M3 Mac Bitlocker Loader is a tool that can be used on the Mac to treat (primarily) Windows systems that have been encrypted with BitLocker are only intended to be decrypted and viewed on Windows systems but M3 Mac Bitlocker Loader's purpose is to let you view the file system of these computers and access it without encryption getting in the way. How it works Step 1: Launch iSumsoft BitLocker Reader for Mac on your Mac computer. Step 2: Insert your BitLocker-encrypted drive to your Mac computer. Step 3: Select the BitLocker-encrypted drive and click Unlock button. Step 4: Enter the password for the BitLocker disk or use the recovery key.
Many cross platform users realize the data security so that they encrypted USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive, SD card, etc. with Bitlocker to protect their important data.
However, a prompt error message is received: Bitlocker drive is not readable by this computer with three buttons (Initialize, Ignore, Eject) after inserting a Bitlocker drive into your Mac computer and you cannot open/access Bitlocker encrypted drive.
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. Bitlocker is the most truely secure encryption built-in Windows. Although Microsoft has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac, but Bitlocker is compatible with macOS by using M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, it makes using BitLocker for Mac a seamless experience. Jan 16, 2019 Step 1: Download and install BitLocker Genius on Mac OS X laptop. It is better for you to purchase the software and get the registration code to activate the software. Step 2: Connect your BitLocker USB with the Mac OS X laptop and run BitLocker Genius. The software will show you that the drive/USB/SD card is encrypted with BitLocker.
Microsoft only released Bitlocker for Windows version and has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac version, so macOS and Mac OS X cannot recognize Bitlocker drive encryption so that you cannot open Bitlocker encrypted drive on your Mac without the 3rd party tool.
Bitlocker for Mac
With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in full force, you have to make your drives being encrypted. Bitlocker is the most truely secure encryption built-in Windows. Although Microsoft has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac, but Bitlocker is compatible with macOS by using M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, it makes using BitLocker for Mac a seamless experience.
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is a simple-to-use Bitlocker for Mac app which can open Bitlocker encrypted drive and enable to read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac after supplying the password or recovery key.
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can also encrypt the external drive so that the drive is protected by Bitlocker and secure your important data.
Read Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac
Enter the password or recovery key to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac and then transfer files from the Bitlocker encrypted drive to your Mac computer.
Once the files leave from the Bitlocker encrypted drive, they won't be protected by BitLocker any more.
Write to Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac
Enter the password or recovery key to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac and then write to Bitlocker encrypted drive, such as modify, edit, delete files, add new files, rename.
Bitlocker will automatically encrypt these files to prevent the unauthorized access once they are written to the Bitlocker encrypted drive.
Mount Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac
Enter the password or recovery key, mount Bitlocker encrypted drive in read-write or read-only mode. After mounting Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac, you can operate this mounted drive like a Mac computer's native drive.
Use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive on Mac
Bitlocker drive encryption can be used to encrypt USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive, thumb drive, etc. (Requires FAT32, NTFS, exFAT file system) on macOS/Mac OS X, refer to How to encrypt USB flash drive with Bitlocker on Mac?
1. A healthy Bitlocker encrypted drive is required: If Bitlocker encrypted drive has been corrupted, please try Bitlocker data recovery software: M3 Bitlocker Recovery to recover data from corrupted Bitlocker encrypted drive.
2. Have the correct password or 48-digit recovery key: It will be used to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive on your Mac computer. If the password and recovery key are unknown or lost, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac cannot break into your Bitlocker encrypted drive, but you can unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive without password and recovery key using the 3rd-pary professional Bitlocker password brute-force cracking software, such as Passware, Elcomsoft.
3. The file system of external drive must be NTFS, FAT32 or FAT32: If the file system of external drive is other type, please back up the important data firstly, format the external drive to NTFS/FAT32/exFAT and then try M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.
Microsoft Bitlocker For Mac
How to open, read, write Bitlocker drive on Mac?
Step 1: Free download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac computer.
Step 2: Connect the Bitlocker encrypted drive (USB drive, flash drive, SD card, memory cad, USB stick, thumb drive, external hard drive, etc.) to your Mac computer.
Step 3: After inserting the Bitlocker encrypted drive into your Mac computer, please choose 'Ignore' if you receive message 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer. There are three buttons: Initialize, Ignore, Eject'.
Step 4: Click the Bitlocker encrypted drive in M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.
Step 5: Enter the password (or recovery key) to unlock Bitlocker 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 6: Click 'Unlock' button to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive and then the Bitlocker encrypted drive will be mounted in read-write mode. After mounting Bitlocker encrypted drive, the Bitlocker encrypted drive will be automatically opened, you can operate the mounted Bitlocker encrypted drive like a Mac's native drive, such as read, write, edit, delete, modify, rename, etc.
Step 7: After reading/writing the Bitlocker encrypted drive, please click 'Lock' button in M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac home window to lock the Bitlocker encrypted drive.
Step 8: Click 'Eject' button in M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac home window to safely eject it from Mac computer, please don't directly unplug the Bitlocker encrypted drive from your Mac computer in case of data loss, it is very important.
How to use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive on Mac?
Step 1: Free download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac computer (Bitlocker drive encryption requires macOS 10.11 and above OS).
Step 2: Connect the external drive (USB drive, flash drive, SD card, thumb drive, pen drive, USB stick, external hard drive, requires NTFS/FAT32/exFAT file system) to your Mac computer.
Step 3: Click Encrypt button in toolbar of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac and M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac will list the storage devices.
Step 4: Click Encrypt button located at the right side of the specific external drive.
Step 5: Enter the password (It is used to encrypt the external drive and then unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive later).
Step 6: Save the recovery key (It is used to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive if you forget the password).
Bitlocker To Go On Mac
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Step 7: Complete Bitlocker drive encryption on the external drive.