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MacDrive Standard - Share data between Mac and PC

For over 15 years, MacDrive has become the leading solution for Windows when users want to access, format and manage Mac drive. With it, they can convert data between Macs and PCs is easy.

Key Features:

Access the drive from a Windows computer Mac

Thus, MacDrive gives you the ability to access files on the Mac drive is quick and risk-free, directly from Windows. Then you can open, edit and save files on Mac disks, as well as create new disks and repair damaged ones. MacDrive can say act as "interpreters" of the Mac in a PC.

Maximum Compatibility

Compatible with multiple hard drives, CDs, DVDs and more

MacDrive always give you quick access to the drive Mac. With it, you can access any disk formats, including: built-in hard drive and external, CDs, DVDs, flash drives, etc.

MacDrive works on all Mac formats, including: HFS +, HFS, GPT, APM and MBR. Whether they are formatted way, MacDrive can still handle it.

Manage drives

Format, partition and repair Mac disks

This integrated software management tools Mac drive, enabling users to easily format and partition Mac drives and hard drives. Besides, repair disk features are improvements in MacDrive will keep your data secure than ever.

Burn CDs and DVDs

Along with the ability to format Mac disks from PC, you can use the tool to create a CD / DVD in order to burn them MacDrive easily.

Quick launch tool

MacDrive always be a simple utility to share files between Mac and Windows drive. MacDrive helps users to easily launch the program by utilities Quick Start . Now you only need one click to access all features of MacDrive.

Converting data from Windows to Mac

Users can proceed to copy files from a Windows computer to a Mac or vice versa. Now you will not have to worry about compatibility issues with older drives because MacDrive recognize both HFS and HFS + drives.

Running Windows on a Mac

If you have a Mac and want to launch Windows on it using Apple's Boot Camp utility, you will soon realize MacDrive is a utility you need. It not only provides access to the Mac from the Windows operating system but also access partitions on Mac OS, thus creating a multi-platform experience really. You'll get full access to your Mac computer to view the data, songs and images of her.

Create a virtual Windows machine

If you run a virtual machine on a Mac, using VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop, MacDrive will give you the ability to access external hard drive is formatted (USB or FireWire for example).

Supports a variety of drives

Includes: Hard Drive, DVD, CD, Time Machine, floppy disk drive, iPod, MO, Iomega Zip ...

Support for PC connection

Includes: eSATA, SATA, USB, IDE, FireWire, SCSI ...

With MacDrive 9 Standard, you can access, manage, and even create and format disk drives for Apple's Mac OS from inside Windows Explorer. Not just hard drives, but removable USB drives, too. MacDrive can repair damaged Mac disks, burn Mac-compatible CDs and DVDs, and do other things disk managers are supposed to do.

Peace: MacDrive's peace symbol icon emphasizes the software's mission: cross-platform peace and seamless interoperability between the Mac and Windows worlds.

Create Mac disks: MacDrive can create, format, and modify drives in Mac OS Standard (HFS), Mac OS Extended (HFS+), and Mac OS Extended (case-sensitive; HFSX).

Advanced options: We could prevent changes to Mac disks, customize MacDrive's compatibility with earlier versions of Windows and Mac OS, and select files to view in dual-format hybrid CDs and DVDs.

Cons

Balky disk list: Mac-to-Windows interoperability can be a bit slow or balky at times. For instance, the MacDrive Disk Manager's drive list wouldn't or couldn't scroll until after we'd formatted a Mac drive.

Cheaper alternatives: If all you want to do is transfer files between a Mac and PC, cheaper and easier options aren't hard to find (Dropbox, for example).

Bottom Line

If you own or support both Windows and Mac machines, MacDrive 9 Standard can make your life much easier.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of MacDrive 9.3.1.1 Standard.