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OWC MacDrive 11 Pro

The Easy Solution for Accessing Mac Drives in Windows

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Seamlessly Use Mac Disks on Your Windows PC

Deadlines. Multitasking. 24/7 connectivity. You need simple, effective tools to get more done daily. By installing OWC MacDrive on a Windows PC, you make it become "Mac aware" and can access Mac-formatted drives easily.

There is nothing to launch or learn. Simply connect a Mac-formatted drive to your PC and it will behave like any other disk on the system. You will be able to read and write to almost any APFS or HFS+ formatted hard drive, SSD, CD, DVD, and more from your PC.

It’s so easy, you’ll forget MacDrive is even there.

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Try It for FREE

The only thing easier than sharing drives between computers with MacDrive is trying it for free! Just a simple click gives you a fully-functional 5-day trial. When you are ready to buy, or upgrade visit the OWC Software Store.

5-Day Free Trial

It Really is That Easy

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1.
Plug in a Mac disk

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2.
Open disk from MacDrive app, Explorer, or your favorite software

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3.
Enjoy peace between the platforms

Complete Mac Disk Access and Management

When you transform your PC with the power of MacDrive, you become a double-duty dynamo with complete Mac disk management. You can open, edit, and save files directly on Mac disks from any application. You can even format, create, and delete partitions on Mac disks making it possible to share data between computers like never before.

No single software solution gives you more cross-platform compatibility than MacDrive.

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MacDrive = Everything You Need, All-in-One

OWC MacDrive 11 Pro

Paragon Software APFS for Windows

Paragon Software HFS for Windows

File System Support: APFS

APFS, APFS (Case sensitive)

APFS

No

File System Support: HFS

HFS+, HFSJ+, HFSX, HFSXJ

No

HFS+, HFSJ+, HFSX, HFSXJ

Price

$69.99

$49.95

$19.95

Education Price

$29.99

No

No

Crossgrade

$14.99

No

No

OS Support: Windows

Windows 11/10

Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7

Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7

OS Support: Windows Server

Windows Server 2022/2019

Windows Server 2016/2012/2008

Windows Server 2016/2012/2008

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Unlock Your PC’s Full Potential

  • Streamline editing and collaboration processes by seamlessly moving disks between Mac and PC users
  • Browse through Mac Time Machine backups and copy items to your PC
  • Share disks with other stakeholders without limitations
  • Format and create Mac disks direct from their PC enabling true cross-platform workflows
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Fast and Reliable

Create advanced RAID 0/1/4/5/1+0 (10) volumes for higher performance and/or redundancy.

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Universal Drive Access

Access almost any type of Mac-formatted disk including hard drives, DVDs, CDs and more just like you were using a PC disk. You can even mount a Mac in Target Disk mode!

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Complete Mac Disk Management

Along with quick access, MacDrive’s Disk Manager enables you to take control of Mac disks by easily managing partitions, and even creating new APFS and HFS+ volumes in Windows."

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Repair Mac Disks

MacDrive’s Disk Repair feature will automatically detect issues with Mac disks and will fix common errors on disks (HFS+ only).

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Time Machine Backups

Browse through Time Machine backups as well as copy those files and folders to your PC.

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Native or Virtual

Works with Apple’s Boot Camp utility and virtualization software like VMware Fusion or Parallels.

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File Defragmentation

Improve your disk performance with automatic file defragmentation and optimization.

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Read Only

Works with macOS 10.12 or later including macOS Monterey, M1 Macs, and Windows 11.

MacDrive = More Features

OWC MacDrive 11 Pro

Paragon Software APFS for Windows

Paragon Software HFS for Windows

Repair disks

Browse Time Machine

No admin access required

Manage drive letters in Windows Device Management

Native Windows applications

Preserve all Mac-specific information when copying files

Supports HFS+ Journaled volumes

Support for Boot Camp

GPT disks

Internationalization

Read Only option

Virtual (VMWare, Parallels)

Automount

File Defrag

HFS+

Read/Write

Full APFS, HFS+

APFS Read; Write with Evaluation Agreement. Limited-time access.

HFS+

What’s New? Introducing Full APFS Support

OWC MacDrive has been the industry leader for accessing Mac disks in Windows for over 25 years. With the introduction of MacDrive 11 Pro, we’re excited to bring the most complete support for Apple’s APFS file system to Windows.

MacDrive’s support for APFS is unmatched. You get more speed, features, and protection than any other solution. MacDrive provides full read and write support, APFS crash protection, multi-volume APFS disks, APFS formatting, and much, much more.

  • Full read and write support for APFS volumes
  • APFS crash protection
  • Supports multi-volume APFS disks
  • Mount any snapshot on APFS volumes
  • APFS formatting
  • Read-write duplicated APFS file
  • Read-write files that are included in snapshots

MacDrive = Full APFS Support

OWC MacDrive 11 Pro

Paragon Software APFS for Windows

Format APFS volumes

APFS crash protection

Supports multi-volume APFS

Mount any snapshot on APFS volumes

APFS formatting

Read/write duplicated APFS files

Read/write volumes that have snapshots

Read/write files that are included in snapshots

Case-sensitive volumes

Full read/write support for APFS volumes

Yes - must sign agreement for write access

APFS containers

Single physical store

Single physical store

MacDrive is Perfect For...

IT/System admins can easily manage mixed media without worrying about format complexities.

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Law enforcement and data forensics can take advantage or read only mode and access disks without knowing their format and preserving data integrity.

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Anyone using both Mac and Windows computers and needing to move data seamlessly and easily between systems.

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Video and audio professionals editing projects in a cross-platform environment.

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Students and educators with mixed computer labs or for example use Macs at school and PCs at home.

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Try It for FREE

The only thing easier than sharing drives between computers with MacDrive is trying it for free! Just a simple click gives you a fully-functional 5-day trial. When you are ready to buy, or upgrade visit the OWC Software Store.

5-Day Free Trial