MOV is the most popularly used video file format in multimedia gadgets like iPad, iPod, iPhone, Smartphone’s etc. The main benefit of MOV file is that they can store multiple audio and video tracks independent of each other. Furthermore, in order to edit these files you don’t need to rewrite the data after editing. But sometimes you may encounter situations when certain MOV files start to behave unusually and refuse to play on digital media player and instead display an error message like “This MOV file seems like broken, attempt to repair?” After this error message it does not play and even if it plays, you may get disappointed by its abnormal behavior, where you may get to see only a picture but not sound or sound but not picture or picture freezes and the sound will continue or picture gets struck and so on. This behavior of the MOV file shows that it is broken and in order to play it properly, you need to repair it by utilizing any good video repair software.
Yodot MOV Repair is the most trusted and ideal tool to fix H.264 MP4 video files that are corrupted or damaged on Mac OS X. It brilliantly scans corrupted MP4 video file and fixes all errors such as MP4 file header missing, audio video sync problem, MP4 end of file error, unsupported video file format and many other errors. Stellar Phoenix video repair is the ultimate answer to Mac video file problems. It fixes multiple videos at the same time and thus saves time. This software enables not only a preview of the fixed video but also a choice of location for saving the file. Its interface has an interactive design that allows for easy operation.
Reasons for MOV File corruption
- Header Corruption: Header is a location in MOV file, which stores the first origin of the block for the file on hard disk. Header files have specification of the file like file size, last modification time, file creation date and etc. So if any information from these header files is missing, then those MOV file cannot be recognized by any media player and in turn can’t play that video file
- External Threats: When a MOV file gets infected by harmful external threats like virus/malware/spyware, it can damage the structure of MOV file. For an instance, structure of MOV video file will be broken if its internal file components like codec’s or header gets altered by these viruses. These threats can harm your MOV file badly leaving it in incomplete state
- Damage of MOV file Header: Trying to open a MOV file on any media player that is not appropriate for running MOV file, can corrupt the MOV file by damaging its header component. Due to header corruption, the immunity of the MOV file structure gets weak and in severe cases it becomes inaccessible
- Error While Downloading: The MOV video file might get broken while it is getting downloaded from internet. This happens when you experience interruptions like power failures, sudden system shutdown, loss of network connection, etc during the download process
- Broken MOV files after improper recovery: Recovering deleted or lost MOV video files using unreliable file recovery software might damage the MOV file structure during the recovery process
Description of the software
Yodot Video Repair is a freely available corrupt video repair software that can fix errors in MOV, MP4, and M4V video files irrespective of the cause for corruption. In addition to MOV, it can fix broken MP4 video which refuse to play on QuickTime or any other media players. The best quality of this software is that it can repair corrupted or damaged MOV file of any size. This software also supports all latest brands of cameras such as Panasonic, Olympus, Contour, etc. It has been designed specifically for Mac operating system therefore it works well with all the advanced versions of Mac Operating System such as Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit), Leopard (64-bit), Lion 10.7 (64-bit) latest Mountain Lion and also Windows operating system such as Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 etc.
Steps to repair broken MOV Files
- Download and install Yodot MOV Repair software and install it to your Mac and Windows Computer
- Now run the software in order to start the repair process
- As you run the software, you will find a window that asks you to select the broken MOV file
- Browse the broken MOV file and click on “Repair”
- Now you can see the scanning process over the screen
- Once it gets completed, you can view the repaired MOV files with the help of a “Preview” option
- Finally save the repaired MOV file to the desired location
Precautions
- Backup important MOV files so that if you get any problem while opening MOV file, you can easily restore it from the backup
- Keep your hard drive data in defragmented form to avoid any kind of error
- Use a good antivirus software to scan and remove harmful threats from your system
- Never use a camcorder having faulty firmware for recording videos
- Use an UPS in your Mac and Windows computer to avoid MOV file damage due to shut down after power failure
Need file recovery tool for your Macintosh – count on us!
- Undelete, all types of lost or deleted files from a Mac hard drive
- Recover deleted files from various types of drives
- Recover files lost after time machine backup failure
- Recover lost or inaccessible files after catalog record corruption
- Supports all latest Mac OS X versions
- Universal Binary application, supports Intel and PowerPC
Top 3 features of Yodot Mac File Recovery software
- Yodot Mac File Recovery recovers files from not only Mac hard drive but also from other external drives
- Time machine failure can make all your backup files inaccessible, but by utilizing Yodot Mac File Recovery it can be recovered in few minutes
- Two recovery options are provided to recover lost or deleted files much faster and avoids unnecessary full hard drive scan
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Yodot Mac File Recovery software is the best professional file recovery software for your Mac computers. It is designed using experience gained after years of research to save you from losing critical files on Mac OS X. Recover all your deleted / lost documents, photos videos, music files, and other file types from HFS+, HFSX, FAT16, FAT32 file systems. Most importantly supports all latest versions of Mac operating systems.
