Do you know about BitLocker? BitLocker is a full disk encryption feature included with selected editions of Windows Vista and later. It is designed to protect the computer’s hard drive and removable disk, such as USB flash drive, memory card, etc.
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
To open Bitlocker drive on Mac, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is highly recommended.
Key Features
1. Read and write BitLocker encrypted drive on macOS
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac enables you to unlock a BitLocker encrypted drive and read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive on macOS with the password or recovery key. It supports a variety of the storage devices, including external hard drive, USB drive, flash drive, memory stick, memory card, SD card. Once the BitLocker encrypted drive is unlocked successfully, you can directly open the drive and transfer files between the Bitlocker encrypted drive and your Mac computer.
2. Use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can also use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive (USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive, pen drive, thumb drive, USB stick, memory stick, etc.) on Mac OS X 10.11 and above OS, but it requires the file system of external drive must be NTFS, FAT32 or exFAT.
How to open BitLocker encrypted USB drive on macOS?
Step 1: Download and M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac.
Step 2: Launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.
Step 3: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive into your Mac computer.
Step 4: Enter the password (or recovery key) to unlock Bitlocker encrypted USB drive.
Step 5: After Bitlocker encrypted USB drive is mounted, you can read/write Bitlocker encrypted USB drive like your Mac’s native drive, such as read, write, copy, delete, edit, rename, etc.
Step 6: Safely eject BitLocker encrypted USB drive from your Mac. When you are finished with the BitLocker encrypted USB drive on your Mac, click Eject to safely eject it from your Mac.
M3 Bitlocker Loader also provides a Windows version for Windows 10/8/7 Home edition and Windows 7 Pro users.
M3 Bitlocker Loader for Windows can create an encrypted container which is compatible with Bitlocker so that the hard drive, external hard drive, USB drive, flash drive, SD card, etc. is protected by Bitlocker on Windows 10/8/7 Home edition and Windows 7 Professional edition.