Pandora Recovery Alternative for Memory Card Data Recovery on Mac (macOS Big Sur Compatible)

“When using our old Sony camera, my naughty four-year-old son Joe deleted all my pictures to be used for a special report stored in the MMC card. I’m now in a hurry to get them back. Some friends recommend me to use Pandora Recovery. But it seems not workable on my Mac system. Is there any similar tool to deal with MMC card data recovery that is safe and can keep my picture intact? Help me please!” -- David Gonzalez

Pandora Recovery is a powerful free tool used to find and recover deleted files, including pictures, songs, movies or documents, from NTFS and FAT-formatted volumes. What’s more, similar to many paid programs, it allows users previewing deleted files of certain type without performing recovery. For Windows users, it is surely a wonderful choice to be used to recover deleted photos or other lost files. However, a big problem is that Pandora Recovery only has a Windows version. Then, what can be the best Pandora Recovery alternative for mac (macOS Big Sur included) to restore files from devices such as MMC card? Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac is the desirable one!

Part I. About MultiMedia Cards

Developed by Siemens AG and SanDisk, and introduced in 1997, most MMC (MultiMedia Card) are used as storage media for photo storage and large files and since they are tiny, they can be slotted into different systems to view, edit and move files with ease. The size of a standard MMC card is 24 mm x 32 mm x 1.4 mm, much thinner than SD cards. Like SD and CF cards, MultiMedia Cards are much more rugged than traditional storage media. Generally speaking, 128M or 256M is enough.

Part II. Recovering with Pandora Recovery Alternative for Mac OS X El Capitan

1. Download the Pandora Recovery alternative - Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac and install it on your Mac. Besides, confirm that your multimedia card is correctly connected and showing as a drive.
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2. Open the data recovery program and go to Disk Data Recovery.
3. Choose your card drive and click the "Search for lost files" button to let the software run through the multimedia card searching for all the files.
4. Several minutes later, all found files will be displayed in the starting window. You can then check them to view whether they are the ones you need before recovering them. After finding the files you need, please check the boxes before the files you want to recover and click the button "Recover". The program will then start to recover checked files for you automatically. That’s all for the MCC card data recovery!

Part III. Similarities between Pandora Recovery and Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac

Though these two powerful tools are designed for different operation systems, they have many similar powerful and user-friendly features to help them win the trust of users.

1. They all have clear and well-designed interface to help users to follow the step-by-step guide easily.

2. The main steps for recovery are “Browse, Search, Preview and Recover files”. They both have the “Preview” function, allowing users to find the target files before recovery precisely.

3. They can be used to recover all your recently deleted files., including images, documents, movies, or any other type of files.

4. Pandora Recovery can recognize FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 and NTFS/EFS. And Cisdem Data Recovery can support HFS+, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, etc. file systems.

When compared with Pandora Recovery, Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac also has its advantages. For example, it has a faster scanning speed; it can retrieve corrupted or lost partitions, with all data intact; it enable users to pause, stop and restart the scanning process, etc. It is undoubtedly a desirable alternative for Pandora Recovery for mac users. If you want to know more information about memory card recovery, you can refer to "The Complete Guide on SD Card Data Recovery on Mac".

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