Stellar Data Recovery for Mac has 300+ file types that are introduced in the recovery engine by default, which makes it effective and efficient. These file types are segregated in various categories, as shown next:

  1. Photo, Audio, & Video formats: In this multimedia file format category, the software’s recovery engine supports 110 file types:

 

3GP Files

3GP

AAC Files

AAC

AAC1 Files

AAC

AIFF Files

AIFF

AIFF Files (AFC)

AIFF

AU Files

AU

AVCHD Video File

MTS

Adobe EPS (Macintosh)

EPS

Adobe EPS (Windows)

EPS

Adobe InDesign

INDD

Adobe Photoshop

PSD

Animator Pro Flic File

FLC

Audio Video Interleave

AVI

AutoCAD

DWG

BMP Images

BMP

CD Audio Track

CDA

Canon (CR2)

CR2

Canon (CRW)

CRW

Corel Draw Graphic

WP

Corel PhotoPaint

CPT

Corel RAVE Animation File

CLK

Corel Vector Graphic Drawing

CDR

DNG Files

DNG

DNG Files (Motorola)

DNG

DVM Movie

DVM

DeluxePaint Animation

ANM

Divx Encoded Movie File

DIVX

Enhanced Metafile Graphic

EMF

Epson

ERF

Freehand Ver11 Files

FH11

Freehand Ver3 Files

FH3

Freehand Ver5 Files

FH5

Freehand Ver7 Files

FH7

Freehand Ver8 Files

FH8

Freehand Ver9 Files

FH9

Fuji

RAF

GIF Images

GIF

GIMP Image File

PAT

GIMP Image File (XCF)

XCF

Intel Digital Video Interface

AVS

JPEG Images

JPEG, JPG

Kodak (DCR)

DCR

Kodak (K25)

K25

Kodak (KDC)

KDC

Kodak Intel

KDC

M4A & M4P Files

M4A

M4V Files

M4V

MIDI Sound

MIDI

MOI Video File

MOI

MP3 (FF E3)

MP3

MP3 Audio File (FF FA)

MP3

MP3 Audio File Frame

MP3

MP3 Audio Files

MP3

MP3 Files (FFF2)

MP3

MP3 Files (ID3 2)

MP3

MP3 Files (ID3 4)

MP3

MP4 Files

MP4

MPEG Audio Data File

M3D

MPEG Files

MPEG

MPEG Files (B Header)

MPEG

MXF Movie Files

MXF

Mamiya

MOS

Mamiya (Intel)

MOS

Mamiya (MEF)

MEF

Matroska Vidoe File

MKV

MicroGrafx Designer 4

DS4

Micrographicx Graphic

DRW

Minolta

MRW

Multiple Image

MNG

NEOchrome Animation

ANI

Nikon (Intel)

NEF

Nikon (Motorola)

NEF

OGG Files

OGG

OGG Media Player

OGM

Olympus

ORF

PC Paintbrush

PCX

PNG Images

PNG

Paint Shop Pro Image File

PSP

Panasonic RAW

RAW

Pentax

PEF

Picture File

PCT

Portable Greymap File

PGM

Portable Pixmap File

PPM

Quick Time Movie

MOV

Quick Time Movie (mdat)

MOV

QuickTime Movie

QT

Real Audio

RA

Real Media

RM

Reason Song

RPS

Reason Song Bank

RFL

Reason Sound File

RNS

Screensaver

SCR

Sigma

X3F

Simple Animation

SMJPEG

Sony

ARW

Sony

SR2

Sony (SRF)

SRF

Tiff Images (Intel)

TIFF, TIF

Tiff Images (Motorola)

TIFF, TIF

VectorWorks File (MCD)

MCD

VectorWorks File (VWX)

VWX

Video Object File

VOB

Visio Drawing

VSD

WAV Files

WAV

WMA Files

WMA

WMV & ASF Movies

WMV

Windows Animated Cursor

ANI

Windows Graphic Metafile

WMF

Windows Paint File

MSP

WordPerfect Graphic

WPG

 

      2. Document formats: This file format category supports all MS Office file types (DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT, XLS, XLSX, etc.) together with    other 21 file types:

 

Access Database

MDB

Access Database (ACCDB)

ACCDB

Adobe PDF

PDF

Adobe Post Script

PS

Adobe Post Script1 Files

PS

Apple Works Document

CWK

Lotus 123 FMT File (FM3)

FM3

Lotus 123 FMT File (FMT)

FMT

Lotus 123 WorkSheet1

WK1

Lotus 123 WorkSheet3

WK3

Lotus 123 WorkSheet4

WK4

MS Office 2008 Files

Office

MS Office Files

Office

OpenOffice Text Document

SDW

QXD Intel1

QXD

QXD Motorola1

QXD

QXP Intel

QXP

QXP Motorola1

QXP

Quark EPS Files

EPS

Quick Books

QBB

QuickBooks Primary Data File

QBW

Word Perfect Document

WPD

   

      3. Archive formats: For archive format category, the software supports 12 file types:

 

7 Zip Archive

7Z

ARJ Archive

ARJ

BZ2 Compressed Tar

BZ2

Binhex Archive

HQX

LZA Animation

LZA

Microsoft Cabinet

CAB

RAR Files

RAR

Redhat Linux Archive

RPM

Stuffit (SIT)

SIT

Stuffit X

SITX

Tape Archive

TAR

Zip Archive

ZIP

  

     4. Application formats: This file format category supports 30 file types:

 

AOL Web Email

DCI

Adobe Illustrator (AI)

AI

Adobe Illustrator Ver 9 or later

AI

Adobe Indesign Template

INDT

Apple Mail

EMLX

Apple Mail (Sent and Draft)

EMLX

Apple Scripts

SCPT

C Source Code

C

Coral Presentation Files

SHW

Encore Files

ENC

Entourage Mail

MAIL

FLASH

FLA

File Maker Ver3

FP3

File Maker Ver5

FP5

File Maker Ver7

FP7

Finale Software Files

MUS

Generic Email Message

EML

HTML Files1

HTML

Lotus Notes Data File

NTF

Lotus Notes Files

NSF

MS Outlook Data File

PST

Macromedia Flash (CWS)

SWF

Macromedia Flash (FLV)

SWF

Macromedia Flash (FWS)

SWF

Outlook Express Mailbox

DBX

Pagemaker Files

PMD

Pro Tools Files

PTF

iCalendar

ICS

iPhoto

IPHOTO

iTunes Library

PLIST

 

       5. Text & other formats: This assorted file format category supports 16 file types:

 

Archived HTML (MHT)

MHT

Archived HTML (MHTML)

MHTML

Compiled HTML Help File

CHM

Database File

DBF

EnCase Case or Backup File (CAS)

CAS

EnCase Case or Backup File (CBK)

CBK

Java Server Pages

JSP

Mathematica Player

NBP

Microsoft Active Server Pages

ASPX

Personal Home Page

PHP

Quicken Data File (ABD)

ABD

Quicken Data File (QDF)

QDF

Quicken Data File (QSD)

QSD

RTF Files

RTF

Turbo Tax

TAX

Windows Help File

HLP

 

In case you don’t see the file type that you are interested to recover, use the software’s ‘Add File Type’ feature. This functionality allows you to add custom file type in the recovery engine. You can add as many file types as you require and recover those files by using the software. To add custom file type, watch the below video tutorial: