Apple hfs read only driver

Question: Q: Boot Camp driver to access APFS and/or HFS+ volumes?

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— MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), w/256 GB Flash Storage

— High Sierra (10.13.0) / Windows 10 (build 1703) (partition size: 206 GB, formatted as APFS)

— Boot Camp (build 6.0.6136) (partition size: 50 GB, formatted as NTFS)

Significant issues with Boot Camp access to HFS+ volumes, have existed since the release of Windows 10. With the introduction of APFS, the situation has become worse:

1. The Apple-provided HFS+ driver, still seems not to function under Windows 10 (especially 64-bit). However, when selecting a startup disk via the Boot Camp control panel, HFS+ startup volumes are visible. There are documented workarounds for the missing Apple functionality, as well as the 3rd-party solution MacDrive.

2. As of the date of this posting, there is currently no Apple-provided APFS driver—regardless of the Windows OS version installed with Boot Camp. Also, when selecting a startup disk via the Boot Camp control panel, APFS startup volumes are NOT visible. 3rd-party workarounds are few and far between, and do not seem to be well supported. With APFS having existed for developers for more than a year now, this does not bode well.

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Posted on Sep 26, 2017 7:31 AM

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Significant issues with Boot Camp access to HFS+ volumes, have existed since the release of Windows 10. With the introduction of APFS, the situation has become worse:

1. The Apple-provided HFS+ driver, still seems not to function under Windows 10 (especially 64-bit). However, when selecting a startup disk via the Boot Camp control panel, HFS+ startup volumes are visible. There are documented workarounds for the missing Apple functionality, as well as the 3rd-party solution MacDrive.

There is a workaround for HFS+, but none for CoreStorage or APFS. The HFS+ volume shown in BC Control Panel is not discovered using AppleHFS.sys/AppleMNT.sys.

2. As of the date of this posting, there is currently no Apple-provided APFS driver—regardless of the Windows OS version installed with Boot Camp. Also, when selecting a startup disk via the Boot Camp control panel, APFS startup volumes are NOT visible. 3rd-party workarounds are few and far between, and do not seem to be well supported. With APFS having existed for developers for more than a year now, this does not bode well.

It is unlikely that there will be a Windows APFS driver. CoreStorage does not have a driver either. From Apple File System Guide , the only promising statement is

An open source implementation is not available at this time. Apple plans to document and publish the APFS volume format specification.

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Accessing Apple HFS+ Volumes on Windows

This is the Read-Only HFS+ driver that comes with Boot Camp 4. It can be installed on any Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 machine without the need to install the Boot Camp package (and also easily removed if necessary).

Install Apple HFS+ Driver

• Uninstall MacDrive/Paragon
• Copy AppleHFS.sys & AppleMNT.sys to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\
• Merge Add_AppleHFS.reg
• Restart

Remove Apple HFS+ Driver

• Browse to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\
• Rename AppleHFS.sys & AppleMNT.sys to AppleHFS.sys & AppleMNT.sys
• Restart
• Browse to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\
• Delete AppleHFS.sys & AppleMNT.sys
• Merge Remove_AppleHFS.reg

Note: x86 folder is for 32-bit Windows
x86_64 folder is for 64-bit Windows

If you want to read and write Apple HFS+ partition, you can install TransMac.

Official Website www.acutesystems.com

Features

• Open Mac format disk drives, flash drives, CD/DVD/Blu-ray media, dmg, dmgpart, sparsebundle and sparseimage files
• Copy files to Mac disks and dmg images.
• Format for Mac and restore disks and flash drives.
• Create, compress and expand (convert to iso) dmg files.
• Built in burner functionality to burn ISO and dmg files directly to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray.
• Read Mac multisession and hybrid CDs.

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Как подружить Windows с файловой системой macOS

APFS — файловая система, разработанная компанией Apple для замены использовавшейся ранее HFS+.

На данной файловой системе уже работают девайсы под управлением последних версий iOS и macOS.

У APFS есть один большой недостаток

Как и предыдущие версии файловых систем, разработанных Apple, APFS не поддерживается операционной системой Windows.

Если с родной для «окон» NTFS на Mac можно как минимум читать данные, то APFS не увидит ни один Windows-компьютер.

Об этом рано или поздно начинают задумываться все владельцы нескольких рабочих компьютеров с разными операционными системами или владельцы Mac, часто запускающие Windows через BootCamp.

Ну не на флешке же переносить данные из macOS.

Как исправить ситуацию

Простое и изящное решение проблемы предлагают ребята из Paragon Software, которые просто профи в подобных делах. Подружить враждующие файловые системы можно при помощи специальной утилиты APFS for Windows.

Программа стала логичным развитием Paragon HFS+ for Windows. Со старыми Mac, которые не обновляются до macOS Sierra, нужно использовать именно её.

APFS for Windows представляет из себя системный драйвер для Windows, который и позволяет полноценно работать с накопителями, отформатированными в APFS. Поддерживается как чтение данных, так и запись на хорошей скорости.

Для доступа к важным данным предусмотрен режим монтирования read-only, защищающий оригиналы от перезаписи. APFS можно смонтировать даже из образа диска.

Поддерживаются как bit-to-bit raw copy диски, так и виртуальные диски популярных форматов VMDK,VDI,VHD,VHDX. Разработчики уже трудятся над поддержкой .E01 и .Ex0.

