I have a USB flash drive encrypted with BitLocker Drive Encryption, which stores some important files. Recently I bought a Mac computer, I need to access this USB drive in my Mac computer, and when I connect it to my Mac, my Mac doesn't seem to be able to access it. After I got back to Windows, I found out that this drive was using exFAT, and is that why Mac can't access it?
The exFAT file system and BitLocker are effective tools for Windows users to store and protect data. When formatting a large USB drive, many users may not notice that Windows defaults to the exFAT file system. While macOS supports exFAT drives natively, it cannot access a BitLocker-encrypted exFAT drive because macOS does not support BitLocker drive encryption. This explains why macOS cannot access BitLocker-encrypted exFAT drives. So, is there a way to access such drives on a Mac? The answer is yes - we recommend Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac.
Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac is designed to let you access BitLocker-encrypted drives in macOS, whether formatted as exFAT, NTFS, or FAT, just as you would a native Mac drive. This tutorial explains how to access exFAT BitLocker drives in macOS using Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac.
Step 1. Download and install Hasleo 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.
Step 3. Run Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac, right-click the BitLocker To Go drive you want to access in main window, then click "Mount drive".
Step 4. Enter the password or recovery key, then click "Mount" button to unlock the drive.
Step 5. After the operation completes successfully, the drive will be unlocked and its icon will appear on your Mac's desktop.
Step 6. Click the icon on your Mac's desktop to open the drive. You can now access the BitLocker To Go drive just like a native Mac drive - read, write, copy, delete files, and more.
Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac is a BitLocker solution for macOS that helps you access BitLocker-encrypted exFAT drives. With it, you can unlock, read, and write to these drives directly in macOS.
