How to open BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive on macOS & Mac OS X?

August 19, 2020, Posted by Admin to BitLocker Reader for Mac

Due to its portability and large capacity, USB flash drives are portable storage devices that we often use. Generally speaking, we can open the USB flash drive on the Mac computer and access the files in it, but when the USB flash drive is encrypted with BitLocker, we cannot open and access it on the Mac. When we inserted a USB flash drive into Mac computer, it will warn you that the USB flash drive was not readable by this computer, this is because the Mac operating system does not support access to BitLocker encrypted drives. Is it possible to open BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive in Mac? The answer is yes, you have to use a third-party BitLocker solution for Mac such as Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac. Here, we will show you how to use Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac to open BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive on Mac step by step.

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Tutorial to open BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive on macOS & Mac OS X.

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

install BitLocker Anywhere For Mac
 

Step 2. Right-click the BitLocker USB flash drive you want to access in main window, then click "Mount Drive".

select BitLocker USB flash drive to unlock
 

Step 3. Enter the password or recovery key, then click "Mount" button to unlock the drive.

unlock BitLocker USB flash drive
 

Step 4. After the operation completes successfully, the drive has been successfully unlocked and you can see an icon of the driver appearing on your Mac's desktop.

drive has been successfully mounted
 

Step 5. Click on the icon on your Mac's desktop to open the drive, now you can access the BitLocker USB flash drive like a Mac's native drive, such as read, write, copy, delete files, etc.

access BitLocker USB flash drive in Mac
 

As described above, with the help of Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac, opening BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive on macOS & Mac OS X becomes very easy. As the the most powerful BitLocker solution for Mac, you can also use it to encrypt drives with BitLocker, decrypt BitLocker drives, and change password for BitLocker drives, and so on.