Bitlocker alternative for macOS/Mac OS X: M3 Bitlocker Loader

Posted by Tim to Bitlocker for Mac Tips on October 17th, 2017

Dear Internet Friend,

You are at this page because you are probably looking for Bitlocker alternative for macOS & Mac OS X as Microsoft just released Bitlocker for Windows version. Is there any way to read/write Bitlocker encrypted external hard drive and USB flash drive on macOS computer?

The answer is YES. Although Microsoft didn't release Bitlocker for Mac version, but with the help of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, you can easily read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive on macOS computer, don't need to look for Bitlocker alternative for macOS & Mac OS X.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is a simple utility which can create, read, write Bitlocker encrypted external hard drive and USB flash drive on macOS 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave)/High Sierra 10.13, 10.12 (Sierra)‎ and Mac OSX 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8 Operating Systems.

Tutorial to read/write Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac computer

Step 1: Download, install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on macOS computer.

Step 2: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted external hard drive, USB drive, USB stick or memory stick to Mac computer.

Step 3: Select Bitlocker encrypted drive 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 copy files out from Bitlocker encrypted drive to our Mac computer, write new data to Bitlocker encrypted drive, delete the files that we don't expect, etc.