Any External Drive that i connect to my OSX machine that i plan to also use with Windows i make the volume an NTFS volume. OsxFUSE(googlecode) will allow you to write EXT3&4,ZFS,NTFS, and basicly any Filesystem on your MAC. Need to copy files from a Mac-formatted HFS hard disk on a Windows PC? We show you how to do it for free. It even works with Windows 7 64-bit. Once Windows has restarted, your Mac hard drives will be mounted, and you will be able to read files from them properly. NOTES: This method has only been confirmed to work with Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Some Mac drives may be formatted with the HFS+ file system — some drives marketed to Mac users may even come pre-formatted with HFS+. Windows can’t read this file system by default, but there are ways to read that HFS+ drive from Windows. HSFX is Mac OS Extended with case-sensitive file names. Run HFSExplorer (we're using Windows 7 64-bit here and it works fine) and ignore any message that a DLL file is missing. Summary: MacDisk, utility to manage Macintosh floppy disks, CD-ROMs, USB drives and all magnetic media on a PC without any add-on. Current version: 8.0, running under Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7/8/10 (even 64 bit).
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I have some external hard drives that are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatted. What software can you recommend for working with those drives when under Windows? Do you have any experience with this?
Would be best if the software is free, but it doesn't have to be.
Hope someone can help!
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MarkMark
You can install Apple bootcamp drivers (no official download links but you can find it on other sites) on a non-Apple machine. This will install HFS+ (the other name for Mac OS Extended) drivers for Windows.
CharlesBCharlesB
For those with Windows 7, drivers can be found using Apple KB: TS3172
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Blu ray reader writer for mac. Seems like MediaFour MacDrive is the recommended one from various places. If anyone has any good and free alternatives or just other alternatives, I'd like to know about those though :)
Along with the ability to read and write to Mac disks and volumes, you can also create Mac disks for easy file transfers and backups. The built-in MacDrive Disk Manager gives you the power to partition, format, analyze and repair disks, while the newly revamped CD/DVD Creator allows you to burn Mac CDs and DVDs.
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I found the solution in here. It works just great. They are the official Apple´s driver set. It works with latest format (End 2012).
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Have you considered going in the opposite direction?
NTFS on OSX
This is what i do. Any External Drive that i connect to my OSX machine that i plan to also use with Windows i make the volume an NTFS volume. osxFUSE(googlecode) will allow you to write EXT3&4,ZFS,NTFS, and basicly any Filesystem on your MAC.
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Yes I've used MacDrive and its probably the only one around that works good.
Its sometimes buggy though, last I used was up to November last year. Don't know about the latest updates.
I've since changed all my drives back to NTFS, since Snow Leopard has (hidden) native support for writing NTFS files. (Google that - fstab ntfs mac) ;)
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I am using HVF_Explorer with a WIN32 system.HVF_Explorer does a pretty good job, and its free.
Greetings!
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With MacDrive 9 Standard, you can access, manage, and even create and format disk drives for Apple's Mac OS from inside Windows Explorer. Not just hard drives, but removable USB drives, too. MacDrive can repair damaged Mac disks, burn Mac-compatible CDs and DVDs, and do other things disk managers are supposed to do.
Pros
Peace: MacDrive's peace symbol icon emphasizes the software's mission: cross-platform peace and seamless interoperability between the Mac and Windows worlds.
Create Mac disks: MacDrive can create, format, and modify drives in Mac OS Standard (HFS), Mac OS Extended (HFS+), and Mac OS Extended (case-sensitive; HFSX).
Advanced options: We could prevent changes to Mac disks, customize MacDrive's compatibility with earlier versions of Windows and Mac OS, and select files to view in dual-format hybrid CDs and DVDs.
Cons
Balky disk list: Mac-to-Windows interoperability can be a bit slow or balky at times. For instance, the MacDrive Disk Manager's drive list wouldn't or couldn't scroll until after we'd formatted a Mac drive.
Cheaper alternatives: If all you want to do is transfer files between a Mac and PC, cheaper and easier options aren't hard to find (Dropbox, for example).
Bottom Line
If you own or support both Windows and Mac machines, MacDrive 9 Standard can make your life much easier.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of MacDrive 9.3.1.1 Standard.