In the case of the one application that found all the missing files, it would be $89. However, like most memory card software, every application would allow you to recover a small amount of data (normally between 500 MB and 1 GB) and would then charge you the full application price to recover the rest. Three found nothing on the card, one found about 100 images and videos, and one application managed to find all 3,000 images and videos. I found about five different applications and downloaded them all. I told her to turn off the camera and let me have the memory card, then hopped on to Google to find some memory card recovery software for my Mac. Unfortunately, she was shooting with an 80D, so that one card slot meant there was no backup waiting to save the day.

Recently, she came home with an almost full 32 GB memory from an industry event, and while she was casually browsing through the photos and videos, I heard her exclaim: 'oh no!' The card had been accidentally formatted and now showed nothing. My girlfriend works as a marketing director, and part of her job involves taking shots of products and events for her company.

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