Bitlocker For Mac Download

Many cross platform users realize the data security so that they encrypted external drive with Bitlocker to protect their important data. However, a warning message: 'The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer' is received after inserting Bitlocker drive to Mac.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is a software which can help you mount, read and write BitLocker Encrypted Drive in macOS & Mac OS X.

As we know, Bitlocker drive encryption is developed by Microsoft. But Microsoft has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac client, so Mac cannot recognize Bitlocker encryption. It is why you cannot open a Bitlocker drive on your Mac without the 3rd party tool.

With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in full force, you have to make your drives being encrypted. Bitlocker is the most truly secure encryption built-in Windows without charge.

Although Microsoft only released Bitlocker for Windows version, but Bitlocker is still compatible with Mac 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 tool. It can open Bitlocker drive on Mac and enable to read/write Bitlocker drive after supplying the password. Besides that, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can also encrypt external drive so that it is protected by Bitlocker.

Read Bitlocker drive on your Mac

Enter the password to unlock Bitlocker drive on your Mac and then transfer files from the Bitlocker drive to your Mac computer.

Once the files leave from the Bitlocker drive, they won't be protected by BitLocker any more.

Write to Bitlocker drive on your Mac

Enter the password to unlock Bitlocker drive on your Mac and then write to this drive. For example, modify, edit, delete files, add new files, rename.

Bitlocker will automatically encrypt these files to prevent the unauthorized access once they are written to this Bitlocker drive.

Mount Bitlocker drive on your Mac

Enter the password, mount Bitlocker drive in read-write or read-only mode. After mounting it, you can operate this mounted Bitlocker drive in Finder like a Mac computer's native drive.

Bitlocker encrypt an external drive on Mac

Bitlocker drive encryption can be used to encrypt an external drive with FAT32, NTFS, exFAT file system on Mac OS X 10.11 and later version. Refer to tutorial: How to encrypt USB flash drive with Bitlocker on Mac?

1. A healthy Bitlocker drive is required. If Bitlocker drive has been corrupted, try M3 Data Recovery to recover data from corrupted Bitlocker drive.

2. Have the correct password or 48-digit recovery key. It will be used to unlock the Bitlocker drive on your Mac computer. If the password and recovery key are unknown or lost, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac won't break into your Bitlocker drive. Refer to How to unlock the Bitlocker drive without password and recovery key.

3. The file system of an external drive must be NTFS, FAT32 or FAT32. If the file system is other type, please format it to NTFS, FAT32 or exFAT before using M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Step 1: Free download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac.

Step 2: Connect a Bitlocker drive to your Mac.

If you are using macOS Catalina, open System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access > Allow M3 Bitlocker Loader.

Step 3: After inserting Bitlocker drive, click 'Ignore' button when seeing'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer' message.

Step 4: Click Bitlocker drive in M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Step 5: Enter the password (or recovery key) to unlock this Bitlocker drive.

If you lost the password and recovery key, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac won't break into your Bitlocker drive. Refer to how to unlock a Bitlocker drive without password and recovery key?

Step 6: Click 'Unlock' button to mount Bitlocker drive in read-write mode on your Mac.

After mounting this Bitlocker drive, you can operate this mounted Bitlocker drive in Finder like a Mac's native drive. For example, read, write, edit, delete, modify, rename.

Step 7: After completing read and write operations, click 'Lock' button in the program to lock your Bitlocker drive.

Step 8: In main interface, click 'Eject' button to safely eject Bitlocker drive from you Mac computer. Don't unplug it.

Step 1: Free download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac computer.

Bitlocker drive encryption function requires Mac OS X 10.11 and later version.

Step 2: Connect an external drive to your Mac computer.

External drive can be USB drive, flash drive, SD card, thumb drive, pen drive, USB stick, external hard drive. The file system of external drive must be NTFS, FAT32 or exFAT file system.

Step 3: Click Encrypt button in toolbar of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Step 4: Click Encrypt button located at the right side of the specific external drive.

Step 5: Enter the password. It will be used to encrypt external drive and then unlock Bitlocker drive later.

Step 6: Save the recovery key. It will be used to unlock the Bitlocker drive if you forget the password in future.

Step 7: Complete Bitlocker drive encryption on the external drive.

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.

Bitlocker To Go for Mac

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 a Bitlocker To Go for Mac tool: M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac to open, access, unlock, mount, read, write Bitlocker encrypted drive on your Mac computer.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac 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 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. Royal ds-5 exacta digital postal scale.

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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