Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ File System |
When deleting a file, Mac OS X deletes system BTree+ records describing the file. Therefore, it is hard to recover such file directly. Those records may remain in:
Actually, if a file has been deleted, chances that the records would be found are small. To greatly increase the chances to recover deleted files successfully , you may actively use scanning with enabled Known Files Types. Note: All above is correct for intentionally deleted files. In case of a corrupted file system, HFS/HFS+ can be recovered quite successfully. When recovering files with HFS+-specific attributes (resource fork, finder info, etc.), R-Studio saves it in the so-called AppleDouble format. When they are copied to an HFS+ disk under Mac OS X, those attributes will be automatically restored. |