If it didn't write a comment and I'll try to help. Do note, that some of the files may be broken because of the "bad sectors" but hopefully the majority of your files will be ok. You should then be able to open this file as if it were the original DVD and recover your files. Pct rescued: 0.00%, read errors: 5, remaining time: n/aĬopying non-tried blocks.
Rescued: 2757 MB, bad areas: 0, run time: 24m 58s Non-tried: 9223 PB, bad-sector: 0 B, error rate: 1260 B/s Opos: 2758 MB, non-scraped: 0 B, average rate: 1840 kB/s Ipos: 2758 MB, non-trimmed: 327680 B, current rate: 0 B/s Step 2: From the left side panel, pick the volume or the drive that you want to format and switch to the Erase tab. MyMBP:~ MyUsername$ ddrescue -n -b 2048 /dev/disk2 MyDVD.iso MyDVD.log Step 1: Connect the USB drive or external drive to Mac and launch the Disk Utility from Applications. NOTE: Wait for it to finish - it can take quite a long time. iso file which can then be used to burn a new DVD or mount directly into the operating system: Here are some excellent Mac compatible Blu-ray drives we like and recommend.
Since Mac has never come with a built-in Blu-ray drive, an external one is a must-have. This action will try to read the entire DVD and write the recovered bytes to a. The last Mac with a built-in optical drive was the MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012, MD101xx/A, MD102xx/A) with a CD/DVD drive, which was NOT upward compatible with Blu-ray. This action does not eject the drive, only makes it so other parts of the operating system won't be able to use it while the recovery is in progress. To be able to rescue the DVD you should unmount it like so: MyMBP:~ MyUsername$ diskutil unmount /volumes/MyDVD/ MyMBP:~ MyUsername$ diskutil listĢ: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 250.0 GB disk0s2ģ: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3Ġ: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +249.7 GB disk1 Notice the last disk - /dev/disk2 is the physical DVD drive and MyDVD is the name of the DVD inserted to the drive.
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To install ddrescue, open Terminal and type: MyMBP:~ MyUsername$ brew install ddrescue It will simply replace the "bad" parts with blank space. It is capable of copying your damaged digital media (hard disk drives / CDs / DVDs) without getting stuck on the "bad" parts of the media.
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In case you haven't heard of Homebrew, it's a software manager that can install all sorts of professional tools (actually, it can install almost anything) on your mac using the terminal.įor instructions on how to install homebrew, visit the Homebrew Website.ĭdrescue is an open source disk recovery tool.
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