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Apple Mac Data Recovery

iMac and Macbook Hard Drive Repair and Recovery

With 20 years of specialist Mac data recovery experience, we are confident in our ability to recover your Mac data from almost any type of data loss situation. It doesn’t matter whether your data is on an iMac, MacBook, Powerbook or iPad – if it’s retrievable, we’ll be able to rescue it.

The HFS and HFS+ file systems used by the Apple Mac to reference data stored on their hard drives are very different to the FAT and NTFS file systems used by Microsoft operating systems. Due to these differences, HFS & HFS+ data recovery methods and techniques are quite different to that of Windows systems.

data recovery on mac

For these specific reasons Data Clinic have developed specific Mac recovery tools and procedures that enable us to recover data from many Mac data loss situations. These tools and procedures are unique and have been developed in house to address the complications of Mac data recovery and hard drive repair.

Typical errors where Data Clinic can perform a full recovery of data are –

  • Cannot access because a disk error occurred.
  • This disk is unreadable by this computer. Do you want to initialize the disk?
  • The disk cannot be accessed because a disk error occurred
  • Segment Loader Error
  • No such volume
  • Bad file name
  • Not a Macintosh disk
  • Bad master directory block
  • Drive not installed
  • R/W requested for an off-line drive
  • Directory not found
  • Not an HFS volume
  • Internal file system error

(This list is by no means exhaustive there are other error messages that you may encounter. Links: Hard Drive Recovery explained and What is Hard Drive Failure?…)

iPhone and iPad Recovery

Apple iPhoneIn addition to Macbook, iMac and Powerbook recovery, we can also repair and retrieve the data from damaged and broken iPhones and iPads. We’ve a separate page on iPhone and iPad recovery here.

MacBooks from 2016

In 2016 Apple began to rollout laptops with SSD’s that were soldered directly onto the motherboard. Then they introduced the T2 security chip which locked down the laptops even further. At around the same time Apple also removed the very handy Data Migration connector from their motherboards. This makes data recovery on current Macbooks rather tricky. Fortunately we’ve found a way around most of the problems and can recover data from these devices. You can learn more about these changes here: https://www.dataclinic.co.uk/soldered-macbook-ssds-and-the-t2-security-chip/.

Regional Recovery Centres

We have data recovery centres in many parts of the UK as well as operating a countrywide collection and delivery service for those of you who are not close to any of our branches. You are welcome to call in and see us, or we can arrange a free nationwide collection on your behalf from anywhere in the UK.

Click here to view our data recovery locations in the UK.

Why You Should Choose Us

Data Clinic have been successfully recovering data for businesses and home users since 2002 and were one of the first data recovery companies in the UK. Through our active research and development programme we now have tools and procedures enabling us to repair and recover data from drives where other companies can not.

If you have a data recovery requirement we’d obviously like you to contact us in the first instance – as having a company who are unskilled in data recovery (like a local computer shop or Apple Store) have a look at your system first can often cause your hard drive more harm than good. So, if one of these places have told you your data is not recoverable, please speak to us as there may well be something we can do.

Data Clinic Reviews

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Joseph Tobias
Joseph Tobias
09:21 22 Nov 23
Great service. Expensive but got the job done. Obviously it's terrifying sharing a 'nearly correct' crypto wallet seed with a company but the wallet was cracked and all funds were returned. Chris understands crypto, communicates well, and makes the process smooth and risk-free. Recommend.
Miklos Kemecsi
Miklos Kemecsi
21:34 14 Nov 23
I'm SO glad to have found this company, they literally saved my life! Chris Seeley and his colleagues at DataClinic were extremely helpful and understanding. They recovered my wallet within 1 day!Thanks again, what a brilliant service!Much recommended!!

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LONDON
68 Lombard Street
EC3V 9LJ
Tel: 0207 111 0964

New London House
EC3R 7LP
Tel: 0207 111 0964

BELFAST
The Mount, Belfast BT6 8DD
Tel: 0282 024 7021

BIRMINGHAM
11 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1RB
Tel: 0121 629 0436

BRISTOL
Castlemead, Bristol BS1 3AG
Tel: 0117 322 6585

EDINBURGH
St Andrews Square, Edinburgh EH2 2AF
Tel: 0131 242 0037

GLASGOW
Tay House, 300 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JR
Tel: 0141 301 1677

LEEDS
Building 3, City West Business Park, Gelderd Road, Leeds, LS12 6LN
Tel: 0113 254 9741

LEICESTER
3rd Floor, St. George's House, 6 St George's Way, Leicester LE1 1QZ
Tel: 0116 319 0115

LIVERPOOL
Horton House, Exchange Street East, Liverpool, L2 3PF
Tel: 0151 268 5255

MANCHESTER
The Pavilions, Bridge Hall Lane, Bury, BL9 7NX
Tel: 0161 761 0620

NEWCASTLE
116 Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3DY
Tel: 0191 447 1227

NORTHAMPTON
400 Pavilion Drive, Northampton, NN4 7PA
Tel: 01604 529356

SHEFFIELD
The Balance, 2 Pinfold Street, Sheffield, S1 2GU
Tel: 0114 208 6027

SOUTHAMPTON
Basepoint, Andersons Road, Southampton SO14 5FE
Tel: 0114 208 6027


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