Oct 19, 2009 BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is either prompted for credentials to unlock the drive or the drive is unlocked automatically if configured to do so. Jan 26, 2018 For BitLocker to work, the system drive must not be encrypted, must differ from the operating system drive, and must be formatted with the FAT32 file system on computers that use UEFI-based firmware or with the NTFS file system on computers that use BIOS firmware. We recommend that system drive be approximately 350 MB in size. Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere for Mac is a All-in-one BitLocker Solution for macOS & OS X, you can free download it to help you encrypt drives with BitLocker, mount, unmount, open, read and write BitLocker Encrypted Drives or BitLocker To Go drives in macOS 10.15 OS X 10.7. BitLocker is a disk encryption utility on Windows that protects an entire disk from unauthorized access by adding a password to it. Although BitLocker was designed for Windows only, you might want to access the encrypted drive on a Mac sometimes. Since BitLocker is not native to Mac OS X and macOS, you may run into problems when trying to open Bitlocker encrypted external drive like a USB. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system. Alternatives to Windows BitLocker for Mac with any license. VeraCrypt VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software brought to you by IDRIX and that is based on TrueCrypt.
Updated by Admin to Bitlocker for Mac on June 24th, 2019
Bitlocker To Go for Windows
Bitlocker To Go - a new feature of Windows 7 - is a full-disk encryption protection technology for removable storage devices, such as USB drive, flash drive.
Basically, BitLocker To Go allows to encrypt a USB drive and restrict access with a password. When you connect the encrypted USB drive to a Windows 7 computer, you will be prompted for the password. After successfully entering the password to unlock it, you can read and write to thedrive as usual.
During the encryption process, Windows 7 installs a special reader on the USB drive. When you connect the encrypted USB drive to a computer running Windows Vista, Bitlocker To Go takes control, prompts for the password, and then basically makes the USB drive a read-only device.
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Is there Bitlocker To Go for Mac to open/access Bitlocker encrypted drive on macOS or Mac OS X?
The answer is YES.
Please download Bitlocker To Go for Mac tool: M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac to open, access, unlock, mount, read, write Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac computer and it works well on Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac with macOS Catalina 10.15, Mojave 10.14, High Sierra 10.13, Sierra 10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/10.7 Operating Systems.
Tutorial to open/acess Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac computer
Step 1: Download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on the Mac computer.
Step 2: Double click the installation package and follow the wizard to complete the installation.
Step 3: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted drive into the Mac computer.
Step 4: Open Applications folder, find M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac and then launch it.
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Step 5: Select Bitlocker encrypted drive and then click 'Open' icon to continue.
Step 6: Enter the password (or recovery key) and click 'Unlock' to open/acess Bitlocker encrypted drive.
If you lost the password and recovery key, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac cannot break into Bitlocker encrypted drive and access data, please refer to how to unlock Bitlocker drive without password and recovery key?
Step 7: After unlocking Bitlocker encrypted drive, the Bitlocker encrypted drive will be mounted as a regular drive, we can operate it same as Mac computer native drive, such as read, write, delete, view, delete, etc.
Step 8: After reading/writing Bitlocker encrypted USB drive, please click Lock and then click Eject in M3 Bitlocker Loader to safely eject Bitlocker encrypted drive from Mac computer. Please don't directly unplug Bitlocker encrypted drive in case of data loss, it is very important.
Bitlocker To Go for Linux/Ubuntu
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux is a command line tool to open/access Bitlocker encrypted drive and encrypt drive with Bitlocker in Linux/Ubuntu.
Step-by-step tutorial: How to access Bitlocker encrypted drive on Linux?
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Does Bitlocker work on macOS & Mac OS X computer?
The answer is YES, but M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is required.
Bitlocker for macOS & Mac OS X
Although Microsoft just developed and released Windows-only Bitlocker, has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac version, but with help of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, Bitlocker is compatibile with Mac.
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is a Mac Bitlocker To Go tool that can read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive (External hard drive, USB drive, flash drive, memory stick, USB stick, etc.) on macOS Catalina 10.15/Mojave 10.14, High Sierra 10.13, Sierra 10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/10.7. What's more, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can encrypt external drive with Bitlocker.
How to enable Bitlocker to work with macOS & Mac OS X computer?
Step 1: Download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on Mac computer.
Step 2: Insert Bitlocker encrypted drive into Mac computer, select Bitlocker encrypted drive and then click 'Open' icon to continue.
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If we don't have the existing Bitlocker encrypted drive, please refer to How to encrypt USB flash drive with Bitlocker on Mac? to create a new Bitlocker encrypted drive.
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Step 3: Enter the password (or 48-digit Bitlocker recovery key) to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive.
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Step 4: After Bitlocker encrytped drive is unlocked, we can read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive like a regular driive on Mac OS X computer.
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