How to decrypt Bitlocker drive on macOS/Mac OS X?
Although Microsoft has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac, but with the help of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, we can easily read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive on macOS 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.12 (Sierra) and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8.
Tutorial to decrypt Bitlocker drive on macOS/Mac OS X
Step 1: Download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on Mac computer.
Step 2: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted drive into Mac computer.
Step 3: Select Bitlocker encrypted drive in M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.
And then click "Open" icon to continue.
Step 4: Enter the password (or 48-digit Bitlocker recovery key) and click "Unlock" to unlock Bitlocker encrypted drive.
Step 5: After Bitlocker encrypted drive is unlocked, we can read, write, delete, edit files in Bitlocker encrypted drive.
Tutorial to remove/turn off Bitlocker from Bitlocker encrypted drive
If you're an advanced user, we can turn off BitLocker by using Command Prompt.
Step 1: Connect Bitlocker encrypted drive to a Windows computer
Step 2: Open Command Prompt as administrator (To do that quickly press Windows Key + X to open Win + X menu and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu).
Step 3: When Command Prompt opens, enter manage-bde -off X: command and run it (Replace X with the drive letter of your Bitlocker encrypted drive).
Step 4: Bitlocker drive encryption will be turned off and Bitlocker encrypted drive will be decrypted.
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