DiskWarrior
The facts below are what the maker publishes about DiskWarrior, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From DiskWarrior's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| New copy | — | Immediate download · DiskWarrior USB flash drive |
| Upgrade | $59.95 a month | Upgrade from DiskWarrior 4.x |
| DiskWarrior 5 — upgrade | $59.95, paid once | For owners of earlier DiskWarrior versions · $59.95 USD plus s&h |
| DiskWarrior 5 — new copy | — | Single computer at a time · Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disks · APFS not supported · One-time purchase; price not stated on the opened page |
The facts
Each one read from DiskWarrior's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bootable recovery
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Directory optimization
- It optimizes the replacement directory for directory performance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Drive monitoring
- DiskWarrior can use a drive’s S.M.A.R.T. technology to warn of possible hardware malfunction.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File preview
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Hardware support
- The product supports Intel and Apple Silicon Macs and directly connected configurations including Fusion Drives, RAID volumes, FileVaults, and Time Machine volumes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Included items
- A new purchase includes immediate download, a DiskWarrior USB flash drive, and printed startup instructions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License limit
- The software may be installed or run on only one computer at a time; another simultaneous computer requires another purchased copy.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Not supported
- APFS and Windows-formatted drives are not supported, and DiskWarrior cannot recover deleted, reformatted, or overwritten data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- macOS / OS X,including OS X Mountain Lion through macOS Tahoe for supported external Mac OS Extended diskschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 59.95checked 22 Sep 2026
- Preview
- Its patented preview feature lets users inspect the expected repaired disk before changes are written.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DiskWarrior rebuilds damaged Mac disk directories using data recovered from the original directory to restore access to files and folders.checked 11 Oct 2026
- RAID recovery
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Recovery sources
- Mac OS Extended volumes; internal and external volumes; Fusion Drives; Flash/SSD drives; Time Machine volumes; RAID volumes; disk images; FileVault volumeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Repair safety
- DiskWarrior verifies rebuilt directories and uses a fail-safe replacement method intended to protect against interruptions such as power loss.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Alsoft says technical support is free and its technicians may remotely recover data from a Mac-formatted disk when automatic recovery fails.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported file system
- DiskWarrior 5 supports Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) disks, including journaled, case-sensitive, and encrypted variants.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1984checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker history
- Alsoft says it was founded in 1984 by two former Apple employees and currently produces DiskWarrior.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- macOS limits
- The macOS startup disk cannot be rebuilt when it is an APFS-formatted SSD; supported external disks can be rebuilt on macOS Tahoe 26 when formatted with a supported file system.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Alsoft states that DiskWarrior has no free trial and that all sales are final.checked 11 Oct 2026
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