February 14, 2019

Read a Windows 7 BitLocker Drive in OSX—Solved

“My brother sent me a MacBook Pro arriving in a few days. And I already backed up my documents on Windows 7 laptop to an external HDD with BitLocker encryption. I did not know that he would buy me OSX laptop and I thought it would be a Windows Notebook which I only need to enter the password to transfer the documents. Now my issue is that how can I make the BitLocker external HDD readable in OSX. My MacBook is big enough to store the documents. Is there any tool out there that will allow me to use this drive with the Windows encryption in OSX?



Do you think is it possible to open and read the HDD drive with Windows 7 BitLocker on MacBook Pro? Yes, now Mac users can unlock the BitLocker encryption external hard drive on Mac with iSunshare BitLocker Genius—the software which opens a door to reach the BitLocker contents safely.

Of course, you can choose to transfer the documents through the network if your Windows 7 computer is alongside. But With iSunshare BitLocker Genius, you can read a Windows 7 BitLocker drive in OSX in minutes with following tutorials.



First of all, you should download and install iSunshare BitLocker Genius on your MacBook Pro. It will take you minutes. Also, you need to register the software to be the paid users so that you can enjoy the intelligent functions.

read BitLocker drive on Macbook

Then, you should connect the external HDD with your Macbook and run iSunshare BitLocker Genius. The software will detect your drive and mark it with a BitLocker text under Encrypt category. Click the drive and choose the Unlock button on the top toolbar interface.


detect BitLocker drive in OSX to unlock


On the continue interface, you will be given two methods to read the Windows 7 BitLocker drive in OSX. The first one is to type the BitLocker password to mount the HDD. It is perfect for the above user to use the drive. The other method is to import the BitLocker recovery key file and unlock the drive. For those who back up the recovery key on the cloud, they can download it on Mac OSX and utilize it to unlock the drive.


mount the Windows 7 BitLocker drive with password


After the important steps, your external HDD will be unlocked and appear on Macbook desktop and you can freely transfer the documents into your Mac. After you finish the transformation, you can click the Eject button to disconnect the external HDD and enjoy your Macbook using experience.

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