Latest version: 2021.2.22 (Feb 22, 2021) [changelog]:
HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software allows the user to read and write HFS+ formatted files on a Windows computer. HFS+ is one of the primary macOS file systems later succeeded by the newer APFS. Read or write files from HDD, SSD or flash drives formatted under macOS HFS Plus and HFSX file systems support. I recently installed Windows 10 x64 with Boot Camp onto my rMBP. I also installed the support software onto the windows partition (drivers and whatnot). I read on the internet that with this apple support software (I installed version 6.0), I should have READ ONLY access to my OS X HFS+ partition. But for some reason, I do not have access to it. You can use HFS (HTTP File Server) to send and receive files. It's different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to be more compatible with today's Internet. It also differs from classic web servers because. It's very easy to use and runs 'right out-of-the box'. Access your remote files, over the network.
Following steps will guide you in using HFS Explorer for Windows 10. Download and install HFS Explorer here. Now go to start and type HFS Explorer. Click on the HFS Explorer app.
- Download source code [view online]
Requirements: A Java SE Runtime Environment (version 5.0 or greater).
For bug reports, please use github's issue tracking system.
For discussions, please use the mailing list, or optionally the sourceforge forum.
What is HFSExplorer?
HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.
It can read the file systems HFS (Mac OS Standard), HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) and HFSX (Mac OS Extended with case sensitive file names).
HFSExplorer allows you to browse your Mac volumes with a graphical file system browser, extract files (copy to hard disk), view detailed information about the volume and create disk images from the volume.
HFSExplorer can also read most .dmg / .sparsebundle disk images created on a Mac, including zlib / bzip2 compressed images and AES-128 / AES-256 encrypted images. It supports the partition schemes Master Boot Record, GUID Partition Table and Apple Partition Map natively.
You may be interested in the application if you're:
- A user of an Intel Mac running Windows with Boot Camp in need of accessing the files on the Mac OS X hard drive.
- Owners of HFS+-formatted iPods, that wish to access their content from within Windows or elsewhere (a user emailed me and verified that this works).
- Users of PearPC or similar Mac emulation/virtualization software that wish to access the contents of their virtual hard disks (will only work if the disk image is stored in raw format, as in PearPC).
- People that need to access the contents of HFS+-formatted .dmg / .sparsebundle files.
HFSExplorer is written mostly in Java 5, optionally using some Java 6 / 7 features, with some Windows-specific parts written in C in order to be able to get raw access to block devices, and to create a practical launcher application.
Linux and OS X users should in most cases not need HFSExplorer for browsing file systems on devices, since there are native file system drivers available on those systems, but it seems to work fine if you need it. Linux users might find use for opening .dmg / .sparsebundle files.
Installing
First make sure you have Sun's Java SE Runtime Environment version 5.0 or greater (OpenJDK works fine). Second, make sure you have administrator or equivalent privileges if you're going to access physical disks.
Windows users only need to download the convenient installer (see the download links the top of the page), which will do everything for you.
The installer will place a shortcut to HFSExplorer in its start menu folder.
If you are running Windows Vista or later a User Account Control dialog will appear so that you can grant HFSExplorer the necessary privileges to access block devices. Premiere 7 pro.
Users of Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD (and Windows users too, if they can not run an installer by any reason) can download the zip-file binary distribution (see top of page).
Extract the zip file to a directory of your choice. *nix systems can use the hfsexplorer.sh script to start the application, and Windows users can use the file hfsexplorer.bat. Windows Vista users can conveniently invoke UAC by running the VBScript hfsexplorer_vista.vbs.
There is also a minimal unmaintained text mode program for HFS+ only, which is started by invoking hfsx.bat/hfsx.sh. Invoking the script file with no arguments prints usage instructions.
Usage
All users will have the File menu item:- Load file system from file
This is for when the HFS+ file system is located on a file inside the current file system. One example is when you want to load a .dmg or .sparsebundle disk image. Another example is when you're on a UNIX-like system and want to access a block device (the file would be something like /dev/disk0 or /dev/hda). Partition systems (Apple Partition Map, GUID Partition Table and Master Boot Record) will be autodetected if present.
Windows users will have an additional alternative:
- Load file system from device
This is because block devices in Windows are not as easily accessible as under UNIX-like systems. The user will be presented with a dialog where it can choose which partition to read.
The easiest way to find your HFS+ volume is to press the 'Autodetect' button, but in case it doesn't work, you can specify the device manually. The naming scheme is as in the following examples:
- Harddisk0/Partition0 - The entire first hard drive
- Harddisk0/Partition1 - First partition on hard drive 1
- Harddisk0/Partition2 - Second partition of hard drive 1
- Harddisk1/Partition1 - First partition on hard drive 2
Hard disks are enumerated from 0 upwards. Partitions, on the other hand, are enumerated from 1 and upwards, with Partition0 representing the whole drive. Keep that in mind when looking for your Mac partition.
If there's nothing in the list, take a look in your system using WinObj from Sysinternals to see if you can find what you are looking for.
The program is released under the GPL version 3. It operates in read-only mode so it is virtually impossible for it to cause any harm. I'm always in need of feedback, so please email me if you have any suggestion on how to improve the application.
As usual with software like this: It is provided for free with no warranties.
Please report any bugs that you encounter to: Seagate vs western digital external hard drive.
Erik Larsson ()
I finally solved it!
This literally took hours out of my day, but I now know what the problem was. It turned out that the drivers actually were installed. by verified this checking for the presence of the following files:
C:WindowsSystem32DriversAppleHFS.sys
C:WindowsSystem32DriversAppleMNT.sys
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The reason that the drive was unreadable is because they were encrypted with FileVault. I disabled FileVault in OS X, and when I booted into Windows again, the partition was mounted.
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There might be a way to use FileVault and Boot Camp together, I'm not sure. I read in a few places, however, that if you enable FileVault after installing Windows with Boot Camp, you can have your drive encrypted and accessible from windows. (This is just a hunch however, I'll have to look into it more)I'm going to experiment around with this when I have time later.
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Oct 28, 2015 10:46 PM
