How to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive on Mac?

Updated on September 17, 2024 by Admin to BitLocker Reader for Mac

BitLocker is a full disk encryption tool developed by Microsoft for Windows users, it can be used to encrypt volumes on internal drives or external drives. BitLocker is very secure, no one will be able to access a BitLocker encrypted drive unless they know the encryption password or BitLocker recovery key. If you are a Mac user, when you insert the BitLocker drive into the Mac computer, you will find that the Mac operating system cannot access the BitLocker encrypted drive. Since Microsoft does not provide a Mac version for BitLocker, to unlock and access BitLocker encrypted erives in the Mac operating system, we have to use a third-party tool, Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac is such a tool. Here, we will show you how to use Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac to unlock and access BitLocker encrypted erives on Mac step by step.

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Tutorial: How to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive in macOS.

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 asleo BitLocker Anywhere For Mac, right-click the BitLocker drive you want to unlock in main window, then click "Mount drive".

select BitLocker encrypted external hard disk to unlock

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

unlock BitLocker encrypted external hard disk

Step 5. 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 6. Click on the icon on your Mac's desktop to open the drive, now you can access the BitLocker encrypted external hard disk like a Mac's native drive, such as read, write, copy, delete files, etc.

access BitLocker encrypted external hard disk in Mac

Now you know taht you can use BitLocker Anywhere For Mac to unlock and access encrypted drives on Mac easily. As a ALL-IN-ONE 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.

 

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