Coming Soon for macOS · Optical & Disk Forensics
Surgical optical and disk image forensics for macOS.
Mount 15+ partition and file system formats, inspect raw LBA sectors, extract standard ISO/Joliet/Rock Ridge and CD-DA audio free, and preview carved or deleted files in-app before you ever pay.
Coming soon for macOS
- 100% Free to mount, browse partitions, run Surface Scan & verify MD5/SHA-256 digests
- 100% Free extraction of ISO 9660, Joliet, Rock Ridge, El Torito & Red Book CD-DA .wav audio
- Verify-First Recovery: preview deleted & signature-carved files (< 5 MB) in-app before buying
- Pure user-space Swift parser — Mac App Sandbox safe, zero kernel extensions or root helpers
Verify-First Recovery Philosophy
Scan, browse, and preview 100% free. Never pay blind for data recovery.
Data recovery is high-stakes. You should never have to pay upfront just to find out whether a scratched DVD, legacy Mac HFS archive, or corrupted SD card image is actually recoverable.
Always Free ($0 Forever)
Mount, Inspect & Standard Optical Extraction
- Open .iso, .bin/.cue, .dmg, .dd, .img, .vhd, .vhdx, .vmdk, and .ibp/.ibq managed images
- Extract standard ISO 9660, Joliet, Rock Ridge, El Torito, CD-i, VCD/SVCD & CD-DA .wav audio free
- Interactive LBA Sector Workbench (hex + ASCII), Platter Surface Scan & MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256 digests
- Full in-app preview (< 5 MB) of deleted & signature-carved files (images, audio, PDF, ZIP, text, hex)
Lifetime Pro Unlock
Deep Undelete, Carving & Multi-Pass Rescue
- Extract deleted & unlinked records from FAT12/16/32, exFAT, NTFS $MFT, HFS+ .journal & EXT slack
- Extract signature-carved files (Files Found by Signature) and load custom IsoBuster .rules
- Extract from UDF, DVD-Video (.ifo/.vob), NTFS, exFAT, Mac HFS/HFS+, and Linux EXT/XFS volumes
- Multi-pass Managed Image (.ibp/.ibq) bad-sector completion, ADS/Resource Forks & DFXML v1.2 reports
15+ File Systems & Partition Maps
Every layer of the platter, parsed in pure user-space Swift.
IsoHappy inspects multiple co-existing file system trees on the same hybrid disc or disk image simultaneously.
CD001 · NSR03 · BEA01
Optical & Video Standards
ISO 9660, Joliet Unicode, Rock Ridge POSIX, El Torito Boot, UDF 1.02–2.60, DVD-Video IFO/VOB, CD-i, VCD/SVCD & Red Book CD-DA.
H+ · BD · NTFS · EXFAT
Mac & Windows Volumes
Classic Mac HFS (0x4244), Mac HFS+/HFSX Catalog B-Trees & .journal replay, NTFS $MFT & Resident/Non-Resident Data Runs, FAT12/16/32 & exFAT.
0xEF53 · XAGB · GPT/APM
Linux & Partition Tables
Linux EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 extent trees, XFS allocation groups, GUID Partition Table (GPT), Apple Partition Map (APM), and DOS MBR.
.IBP/.IBQ · MAGIC CARVER
Managed Images & Carving
IsoBuster-compatible .ibp/.ibq sector map tracking, VHD/VHDX/VMDK/DMG containers, and 25+ built-in + custom .rules file signature carvers.
Forensic Capabilities
Built for damaged media, unlinked records, and bit-accurate extraction.
Simultaneous Multi-Layer Volume Inspection
Hybrid discs and bridge images often hold ISO 9660, Joliet, Rock Ridge, UDF, and Mac HFS+ trees on the same track. IsoHappy mounts every layer side-by-side so you can compare directory structures and rescue files from whichever descriptor survived.
Deep Undelete Across NTFS, HFS+, FAT/exFAT & EXT
Scans unallocated NTFS $MFT records, replays HFS+ .journal transaction blocks, inspects FAT/exFAT 0xE5 directory entries, and walks Linux EXT directory slack to surface unlinked files with their original filenames and LBA extents.
Signature Carving + Custom .rules Engine
When partition tables or directory B-trees are overwritten, Find Missing Files and Folders sweeps raw sectors for 25+ built-in headers and footers (JPEG, PNG, PDF, ZIP, MP4, WAV, SQLite) plus custom IsoBuster-compatible .rules scripts.
Verify-First In-App Preview (< 5 MB Free)
Inspect recovered images, play back carved WAV/CD-DA audio, browse ZIP/Office archive entries, validate PDF %%EOF markers, or read UTF-8/UTF-16 text and hex slices directly in-app before spending a cent.
Managed Images (.ibp / .ibq) & Multi-Pass Rescue
Clone failing media into a bitmap-tracked .ibp/.ibq managed image pair. Re-try unreadable sector ranges across multiple optical drives and watch bad LBA blocks turn green as good sectors fill in.
Tactile LBA Sector Workbench & DFXML v1.2 Audits
Scrub across Logical Block Addresses with a mechanical jog-shuttle dial, inspect decoded volume descriptors alongside raw 2048/2352-byte sectors, verify MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256 digests, and export NIST-standard DFXML v1.2 forensic manifests.
Lifetime Ownership · Zero Subscriptions
Surgical optical and disk image forensics for macOS.
Download IsoHappy free to mount any image, browse every partition, extract standard ISO/CD-DA tracks, and preview recoverable files in-app. Unlock deep forensic extraction with a one-time lifetime license.
IsoHappy Free
$0
Complete optical media extractor, forensic inspector, and Verify-First recovery previewer.
- Mount & browse all 15+ partition and file system formats
- Extract ISO 9660, Joliet, Rock Ridge, El Torito, VCD & CD-DA .wav audio free
- Sector Workbench, Platter Surface Scan & MD5/SHA-256 checksums
- 100% free in-app preview (< 5 MB) of deleted & signature-carved files
IsoHappy Personal Pro
$24.99
Founding Adopter lifetime license (regularly $39). Rescue deleted files, carved signatures, and non-ISO volumes.
- Everything in IsoHappy Free, plus:
- Extract deleted & unlinked files (FAT/exFAT, NTFS $MFT, HFS+ .journal, EXT slack)
- Extract signature-carved files (Files Found by Signature)
- Extract from UDF, DVD-Video, NTFS, exFAT, Mac HFS/HFS+ & Linux EXT/XFS
- Multi-pass Managed Image (.ibp/.ibq) bad-sector completion
IsoHappy Forensic Pro
$89
Built for digital archivists, libraries, museums, and DFIR labs requiring stream and extent engineering.
- Everything in Personal Pro, plus commercial & lab license
- Custom IsoBuster-compatible .rules signature engine
- NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) & Apple HFS+ Resource Forks
- Custom File & Extent Engineering (manual LBA splice assembly)
- DFXML v1.2, CSV & Erroneous Sector forensic audit exports
Broken Image Bounty Program
Have a corrupted or obscure disk image IsoHappy couldn’t parse?
Export a 64 KB sector header diagnostic dump from the Help menu and send it to [email protected]. Every new edge case added to our regression suite earns a free lifetime IsoHappy Forensic Pro license.
Coming soon for macOS