MacDrive Alternatives

MacDrive is described as 'Provides read and write access to APFS and HFS+ Mac-formatted drives on Windows PCs, supporting internal, external, multi-bay, and RAID volumes' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MacDrive for Windows, Linux, File Explorer and Mac. The best MacDrive alternative is DiskInternals Linux Reader, which is free. Other great apps like MacDrive are Paragon HFS+ for Windows, HFSExplorer, TransMac and Apple File System for Linux.

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  1. 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.

    15 DiskInternals Linux Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  2. Software allows Windows users full interaction with Mac-formatted drives. Ensures stable data management and offers read and write support with optimized efficiency. Compatible with Apple Boot Camp, VMware, Parallels, and TrueCrypt.

    5 Paragon HFS+ for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
     
  3. HFSExplorer icon
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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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  4. TransMac icon
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    Paid software for opening macOS storage devices and dmg files on a Windows desktop.

    13 TransMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. APFS module for linux, with experimental write support.

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    • Linux
     
  6. ApfsAware icon
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    With ApfsAware, you can integrate APFS support into your Windows 10 and later systems. ApfsAware offers effortless APFS file system read-only access and operations, automatically recognizing and managing APFS disks, both internal and external.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. FUSE driver for APFS (Apple File System).

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
     
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