So there is this machine which was formatted and new OS installed. Tried to reocover partitions using TestDisk. It lists a lot of them but then I cannot preview files as Testdisk does not support APFS. Is there a tool that supports APFS?
Buying is not an issue if I can preview partitions and see the data are at least there, but if there is an awesome software like Testdisk then tha will be great
I believe you are out of luck in fall 2024 for any third party repair options for macOS APFS disks.
The Disk Utility tool is the first party and AFAIK, only solution for repairing a disk. We do have many many questions here about rewriting the partition table if you managed to mess that specific part of a disk up.
Search for gpt ffff and edit enough specifics into your post here for an expert to weigh in if you can’t figure out how to “restore” the mapping.
Also, third party disk recovery tools will have good results with APFS, but I don’t think they sell software to the public to do this work, they keep their tools and trade craft to their staff.
Here are links in case you can get their support to confirm they will do what you need:
Best of luck!
