MacDrive 11 Standard and Pro
The Easy Solution for Accessing Mac Disks, Drives, and even RAID Volumes in Windows
Seamlessly Use Mac disks on Your Windows PC
Working in a multi-platform environment is a daily occurrence in schools, companies, in the studio, and on set. With MacDrive installed on your Windows PC, you can easily share files to and from APFS and HFS+ formatted internal drives, portable and desktop multi-bay drives, and even iPads. Regardless of the platform, you can read and write to the drive and then share those files. MacDrive gives you fully compatible and reliable out-of-this-world data sharing convenience.
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. MacDrive 11 Standard allows users to 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 hard drive, SSD, CD, DVD, and more. You can even access SoftRAID and Apple RAID 0 and RAID 1 volumes with MacDrive 11 Pro.
It’s so easy, you’ll forget MacDrive is even there.
So how does MacDrive work?
MacDrive works with almost any type of disk including internal and external hard drives, CDs, DVDs, flash drives and more.
Mac disks will appear like PC disks. Open from the app, Explorer or your favorite software.
MacDrive makes your PC smarter. Full read and write access for Mac disks. MacDrive creates peace between the platforms
What’s New in MacDrive 11?
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, we’re excited to bring full support for Apple’s new file system APFS 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.
New APFS Features
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.
Along with complete access, users get incredible performance. MacDrive enables Mac-formatted disks to be accessed as fast as native NTFS PC disks and over 40% faster than other solutions – all while protecting your data from failure.
No single software solution gives you more cross-platform compatibility than MacDrive.
MacDrive 11
1:32
minutes to copy 30 files/46GB
Paragon Software APFS
2:30
minutes to copy 30 files/46GB 1
Unlock Your PC’s Full Potential
- Streamline editing and collaboration processes by seamlessly moving disks between Mac and PC users
- Browse Mac Time Machine backups and copy items to your PC 2
- Share disks with other stakeholders without limitations
- Format and create Mac disks direct from their PC enabling true cross-platform workflows
Packed With Features You Can’t Find Anywhere Else
FAST AND RELIABLE
From filmmakers to recording artists, IT professionals, and students and faculty, thousands of Windows users rely on MacDrive’s speed and data protection.
HARD DISKS AND MORE
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!
MANAGE MAC DISKS
Along with quick access, MacDrive’s Disk Manager enables you to take control of Mac disks with easy formatting, partitioning and even disk deletion.
REPAIR MAC DISKS
MacDrive’s Disk Repair feature will automatically detect issues with Mac disk and will fix common errors on disks. (HFS+ only)
TIME MACHINE BACKUPS
MacDrive allows you to browse through Time Machine backups as well as copy those files and folders to your PC.
NATIVE OR VIRTUAL
You can use MacDrive on a Mac with VMware Fusion or Parallels.
READ ONLY
MacDrive Pro “Read Only” mode is perfect for forensic specialists to prevent changes to disks.
FILE DEFRAGMENTATION
Improve your disk performance with automatic file defragmentation and optimization. (HFS+ only)
EVEN MORE DISK ACCESS WITH MACDRIVE PRO
MacDrive 11 Pro takes Mac disks access in Windows even further with full read and write access to Mac APFS and HFS+ formatted SoftRAID and Apple RAID 0/1 volumes.
With MacDrive 11 Pro your Windows PC can access almost any Mac disk available.
MacDrive is Perfect For:
- Anyone using both Mac and Windows computers and needing to move data seamlessly and easily between systems
- Video and audio professionals editing projects in a cross-platform environment
- Students and educators with mixed computer labs or for example use Mac at school and PC at home
- Business users can easily exchange work between work and home computers.
- IT/System admins can easily manage mixed media without worrying about format complexities
- Law enforcement and data forensics can take advantage or read only mode and access disks without knowing their format and preserving data integrity
See the MacDrive Difference
| OWC | OWC | Paragon Software | Paragon Software | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Features | MacDrive 11 Pro | MacDrive 11 Standard | APFS for Windows | HFS+ for Windows |
| Read and write | Full APFS, HFS+ | Full APFS, HFS+ | APFS | HFS+ |
| Automount |  | | | |
| Virtual (VMWare; Parallels) | | | | |
| Read Only option | | | | |
| Internationalization | | | | |
| HFS+ Journal volumes | | |  | |
| RAID 0/1 Volumes | | | | |
| Browse Time Machine backups | | | | |
| File Defrag | | | | |
| Repair Mac disks | | | | |
| Save Mac-specific information | | | | |
| Native Windows application | | | | |
| No admin access required | | | | |
Buy, try or upgrade!
1 Copying from an OWC ThunderBlade formatted APFS with (4) 1TB blades to a HP Spectre, Windows 11 (22H2), 16GB RAM, 11th Gen i7 @ 2.8GHz. Copy set was one folder containing 30 video files comprising 46GB.
2 To view Time Machine backups on APFS disks, you will need to turn on Hidden Items under the View menu in File Explorer. Seamless access for Time Machine backups on APFS disks is coming soon.
MacDrive 11 Specs
OS Compatibility
Windows 11/10. Windows Server 2022/2019.
MacDrive Versions
MacDrive is available in either Standard and Pro versions. Pro includes all Standard features as well as the ability to read and write SoftRAID and Apple RAID 0/1 volumes.
License
Perpetual License. Includes one year of the OWC Upgrade + Support Plan.
Disk Compatibility
Read and write APFS and HFS+ disks. Works with almost any Mac disks including hard drives, DVDs, CDs, and more.
