What is included in Wondershare Repairit?

Video Repair – Fixes broken MP4, MOV, MXF and BRAW footage.
Professional Mode – Handles RAW, HDR, LOG and 4K/8K material.
Photo Repair – Restores damaged JPEG, RAW, HEIC and PSD images.
Document Repair – Rebuilds Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and ZIP files.
Core Capacity – Over 100 formats, no file size limit.
Important – Commercial use rights and Outlook email repair sold separately.

What are the main benefits of Wondershare Repairit?

Repairit is a desktop repair tool for files that already exist but no longer open, play or render correctly after a crash, power cut, failed transfer or damaged memory card. It covers video, photo, audio, office documents and Adobe project files in one interface on Windows and macOS.

Advanced Repair – Uses a sample file for severe corruption.
Batch Processing – Repairs whole folders in one pass.
Local Processing – Desktop repairs run on your own machine.
Free Preview – Check the repaired result before you save.
Audio Repair – Fixes MP3, WAV, FLAC and AAC tracks.
AI Enhancement – Restores, colorizes and upscales old photos.

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What does Wondershare Repairit do?

Repairit rebuilds the internal structure of corrupted files so they open again, and it works on files you still have, not on files you deleted. That distinction matters in practice: a card that shows a 0 KB clip after a camera battery died is a Repairit case, while a card you accidentally formatted is a job for a recovery scanner such as Wondershare Recoverit. The desktop version repairs video, photo, audio, office documents, ZIP and RAR archives, plus Adobe project files including PSD, PSB, AI, INDD, AEP and PRPROJ. Repaired output is written as a new file, so the damaged original stays untouched if the result is not usable.

Who is Wondershare Repairit best suited for?

It fits people who work with camera and phone footage and cannot simply re-shoot the material. Professional Mode is the reason: it repairs camera-native and broadcast formats such as BRAW, R3D, ARRIRAW, ProRes RAW, X-OCN, DNxHD/DNxHR and XF-AVC, plus HDR10, Dolby Vision and LOG footage, and preserves the original encoding and metadata so the file still imports into Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. Camera-specific damage files such as Sony RSV, DAT and MDT are covered as well. For office use, the same licence also fixes DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF and archive files after a crash or interrupted save, which is often the faster route than rebuilding a spreadsheet from scratch.

What is the difference between Repairit for desktop, Repairit Online and Repairit for Email?

They are three separate products, and only the desktop toolkit covers the full repair range. Repairit Online works in the browser but repairs documents only in PDF, DOCX, PPTX and XLSX, has no audio repair, and applies size and volume caps of 3 GB per video, 300 MB per photo or document, 150 video repairs and 300 photo or document repairs per month; uploaded files are stored for 24 hours and then deleted. Repairit for Email is a separate Outlook tool for PST and OST files and deleted mail items and is not part of the desktop toolkit. If you handle camera cards, large project files, archives or PSD files, the desktop version is the only edition that fits.

Which technical limitations should users know before buying?

Three limits decide most buying mistakes. Repairit does not scan drives for deleted or formatted files, Outlook PST and OST repair is a separate product, and the personal plan does not cover revenue-generating use, so paid client or commercial work needs a commercial licence from Wondershare. There is also a functional split inside the toolkit itself: file repair has no size or count limit, while the AI enhancement tools such as photo restoration, colorizer and video upscaling run on an AI credit allowance rather than unlimited use. The free desktop build repairs and previews files but cannot export them, and for documents the free preview shows only the first page.

When should Advanced Repair and Professional Mode be used?

Use Quick Repair first, and switch to Advanced Repair only when the file stays broken. Advanced Repair asks for a working sample file recorded on the same device and in the same format as the damaged one, then rebuilds the corrupted file from that reference structure, which is why keeping one healthy clip from every camera and phone is worth the effort. Professional Mode is a separate switch and is required for RAW camera formats, HDR and LOG footage, professional codecs, 4K and higher resolutions, and clips containing gyroscope data. Turning it on preserves the original encoding and metadata instead of re-encoding the footage, which keeps the repaired file usable in an editing timeline.

What should users check before choosing Wondershare Repairit?

Check whether your file still exists on the drive; if it does not, this is the wrong tool and you need a recovery product instead. Then check the format: the desktop version supports more than 100 formats including video, photo, audio, Office documents, ZIP and RAR archives, PSD, PSB, AI, INDD, AEP and PRPROJ, while the browser version is limited to four document formats. Finally, run the free trial before you buy, because it repairs and previews the file first, so you can confirm the result is usable before paying for the export. If your problem is a damaged Outlook mailbox rather than media or documents, buy Repairit for Email instead.

Frequently asked questions about Wondershare Repairit

Does Repairit overwrite the original corrupted file?

No. Repairit parses the damaged file and writes the repaired version to a location you choose, leaving the original file unchanged. This also applies to PDF repair, where text, hyperlinks, forms, headers, footers, graphs and watermarks are rebuilt without modifying the source document.

Are my files uploaded to a server during repair?

Not with the desktop version, which processes files locally on your computer. The browser-based Repairit Online is different: uploaded files are stored for 24 hours and then deleted, which is worth considering for confidential documents or client footage.

Does Wondershare Repairit run on macOS?

Yes, the desktop toolkit is available for Windows and macOS with the same repair modules, including Professional Mode for video. Photo repair also covers Apple-typical formats such as HEIC, and document repair handles Pages, Numbers and Keynote files alongside Microsoft Office formats.

What happens if a file cannot be repaired?

You see it before you commit, because the preview step shows the repaired result before saving. If content was overwritten or physically lost, no repair tool can restore it, and the output may show blank sections; in that case Wondershare support can be contacted, and unsupported formats can be reported directly from the product report window.