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Get Cinder Recovery — free

Available for macOS and Windows. Scan and preview everything that's recoverable before you pay a cent.

macOS

macOS 11+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · 9.6 MB .dmg

Nothing to install — Python is bundled inside the app.

  • ▸Universal build — Apple Silicon and Intel
  • ▸Self-contained app — nothing else to install
  • ▸Free to scan and preview every recoverable file
  • ▸Original filenames & folders preserved
  • ▸Deep raw-sector recovery on external drives
  • ▸Free fake-capacity Drive Test built in
Download for Mac (.dmg)

First launch shows an “unidentified developer” warning — here's the one-time fix.

Windows

Windows 10 (1803+) / 11 · 64-bit · 12.7 MB .zip

Nothing to install — Python is bundled inside the app.

  • ▸Standalone .exe — nothing else to install
  • ▸Same recovery engine as the Mac version
  • ▸FAT32, NTFS & exFAT-aware recovery
  • ▸Original filenames & folders preserved
  • ▸Free fake-capacity Drive Test built in
Download for Windows (.zip)

First launch shows a Windows SmartScreen notice — click More info → Run anyway (once).

Free means free. Scanning a drive and previewing every recoverable file — with its real filename — costs nothing and needs no account. You only pay when you're ready to save files back to disk. See pricing.

Which download do I need?

Grab the version that matches the computer you'll run Cinder on — not the drive you're recovering. Both versions read Mac and Windows drives (HFS+, APFS, NTFS, exFAT, FAT32), so a Windows PC can recover a Mac-formatted drive and vice-versa.

After you download

macOS: open the .dmg and drag Cinder Recovery & Test Pro onto the Applications folder beside it, then launch it from Applications. Python is bundled inside the app, so there is nothing else to install. On first launch macOS will say the app is from an unidentified developer — right-click the app, choose Open, then Open again. You only do that once.

Windows: unzip anywhere and run Cinder Recovery Pro.exe. Python is bundled inside the app, so there is nothing else to install. Windows SmartScreen will warn about an unrecognised app on first launch — click More info, then Run anyway. You only do that once. For deep recovery of already-deleted files, right-click the app and choose Run as administrator — raw sector access requires it.

Before you open it

The one-time first-launch fix

If macOS says "Cinder Recovery & Test Pro is damaged and can't be opened" —

  1. Don't move it to the Trash — this message is misleading, the app isn't actually damaged.
  2. Right-click (or Control-click) the app icon → choose Open.
  3. Click Open again in the dialog that appears.

You only need to do this once — it opens normally every time after.

Why this happens: the app isn't yet notarized through a paid Apple Developer account. That's a distribution step we're planning, not a sign of a problem with the app itself.