How to Get Full Read and Write Access to BitLocker-Encrypted Drives in macOS X 10.15 Catalina?

Apple released the official version of macOS 10.15 Catalina on August 8, 2019. While this version brings many important updates, it still does not allow native access to BitLocker-encrypted drives. Therefore, users who need to access BitLocker-encrypted drives on macOS 10.15 Catalina must use a third-party BitLocker solution for Mac. Hasleo BitLocker For Mac is such a solution - it provides full read and write access to BitLocker-encrypted drives and is fully compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina.

As Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac is designed to access BitLocker-encrypted drives on a Mac, you can use it to mount a BitLocker drive and then gain full read and write access to it - as securely as you would with a Mac's native drive. Below, we will detail how to mount, read from, and write to BitLocker-encrypted drives in macOS 10.15 Catalina.

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How to Get Full Read and Write Access to BitLocker-Encrypted Drives in macOS X 10.15 Catalina?

Step 1. Download and install Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac.

install BitLocker Anywhere For Mac

Step 2. For macOS Mojave (10.14) and later, you need to grant Full Disk Access to Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac. For more information, please refer to Granting Full Disk Access to Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac.

grant full disk access

Step 3. Run Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac, right-click the BitLocker encrypted drive you want to access in main window, then click "Mount drive".

select BitLocker encrypted drive to mount

Step 4. Enter the password or recovery key, then click "Mount" button to mount the drive.

mount bitlocker encrypted drive

Step 5. After the operation completes, the drive has been mounted and its icon will appear on your Mac's desktop.

drive has been successfully mounted

Step 6. Click the icon on your Mac's desktop to open the drive. You can now access the BitLocker-encrypted drive just like a native Mac drive - read, write, copy, delete files, and more.

read and write BitLocker encrypted drive in Mac

As mentioned above, you can use Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere for Mac to read and write BitLocker-encrypted drives on Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina. In fact, as a BitLocker solution for Mac, it also supports macOS 10.14 down to OS X 10.7.