Export Data from Inaccessible USB Flash Drive on Mac

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Peter

updated on 2018-03-02 to Removable Device Data Recovery

USB flash drive becomes inaccessible on Mac

When you connect an USB flash drive with your Mac, you may find the USB flash drive becomes inaccessible due to virus, logical error or some unknown reasons. For example:

"Hi, I need help to rescue my work documents which are saved on my USB flash drive. I wasn't aware of this kind of problem. So, yes I didn't back up the files. My career will end here if I couldn't recover the files. I tried to follow some method I can find on the internet. But, some of them aren't easy to follow, yet the rest of them aren't compatible with Mac (most of the tutorials made for Windows). I need an easy way to export data from this inaccessible USB flash drive on my Mac. Can you guys help me?"

export data from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac

We all agree to say that USB flash drive or removable storage device is, of course, the most common device used to save and transfer data between computers. The device is suitable for both Windows and Mac computer. That's another reason why millions of people are using this device today. Aside from that, USB Flash Drive is built to be a portable storage device which literally could be taken almost anywhere. Although it can't save too many files like an external hard drive, still, many people choose this device rather than the external hard drive.

However, corrupted and inaccessible USB flash drives are two common problems which happened to almost any USB flash drive users. It could happen not only because the device isn't correctly u mounted, but also because this device is connected to different system quite often, users can also lose their data due to a malicious malware or virus.

Can we export data from inaccessible USB flash drive under Mac OS?

If you ask this question a few years back, the answer will be almost impossible. Unless you're a pro IT technician, you won't be able to export the data from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac. Of course, you can pay a data recovery specialist to do this, but it will cost you a lot of money.

Fortunately, now you can export all of your important files from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac easily. Today, there is various data recovery software you can use to save your files when your USB flash drive become s inaccessible. And for Mac user, it's recommended to use Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac . Just like its name, this software was made specifically for Mac computer. But not just that!

Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac not only can help you export existing data from an inaccessible USB flash drive under Mac OS, but it also can help you recover already deleted or formatted data from the inaccessible USB flash drive. Just download it and install it on your Mac computer.

3 Simple Steps to Export Data from Inaccessible USB Flash Drive on Mac

Step 1: Connect the USB flash drive with your Mac.

Run Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac on your computer. Then connect the USB flash drive with your Mac. Choose the inaccessible USB flash drive at the first step.

export data from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac

Step 2: Scan the inaccessible USB flash drive to find data.

Click on "Scan" button to start scanning. Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac offers deep scan mode to deeply scan the inaccessible USB flash drive to find all existing data, deleted data and lost data in the inaccessible USB flash drive.

export data from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac

Step 3: Export the data after scanning.

After the scanning process is done, you can see all the data stored on your USB flash drive. Now choose all of the files you want to export, and click "Recover Now" button to start the process.

export data from inaccessible USB flash drive on Mac

Just wait until the process is done. And after the process is done, you can format your USB flash drive on Mac because all the files have been safely exported to your computer's internal storage.