Recover/Export Data When Mac System Asks You Format the Memory Card

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Peter

updated on 2018-09-03 to Removable Device Data Recovery

Summary:In some cases, the Mac system will asks you to format your memory card to fix some errors. Here is a solution to help you recover deleted, formatted or lost data and export existing data from the memory card when your Mac system asks for formatting it.

When the Mac asks us if it should format the memory card is because it is damaged or inaccessible, which is a real nuisance because the data has been lost and there is no way to access them. So it is a pretty overwhelming situation if we do not have a backup of the data it contains and we urgently need it.

Is it possible to recover data on a memory card to which Mac asks if it should be formatted?

Theoretically, a memory card that Mac tries to access, but says it must be formatted in order to continue, means that the data is lost and can't be recovered through ordinary methods. But before you lose calm, we will show you an extremely effective way to recover them without you being an IT expert or having to take your memory card to a specialist who will only charge you a lot of money and who will not recover all your data lost.

Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac is a powerful data recovery tool specially designed to access inaccessible memory cards and devices so that users can recover data they thought was lost only because Mac asked them if they should be formatted with ease.

  • Recover deleted/lost data whether you have formatted the memory card or not.
  • Recover lost data export existing data from memory card when your Mac asks you to format it.
  • Recover all lost data when you have formatted the memory card since your Mac wants to format it.
  • Recover lost data after you use disk utility to erase the memory card on Mac.

Recover data from a memory card to which Mac asks if it should be formatted

Just by following these simple steps, Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac will help you recover all your data on damaged or inaccessible memory cards in a few minutes:

Step 1: Connect and select the memory card to your Mac.

Download and install Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac, connect the memory card before running Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac so you can recognize the memory card and list it in the main interface so you can select it to recover lost data.

recover data when the Mac system asks me format the memory card

Step 2: Scan the memory card to recover your data.

Once the memory card is selected, click on the "Scan" button so that Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac uses its data detection algorithm and starts scanning it to find the lost data inside it.

recover data when the Mac system asks me format the memory card

Step 3: Preview and recover the data from the memory card.

Once finished with the memory card that Mac asked if you should format it, Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac will show you a preview screen with all the data that is inside it. You only have to choose data that you want to recover and then click on the "Recover Now" button so that you can recover them and save them in a different location.

recover data when the Mac system asks me format the memory card

Whether you have formatted the memory card or not after the Mac asks you to format the memory card, Magoshare Data Recovery for Mac can completely recover/export all your data from the memory card. After recovery all of your data, you can try to format the memory card on your Mac to fix the "ask format" issue.