Как это работает

После установки Paragon APFS автоматически находит и монтирует все APFS-разделы и накопители, подключенные к компьютеру. После этого диски доступны в стандартном проводнике и сторонних файловых менеджерах.

Искать нужные данные довольно просто, ведь структура отображаемых папок будет идентична той, которую видит пользователь Mac.

Ничего сложного – разберется любая домохозяйка.

Что еще есть интересного

В macOS Mojave появилась поддержка шифрованных томов и APFS Container, которые составлены из нескольких физических разделов. Создатели Paragon APFS намерены добавить поддержку таких томов в следующих версиях продукта.

А вот прямая ссылка для загрузки.

Для тех, у кого «не приживется» файловая система APFS, в Paragon Software готовят приятный сюрприз — возможность конвертировать APFS обратно в HFS. Это уже тема для отдельной статьи.

Пока самое необходимое для всех активных пользователей macOS и Windows – APFS for Windows

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HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software

Stable Operation

Fail-safe operability across compatible hardware and software systems for both general-purpose and specialized applications

Data Safety

Protection of data integrity and prevention of accidental data corruption and possible loss

Guaranteed Performance

Steady throughput and balanced goodput with effective flow control, reduced overheads, and congestion avoidance

Efficient Use

Thrifty usage of processor, memory, and disk resources

Native look and feel

It simply works out of the box too – previously inaccessible drives suddenly show up like any other, and you can now easily transfer data to and from a Mac using an external HFS+ formatted drive as an intermediary. There’s no performance penalty either – we happily transferred multi-gigabyte files via a USB 2 connection at around 40MB/s, for example.

Paragon HFS+ runs in the background and automatically starts on bootup, so accessing your Mac drives will feel exactly like accessing normal Windows drives.

Paragon HFS+ does cost $20, but it also offers a 10-day free trial. If you just need to recover files from a drive, 10 days is plenty of time to install this file system driver, copy your files over, and uninstall it. If you want to use Mac drives on Windows on an ongoing basis, paying $20 so you can use the drive properly is a pretty good deal. As a bonus, Paragon HFS+ doesn’t require you have the insecure Java installed.

How it Works

Install

Download and install the HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software

Connect

Your HFS+ drive to your PC

Use

Your drive will show up in Explorer

Features

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
• Windows 8 / 8.1 (32/64-bit), expected
• Windows 7 SP1 (32/64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)

Supported File Systems

• HFS Plus (Mac OS Extended)
• HFSX (Mac OS Extended Case-Sensitive)

When a volume is mounted in write mode, you can do everything with files and folders it contains: read, edit, delete, rename, create new.

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software mounts supported volumes automatically at startup, so you don’t need to bother about it each time you restart the operating system or power your computer on. However, this feature can be disabled at any moment in the program interface.

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software supports all alphabets supported by your operating systems, including those that use non-Roman and non-Latin characters, so you will never face a problem of not getting access to file names on volumes mounted in non-native OS.

Support for journaling

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software supports native HFS+ journaling, thus ensuring that in case of any failure the disk file system is not irreversibly corrupted and can be put back on track easily.

Compatible with Apple Boot Camp

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software is fully compatible with Apple Boot Camp software and provides direct read and write access to Mac partitions from Windows installed on a Boot Camp.

Compatible with 3 rd party software

HFS+ for Windows by Paragon Software is compatible with popular virtualization and encryption applications including VMware Fusion and Workstation, Parallels Desktop, TrueCrypt and its forks.

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Full support of Windows 10, 8/8.1, 7 SP1

Availability to read and write data on APFS-formatted disks

Frequently Asked Questions

Due to the specifics of Windows 8 or Windows 10 Fast Startup feature, we highly recommend that you disable it before installing the driver to avoid possible file system corruption. For more details, please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base ››

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Question: Q: Problems with Apple HFS+ driver in BootCamp 3.1

I got a newest MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard recently on which I reinstalled Boot Camp 3.1 with Windows 7. I was running Leopard with Windows XP previously.
The latest BootCamp version provides read-only access to the main Mac (HFS+) drive. I ran into multiple problems in using this drive (F: in my case) within just few days of working with this setup. Here is the list:

1. Many .EXEs can not be executed at all from the drive. Windows gives «Could not find file» error even though the file could be copied just fine. I could not figure out the pattern, but, about say 90% of .EXEs could not be executed.
Test case: Run wrar393.exe ( http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm).
2. robocopy utility crashes when source directory is on HFS+. copy and xcopy work fine only in PowerShell.
Test case: PowerShell> robocopy F:\Library\ColorSync\Profiles\Displays $env:TEMP
3. Command Prompt (cmd) crashes or gives «the parameter is incorrect» message on any dir command, copy and xcopy, etc. Overall, Command Prompt seems to be unusable. One time I got a Blue Screen of Death in this scenario.
Test case: cmd> dir F:\Library
4. Rounds up file sizes (for example, in Windows Explorer) to a cluster (x 4Kb) size. This is annoying and could be an issue for file synchronization. If a file is copied locally, it will come up in a correct size.

Do you run into the similar issues? Any solutions? Does anybody have a better luck with third-party HFS+ drivers, for example with Paragon HFS for Windows ( http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hfs-windows/) which is currently free?

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.3)

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