Yodot Mac Data Recovery software is the only software which is a true undelete application for Mac OS X, the software can recover lost data where other software only rely on file identification methods. Though, the software has the option for recovering files on the basis of their unique signatures the innovative Mac undelete option is the most advanced and fastest method to recover deleted data files on Mac. Moreover, the software recovers deleted and lost files from SD card, external hard drive, pen drive, USB flash drive, and other storage devices.
How can you use the software to recover files?
Step 1: Download and install the free trial edition of Yodot Mac File recovery application on your Mac.
Step 2: Launch the application and follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the recovery process.
Step 3: Select the option, whether to recover deleted files or to recover lost files.
Step 4: Select the drive / volume from where files are to be recovered and let the software deep scan the drive / volume.
Step 5: View the recovered files in two different view types for easy selection of files, which you want to rescue.
Step 6: Preview the recovered file to ensure that right file has been retrieved.
Step 7: Choose the destination location, to store recovered files. Make sure not to select the source drive otherwise, data will be deleted permanently.
Why Yodot Mac File Recovery?
- Fast and secure recovery of files / folders – Built with advanced scanning algorithms which has the ability to recover lost / deleted files and folders much faster and in a secure manner
- Recovery from any sort of drive – Recover deleted / lost files not just from Mac hard disk but also from any accessible drive like external hard drive, memory card, USB drives etc.
- Recover emptied Trash – Provides efficient recovery of files that are deleted due to emptying Trash
- Recovery from formatted Volumes – Performs quick scan of the drive and easily recovers files and folders from a formatted volume / drive in couple of minutes
- Eminent scanning technology – High-end scanning technology, which ensures recovery of, files even from complex corruption scenarios like MBR corruption, time machine failure, catalog record error etc.
- Two recovery options – Facilitates two recovery options to recover deleted and lost files differently to avoid scanning of entire hard drive
- Search option – The software provides you with search option in order to retrieve particular file by using its unique signature
- Two View Types – Toggle between two different view types for smooth selection of recovered files
- Preview files – The recovered files can be previewed before restoration for satisfaction to ensure whether the correct file has been recovered or not
- Sort files – Arrange the rescued files based on their file name, file size, file extension etc. according to your convenience
- Store Files – Provides facility to save the retrieved data to any storage device
- Handy tool – Every individual can easily use the software and can operate it without much technical skills
How data loss occurs in Mac computers?
Human Mistakes
- Accidental deletion of files and folders from the hard drive while deleting unwanted files from the system
- Emptying Trash which is the temporary storage of files that are deleted from the hard disk
- Files deleted due to accidental formatting of Mac volume
- While deleting a unwanted file, accidentally end up deleting the entire folder
- Unintentionally formatting a memory card or any external drive when connected to your Mac OS system for disk initialization
Time Machine Error
- In a Mac computer, time machine takes back up for nearly everything, any kind of error in your time machine backup can cause heavy data loss
File System Corruption
- Data loss can occur if any kind of corruption occurs in HFS+ and HFSX file system
Partition Errors
- Files or folders deleted while making a new partition in your hard drive
- While locating free space among volumes, the files and folders of the existing volume may get deleted
Catalog Record Corruption
- In a Mac computer, each and every file / folder is provided with a unique no., all this records are stored in catalog record for easy finding of files. Any kind of corruption to catalog record will make the file inaccessible
Journal Corruption
- Each and every change made in your hard disk is recorded in a journal file in order to recover data from data loss situations. But corruption to these journal files can cause heavy data loss
Virus Attack
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- Deletion of files can take place due to virus infection
- Virus attack can corrupt your Mac OS leading to OS failure
Bad sectors
- Bad sector(s) in your hard disk may lead to loss of files and folders
- Bad sector causes abnormal freezing of your Mac computer making files inaccessible
Other Reasons
- Files may get delete during file transmission between two storage media
- Sudden system shutdown during file transfer or file processing may result in file deletion
- Sudden power rise leads to data loss
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Yodot Video Repair
Supported operating systems
- For Mac – Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
Hardware requirements
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- Memory –Min 1 GB RAM 2GB recommended
- Disk Space - 50 MB free space (for installation)
- System Type – 32bit or 64bit OS
Supported file systems
- HFS+
- HFSX
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