Untitled Document<\/title>\n<\/head>\n\n<body>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify; padding:10px; background:#eee\"> <p style=\"padding:10px 5px 15px 5px; margin-bottom:0\"> <strong>Summary: <\/strong>Learn the best ways to recover files from an external hard drive on Mac for free. You\u2019ll need the following free data recovery software for Mac to perform the recovery task.<br><br>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/micro\/StellarDataRecoveryFree.dmg.zip\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center; margin:auto\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Free-Download-Mac-Blue-button.png\" alt=\"Free-Download-Mac\" class=\"wp-image-41518\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n\n\n<br><h4><strong>Table of Content<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<strong>1<\/strong>. <a href=\"#First_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recover Files from External Hard Drive Using a Free Software<\/span><\/a><br>\n\n<strong>2<\/strong>. <a href=\"#Second_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Put Back Deleted Files from External Hard Drive Using Trash<\/span><\/a><br>\n\n<strong>3<\/strong>. <a href=\"#Third_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Restore Deleted External Drive Files Using Backup<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<br><br><p>Losing data from your Mac external hard drive due to accidental file deletion, drive formatting, partition loss, file system corruption, or others is quite common. But if you know how to troubleshoot, you\u2019ll overcome such data loss incidents without any difficulty. Continue reading to learn different ways through which you can salvage your lost data from your external hard drive on macOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"First_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>1. Recover Files from External Hard Drive by Using a Free Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Employ a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/free-mac-data-recovery.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free data recovery software for Mac<\/a> to recover your deleted data from the external hard drive. Steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a) <\/strong>Download and install *<strong>Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac<\/strong>. Launch the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/micro\/StellarDataRecoveryFree.dmg.zip\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Free-Download-Mac-Blue-button.png\" alt=\"free-download\" class=\"wp-image-1586\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b) <\/strong>From the <strong>Select What to Recover<\/strong> screen, choose the file types to recover, then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/free-mac-data-recovery.png\" alt=\"Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>c) <\/strong>From the <strong>Select Location<\/strong> screen, choose the external hard drive, toggle on <strong>Deep Scan<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Scan<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scan-mac-hard-disk.png\" alt=\"Select the location\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d) <\/strong>Select the required scanned files and click <strong>Recover<\/strong>. Click <strong>Browse<\/strong> to provide a distinct drive location, then click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/preview.png\" alt=\"Preview\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\">*<strong>Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac<\/strong> allows 1 GB of file recovery for free. To recover more, you need to upgrade it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/detail-features.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac<\/a> edition. The purchased software has a 30-day money-back guarantee, so upgrade with complete confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"Second_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>2. Put Back Deleted Files from External Hard Drive Using Trash<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mac-based external hard drive stores deleted files in a hidden Trash folder. So, you can access and restore your accidentally deleted files directly from your Mac. Steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> Keep your external hard drive connected to your Mac. Then, click the Trash icon from Dock to open the Trash folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b)<\/strong> Look for the deleted files from the Trash folder. Select all those files that are required, secondary-click, and choose <strong>Put Back<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All your selected files will restore to their exact folder in the external hard drive. But if you don\u2019t know where the files got deleted, you can drag and drop the files from Trash to the external hard drive. Or else, copy the files from Trash and paste them to the external hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restoring from Trash is possible only when you\u2019ve not emptied your Trash while keeping the external hard drive connected. In case you did so, then proceed with the next method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"Third_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>3. Restore Deleted External Hard Drive Files Using Backup<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of you are aware of the importance of backup and always create redundant copies of important files either on Mac, iCloud, or another external hard drive. If you have a backup of the files that got deleted from the external hard drive, you can restore them from the backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recovering files from an external hard drive on Mac for free is easy. 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You\u2019ll need the following free data recovery software for Mac to perform the recovery task.<br><br>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/micro\/StellarDataRecoveryFree.dmg.zip\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center; margin:auto\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Free-Download-Mac-Blue-button.png\" alt=\"Free-Download-Mac\" class=\"wp-image-41518\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n\n\n<br><h4><strong>Table of Content<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<strong>1<\/strong>. <a href=\"#First_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recover Files from External Hard Drive Using a Free Software<\/span><\/a><br>\n\n<strong>2<\/strong>. <a href=\"#Second_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Put Back Deleted Files from External Hard Drive Using Trash<\/span><\/a><br>\n\n<strong>3<\/strong>. <a href=\"#Third_Point_Header\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Restore Deleted External Drive Files Using Backup<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<br><br><p>Losing data from your Mac external hard drive due to accidental file deletion, drive formatting, partition loss, file system corruption, or others is quite common. But if you know how to troubleshoot, you\u2019ll overcome such data loss incidents without any difficulty. Continue reading to learn different ways through which you can salvage your lost data from your external hard drive on macOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"First_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>1. Recover Files from External Hard Drive by Using a Free Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Employ a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/free-mac-data-recovery.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free data recovery software for Mac<\/a> to recover your deleted data from the external hard drive. Steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a) <\/strong>Download and install *<strong>Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac<\/strong>. Launch the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/micro\/StellarDataRecoveryFree.dmg.zip\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Free-Download-Mac-Blue-button.png\" alt=\"free-download\" class=\"wp-image-1586\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b) <\/strong>From the <strong>Select What to Recover<\/strong> screen, choose the file types to recover, then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/free-mac-data-recovery.png\" alt=\"Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>c) <\/strong>From the <strong>Select Location<\/strong> screen, choose the external hard drive, toggle on <strong>Deep Scan<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Scan<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scan-mac-hard-disk.png\" alt=\"Select the location\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d) <\/strong>Select the required scanned files and click <strong>Recover<\/strong>. Click <strong>Browse<\/strong> to provide a distinct drive location, then click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/preview.png\" alt=\"Preview\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\">*<strong>Stellar Data Recovery Free Edition for Mac<\/strong> allows 1 GB of file recovery for free. To recover more, you need to upgrade it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintosh-data-recovery.com\/detail-features.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac<\/a> edition. The purchased software has a 30-day money-back guarantee, so upgrade with complete confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"Second_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>2. Put Back Deleted Files from External Hard Drive Using Trash<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mac-based external hard drive stores deleted files in a hidden Trash folder. So, you can access and restore your accidentally deleted files directly from your Mac. Steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> Keep your external hard drive connected to your Mac. Then, click the Trash icon from Dock to open the Trash folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b)<\/strong> Look for the deleted files from the Trash folder. Select all those files that are required, secondary-click, and choose <strong>Put Back<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All your selected files will restore to their exact folder in the external hard drive. But if you don\u2019t know where the files got deleted, you can drag and drop the files from Trash to the external hard drive. Or else, copy the files from Trash and paste them to the external hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restoring from Trash is possible only when you\u2019ve not emptied your Trash while keeping the external hard drive connected. In case you did so, then proceed with the next method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"Third_Point_Header\" style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #d1e4ff; border: 1px dotted #D1E4FF; padding: 30px 30px;\"><strong>3. Restore Deleted External Hard Drive Files Using Backup<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of you are aware of the importance of backup and always create redundant copies of important files either on Mac, iCloud, or another external hard drive. If you have a backup of the files that got deleted from the external hard drive, you can restore them from the backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recovering files from an external hard drive on Mac for free is easy. 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