Can I read a BitLocker-protected drive on Mac?

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Level 1

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Due to the needs of my work, I sometimes have to protect an external hard drive in

Windows using BitLocker. Today I need to use the BitLocker-protected hard drive to do

some tests on a MacBook. After I connect the drive to the MacBook, a dialog

pops up telling “The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer”. I

have to turn off BitLocker encryption on this drive before I can use it on MacBook.

But that’s very time-consuming. I wonder if there is any way I can read a

BitLocker-encrypted drive on Mac? Thanks in advance.

MacBook

Posted on Jan 25, 2019 1:32 AM

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Answer 1

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Level 1

14 points

Hi, guys!

In general, Mac cannot read BitLocker-protected drive because Mac OS

doesn’t support BitLocker. But never mind, with the help of BitLocker Reader for

Mac, you can easily unlock BitLocker-protected drive on Mac. Once the drive

is unlocked on your Mac, you can open it to read and write files in it.

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Answer 2

Level 9

50,604 points

Hi,

I think MacOS can't handle BitLocker protected drive.

If you want to read it, install Windows with bootcamp and read it from Windows environment.

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Answer 3

Level 1

4 points

You can use a third-party tool like iSunshare BitLocker Genius to unlock then read and write the BitLocker-protected drive on Mac.

Please refer to the article below to learn how to open & read & write BitLocker encrypted drive on macOS and Mac OS X:

It can be unlocked in three easy steps.

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