It is much likely that you got large loads of JPEG photos on your computer or external storage drive, but somehow, you realized that some of the important JPEG files are lost or deleted, they mean so much to you and you want to get them back.
To successfully perform a JPEG recovery, we need professional or free JPEG recovery tools. Here in this post, we will list 4 best JPEG recovery software used on a Mac or Windows PC.
Best Data Recovery for Mac and Windows
Free Download macOS 10.15 or later 
Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 Price: Start from $69.95/month
Compatibility: macOS Ventura and earlier/Windows 11/10/8/7
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Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac or Windows is a program to recover various files, including JPEG and other 200+ types of files. It can fast detect the lost or deleted files, display them in a list of folders, you can preview, check the file info and select one or multiple files to recover within seconds. Not only designed to recover files from Mac internal drive, Cisdem Data Recovery can also restore files from external storage devices connecting to your Mac: USB, PenDrive, SD, SDHC, Media Player…
Free Download macOS 10.15 or later Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 
Price: Free/$19.95 for Pro version
Compatibility: Windows 10 and earlier
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Recuva offers both free and paid versions to recover different types of file on Windows PC. The program has come to service for more than 15 years, but since the year of 2016, it doesn’t upgrade on regular basis. However, due to its free price and ability to recover at least 70% of the lost or deleted files, it is still a piece of free and hot software to do JPEG recovery. It can restore 5 categories of files and offers 2 scanning modes, the scanning and recovering process is relatively slow, you need to wait patiently.
Price: Free
Compatibility: Windows 10 and earlier, macOS 10.14 and earlier
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PhotoRec is a command-line based free program to recover photos and other documents. It works with Mac Terminal app to restore files from different partitions and drives, therefore, you have to use the arrows and keys on your keyboard to run the recovery process. There may be errors during the recovery process, so it’s better to have some knowledge about Terminal.
Price: Free/Subscription $59~$399
Compatibility: All Windows, macOS versions
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Online.officerecovery/JPEG Recovery is an online free service to repair corrupted or damaged JPEG files. But in fact, only 1 of my uploaded JPEG files was successfully repaired with this online free tool, it is just a matter of luck, you will still need to find a professional JPEG recovery tool.
tips: In case you failed to recover JPEG files online, repeat the recovery process again or find a professional JPEG recovery program.
The most reliable way to recover JPEG files on Mac or Windows, basing on my test results, is using a professional JPEG recovery program. Those free or web based JPEG recovery tools work in some occasions, but have limitations and may not bring satisfactory recovery result in the end. So, why not have a try on Cisdem or Recuva Pro.
Connie Yu has been a columnist in the field of data recovery since 2011. She studied a lot of data loss situations and tested repeatedly to find a feasible solution tailored for each case. And her solutions are always updated to fix problems from the newest systems, devices and apps.
