data recovery software provides various mechanism to ensure high success rate to recover deleted videos from your Sony Handycam card on Mac. This software is capable of recovering lost videos, documents, photos and archive files from Sony Handycam. After installing the software, connect Sony Handyman to Mac, and perform Handycam video recovery in a few clicks. It's that easy. Even a beginner can do Sony Handycam recovery himself. Try it yourself.
Part 2. Recover Sony Handycam Videos with Recoverit
The tutorial below will guide you through how to retrieve deleted files from Sony Handycam memory card, including SD card, Memory Stick, flash memory card, and so on.
Step 1: Connect your memory card to your Mac using a card reader and launch Recoverit for Mac (macOS 10.12 Sierra supported) from the Applications folder after installed. In the primary window, choose the data types that you want to recover. Click "Next" to enter the next step.
Step 2: A drive list will include all detected drive on external and internal devices. Choose the drive of your Sony Handycam memory card and click "Start" to scan files on the selected drive. If your drive doesn't show up in the list, click the Refresh icon and try again. The software will start scanning the files for you.
Step 3: When scanning is done, tick the checkbox of files you want to recover. You can use the "Filter" feature to find your files soon. Otherwise, you can check all files and click the "Recover" button on top to recover all found files.
If Lost Data Recovery mode doesn't help, use "Deep Scan" mode to scan again. This mode will scan your Handycam card completely and recover files based on file signature/patterns.
Part 3. Why Deleted Videos on Sony Handycam Can Be Recovered
Due to multiple storage technology used to save files in the Camcorder. Sony Handycam camcorder saves videos in three media storages: internal flash memory, SD card and in-built hard drive. All these storages work like Mac computers in that; accidental deleting does not completely remove the files from the camcorder. By hitting the delete button, the device just marks that storage space as available for new storage but does not remove the files. If no other shooting is done before recovery, the video is actually available and recoverable. It's therefore advisable not to continue shooting if recovery is necessary as this overwrites the deleted videos.
