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byeehaaw
Nov 4, 2007, 03:48 PM
when i plug in my external thats programmed to my mac, on a windows based computer i cant seem to read the hard drive. is there a program or somthing where i can detect it and transfer files between it?


Eidorian
Nov 4, 2007, 03:48 PM
Read only or read/write?
mkrishnan
Nov 4, 2007, 03:49 PM
Yes, it's called MacDrive.

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
byeehaaw
Nov 4, 2007, 03:54 PM
read write.
but is there any freeware programs? just in case i want to do it on several of my friends computers just to back up their stuff
istlota
Sep 10, 2010, 11:45 AM
I haven't tried it, but HfsExplorer is a free GPL alternative to MACDrive:

http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html
GGJstudios
Sep 10, 2010, 11:49 AM
FAT32

Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
No individual file larger than 4GB.

NTFS

Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
To Read/Write NTFS from Leopard: Install MacFUSE (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) and NTFS-3G (http://www.ntfs-3g.org/). You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/2009/12/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-20091114.html).
To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8472736#post8472736)
(Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)

HFS

Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive (http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/)
To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer (http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html)
Pillar
Sep 10, 2010, 10:47 PM
Yes, it's called MacDrive.

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/

i bought it a few weeks ago and it works great for me.
Philflow
Nov 4, 2011, 05:03 PM
I haven't tried it, but HfsExplorer is a free GPL alternative to MACDrive:

http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html

Thanks. That worked great.
jamesr19
Nov 4, 2011, 07:59 PM
Second for MacDrive..it is good and i used it in bootcamp