Updated by Tim to Bitlocker for Mac on April 11th, 2020
Open Bitlocker Drive On Mac
'Is it possible to access BitLocker encrypted external hard drive on macOS, Linux, Android or Windows Mobile? I have an external hard drive that has been encrypted with Bitlocker on a previous work laptop. The problem is that I don't have the laptop anymore. I can't open Bitlocker encrypted external hard drive on the Mac now and not sure if there is a program or way around the password to unlock Bitlocker encrypted external hard drive on macOS?'
Sep 25, 2019 In fact, BitLocker is a disk encryption software developed by Microsoft, but Mac OS does not support it. That’s why you cannot open a BitLocker encrypted USB drive on the Mac.
Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac is a free download and ALL-IN-ONE BitLocker solution for macOS & OS X. With it you can encrypt drives with BitLocker Drive Encryption, decrypt BitLocker-encrypted. Jan 16, 2019 Tutorial: How to Open BitLocker drive/USB/SD card on Mac OS X. Step 1: Download and install BitLocker Genius on Mac OS X laptop. It is better for you to purchase the software and get the registration code to. Step 2: Connect your BitLocker USB with the Mac OS X laptop and run BitLocker Genius.
Open Disk Utility and select the USB stick drive. Somewhere you should get something like 'disk3s1'. Replace this example with your actual value in following lines. Keep Disk Utility open, it. As for the BitLocker unlock tool for Mac, iSunshare BitLocker Genius will be the reliable choice, which allows you to open, read and write the BitLocker encrypted drive with password or recovery file in minutes. Download and install the software on Mac.
Open Bitlocker To Go On Mac
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Bitlocker for macOS & Mac OS X
BitLocker is a full disk encryption feature included with selected editions of Windows Vista and later. It is designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volume. By default it uses the AES encryption algorithm in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode with a 128-bit or 256-bit key.
Is Bitlocker supported on Mac?
The answer is Yes, but it needs the 3rd party Bitlocker for Mac tool, please read on..
Microsoft only released Bitlocker for Windows version and has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac version, so macOS and Mac OS X cannot recognize Bitlocker drive encryption so that you cannot open Bitlocker drive on your Mac.
However, with the help of the 3rd party tool: M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, Bitlocker is compatible with macOS and Mac OS X so that you can open Bitlocker drive on your Mac computer and use Bitlocker to encrypt USB drive on your Mac.
Open Bitlocker drive on Mac
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can easily open Bitlocker drive and then enable to read/write Bitlocker drive on macOS Catalina 10.15/Mojave 10.14/High Sierra 10.13/10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8 Operating Systems after providing the password or recovery key, whichever it is on Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac or iMac Pro.
Use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive on Mac
Besides to open Bitlocker drive on Mac, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can also use Bitlocker to encrypt USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive (The file system of external drive must be NTFS, FAT32, exFAT) on Mac.
Tutorial to open Bitlocker drive on Mac
Following is the step-by-step tutorial to open Bitlocker drive on your Mac computer:
Step 1: Download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac computer.
Step 2: Double click the installation package and follow the wizard to complete the installation.
Step 3: Launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac from Applications folder or launchpad.
Step 4: Insert a Bitlocker drive (USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive) into your Mac computer.
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac requires a healthy Bitlocker drive. If your Bitlocker drive has been corrupted, please try Bitlocker data recovery software: M3 Data Recovery in Windows to recover lost data from corrupted Bitlocker drive.
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Step 5: After inserting the Bitlocker drive, choose 'Ignore' if you receive message 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer with three buttons: Initialize, Ignore, Eject'.
Step 6: Select the Bitlocker drive and then click 'Open' icon to continue.
Step 7: Enter the password (or recovery key) and click 'Unlock' to unlock Bitlocker drive.
If it is Bitlocker encrypted OS drive, the recovery key is the only way to open Bitlocker drive on Mac.
If you lost the password and recovery key, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac cannot break into the Bitlocker drive, please refer to how to unlock Bitlocker drive without password and recovery key?
Step 8: After mounting the Bitlocker drive on your Mac, you can read or write Bitlocker drive in Finder like a native drive.
The files will not be protected from the Bitlocker drive encryption once they leave from Bitlocker drive and the files will be automatically encrypted after copying from your Mac computer to the Bitlocker drive.
Step 9: After reading/writing Bitlocker drive, please click Lock button in M3 Bitlocker Loader to lock your Bitlocker drive.
Step 10: Click Eject button in M3 Bitlocker Loader to safely eject Bitlocker drive from your Mac computer, please don't directly unplug Bitlocker drive in case of data loss, it is very important.
Video tutorial:
Bitlocker for Linux/Ubuntu
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux is a command line tool to encrypt USB drive, flash drive or external hard drive with Bitlocker and open Bitlocker drive in Linux/Ubuntu.
Tutorial to open Bitlocker drive in Linux
Step 1: Download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux installation package.
Step 2: Insert a Bitlocker drive into your Linux computer.
Step 3: tar -xvf m3.bitlocker.linux.tar ./
Step 4: cd m3.bitlocker.linux
Step 5: ./install.sh
Step 6: Enter the command to open/access Bitlocker drive in Linux: m3.bitlocker [device name] [mount path] [volume name] [password] https://renewpurchase856.weebly.com/mac-os-x-boot-from-external-cd-drive.html.
Bitlocker for Windows Home
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Windows is a free encryption software to create an encrypted container which is compatible with Bitlocker Drive Encryption so that the USB drive, USB flash drive or external hard drive is protected by Bitlocker in Windows 10/8/7 Home and Windows 7 Professional.
Bitlocker For Mac
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