Now we’ll walk you through various options to read a Mac formatted drive from a Windows PC. However, if you’re sure that you don’t have to retrieve any files from the drive, you can proceed with formatting.
At this stage, please do not proceed with formatting, as this will erase all contents of the drive. However, if you want to use the same drive with Windows, it’s possible with the aid of third-party tools, which is the main focus of this article.īy default, Windows cannot read Mac formatted drives, so as soon as you connect the drive to a PC, you will receive a message ‘format the drive before you can use it’. If you’re using an external hard drive with your Mac, it is likely to be formatted using HFS+ file system which only Mac’s can read.
