Alternatively, tick the box in the column header to select all files. Select the files you want to restore by ticking the boxes in the leftmost column. You can preview your data by hovering your mouse pointer beside the file name and clicking the eye button that appears. Use the magnifying glass or the filters in the left sidebar if you want to locate specific files. Once the scan is complete, click Review found items. Select the SD card backup image that has now appeared in the drives list (it should have R/O beside its name and is a DMG file type).

Select the backup image we created in Step 4 and click Attach. On the left sidebar, select Storage devices and click Attach disk image… at the bottom of the window. Once the backup has been created, return to Disk Drill’s main window. Name your backup image and select an easy-to-find location on your Mac as the destination for the image backup file. Then, select your SD card from the drive list (it may appear as “Generic Storage Device” or similar”) and click Create backup. On the left sidebar, click Byte-to-byte Backup. Connect your SD card to your Mac using a card reader, then launch the Disk Drill app (Finder > Applications).

If this is not the case, read the unreadable SD card fixes section. The instructions below will only work if you can see the SD card in Disk Utility (Finder > Applications > Utilities).

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