One even said it works just fine between PC and Mac. I saw reviews on it and every single person says they have had no problem with it on their PC. I just don't understand what could possibly be wrong with it. I actually did this several times and tried plugging it into both the XP and 7, but still nothing happens. So I reformatted the drive with Disk Utility using FAT32, even partitioned it, all MS-DOS. It works perfectly fine on Mac, it reads, writes, copies, everything. Plugging it into a Windows is like doing nothing. It just doesn't show up at all, anywhere. I thought that it was a problem with the Windows OS, so I tried looking for the drive in Disk Management. After that, it just won't bother with it anymore. On Windows XP, it'll try to recognize it when I first put it into the port, then it'll say that it failed to recognize it. However, when I plug it into a PC, essentiallly any version of Windows, it won't show up.
The first thing I did was plugged it into my iMac, saved a few files, and renamed the drive.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment.I got this new flash drive.
Alternatively, if you feel confident using the macOS command line, see the community documentation on How to install Ubuntu on MacBook using USB Stick for a more manual approach. See our How to burn a DVD on macOS for further details.
There is no other program out there that lets you access Mac files on a PC as easily and seamlessly as MacDrive. If your Mac still refuses to boot off your USB stick you may find it easier to boot and install off an Ubuntu DVD instead. Overall, it’s an excellent program that is well worth the cost if you work with both operating systems on a regular basis. The Burn tab allows you to burn a CD/DVD for your Mac. Using the Create tab, you can create, delete or format partitions on a Mac disk. You can use Mac Drive to try and repair it and access the data right on your PC. This is a great tool if you are a PC technician and someone brings you a Mac formatted hard drive that is corrupt or unreadable by OS X. Using Repair, you can connect a Mac drive to your Windows PC and fix it so that the data can be accessed. MacDrive also has other tools, which you can see across the top: Create, Repair, Burn, etc. I really like the fact that Disk Aware is part of this program because it allows you to quickly see what is taking up the most space on your hard drive, just like TreeSize does for Windows. If you open the MacDrive app, you’ll see the main screen lists out the Mac drives the program has recognized already for you.Ĭlick on the drive and you’ll get some options like opening the drive, removing it, getting a size breakdown and checking for errors. I was able to copy DMG files to my Windows PC and EXE files over to my Mac without any issue. It works perfectly and I didn’t run into a single issue. Now you can copy data from the Mac formatted drive to your Windows PC and vice versa. If there is any file that is Mac-specific, it will also show an apple icon next to it. If you double-click on the drive, it will open just like a normal Windows drive. If you connect a Mac formatted disk to your computer, it’ll instantly show up in Explorer with a little Apple icon on it. Once you log back into Windows, everything should automatically be good to go. Once you install it, you’ll have to restart your Windows PC. You can try out the program using the five-day free trial.
If you need to mount Mac formatted RAID sets on your PC or create ISO Mac images in Windows, then the Pro version will be necessary. For me, the Standard version was more than enough. You can see the difference between the two versions here. The Standard version is $49 and the Pro version is $69. If you find yourself having to copy data back and forth between Macs and PCs fairly often, this program is a great investment. You can then disconnect the drive from Windows, plug it into your Mac and access everything normally. Using the program, you can read and write data to HFS+ drives just like a normal Windows formatted drive.
MacDrive is a great program that allows you to use Mac formatted disks on your Windows PC like a normal drive. If you use Macs and PCs heavily in your setup, it might be worth spending some money on a program called MacDrive. So are there any other options? Well, thankfully yes. I’ve already written about how, if your external USB drive is not recognized by Windows, you might have to use the exFAT file format, which both Windows and Mac support, however, this requires formatting the drive and copying all the data back on.Īnother solution is to enable file sharing on your Mac and access files from Windows that way, but this requires a decent amount of setup. If you click Cancel, you’ll just get a message stating that the volume does not contain a recognized file system.