How to access mac osx extended formatted Hard Drive in Windows

byeehaaw · Nov 4, 2007, 02:48 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, 02:48 PM

Read only or read/write?

mkrishnan · Nov 4, 2007, 02:49 PM

Yes, it's called MacDrive.

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

byeehaaw · Nov 4, 2007, 02:54 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, 10:45 AM

I haven't tried it, but HfsExplorer is a free GPL alternative to MACDrive:

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

GGJstudios · 02:17 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 and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
(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
To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer

Pillar · Sep 10, 2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkrishnan

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, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by istlota

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, 06:59 PM

Second for MacDrive..it is good and i used it in bootcamp

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mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Yes, it's called MacDrive. http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/ __________________ Mohan
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byeehaaw Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York, NY	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 __________________ iPhone 5 32gb BLACK 2011 Macbook Air 13" 16 gb iPad mini 27" 2012 iMac 2.9ghz i5 1tb fusion
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Sep 10, 2010, 10:49 AM	#6
GGJstudios macrumors Westmere Join Date: May 2008	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 and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X. To Read/Write NTFS from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard (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 To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer Last edited by GGJstudios; Sep 14, 2010 at 02:17 AM.
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Sep 10, 2010, 10:45 AM	#5
istlota macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	I haven't tried it, but HfsExplorer is a free GPL alternative to MACDrive: http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html
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jamesr19 macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2009	Second for MacDrive..it is good and i used it in bootcamp __________________ iPhone 5, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPad 2, MacBook Air i7 13" 2011, MacBook Pro 13" GTX World: http://www.gtxworld.com
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