Mac OS X
Q: How to mount an EXT2 or EXT3 external drive on a Mac (10.8-10.10) ?
A DVR unit records TV programs on an external USB drive, providing that the drive is in EXT2 or EXT3 format. No other format is acceptable.
I'd like to view these files which are about 1GB each.
How does one mount such format on a MacBookPro in order to view the files? Tried two programs, and there was no success.
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 2:57 PM
by John Lockwood,Solvedanswer
Servers Enterprise
The Mac does not support Ext formatted disks as standard but there is a third-party tool to add this capability. See - https://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/
It says it supports Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4.
Paragon have a long and reputable history of producing tools to do this sort of thing on a Mac.
Posted on Jul 19, 2016 5:15 PM