Macdisk Alternatives

Macdisk is described as 'MacDisk, a solution to read/write/format Macintosh floppy disks, CD-ROMs, Zip cartridges, USB drives and all other magnetic disks on a PC without any add-on' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to Macdisk for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Macdisk alternative is DiskInternals Linux Reader, which is free. Other great apps like Macdisk are HFSExplorer and anylinuxfs.

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  1. DiskInternals Linux Reader icon

    DiskInternals Linux Reader

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    A freemium tool for reading files from EXT2/EXT3/EXT4, HFS, UFS2, Reiser4, and ReiserFS partitions in Windows. Some filesystem types locked restricted to "Pro" version.

    14 DiskInternals Linux Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    DiskInternals is for reading Linux drives, not Mac drives.

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    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular Windows alternative to Macdisk.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular free alternative to Macdisk.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is Freemium and ProprietaryMacdisk is Paid and Proprietary
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    HFSExplorer

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    HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.

    10 HFSExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • HFSExplorer is the most popular Linux alternative to Macdisk.

    • HFSExplorer is the most popular Open Source alternative to Macdisk.

    • HFSExplorer is Free and Open SourceMacdisk is Paid and Proprietary

  4. anylinuxfs

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    Mounting 3rd-party filesystems on macOS has always been tricky. There's official support for reading NTFS but otherwise we've mainly used solutions based on macFUSE. We've got NTFS-3g which is a pretty mature driver but for Linux filesystems there's only a couple...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • anylinuxfs is the most popular Mac alternative to Macdisk.

    • anylinuxfs is Free and Open SourceMacdisk is Paid and Proprietary
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