The BitLocker feature of Windows is supposed to offer a degree of peace of mind that files are going to be secure -- but one expert points out that a simple key combo is all it takes to bypass the security feature.

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A bug has been discovered in the way Windows 10 handles a Feature Update -- the installation of a new build of the operating system. By taking advantage of the bug, it is possible to access a Command Prompt and gain unrestricted access to the contents of the hard drive.

The reason for this is that BitLocker is disabled during the update process, as security expert Sami Laiho points out. He reveals that exploiting the bug takes nothing more than pressing Shift + F10 during the upgrade and you can then access the Command Prompt in the Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) used during the upgrade.

BitLocker is a data protection feature that encrypts drives on your computer to help prevent data theft or exposure. BitLocker-protected computers can also delete data more securely when they are decommissioned because it is much more difficult to recover deleted data from an encrypted drive than from a non-encrypted drive. By default, we couldn't open, read and write a BitLocker drive on Mac. But take it easy, the BitLocker Genius tool is a really simple and user-friendly tool that can help you get access to the BitLocker drive without any data loss. When you meet 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer' error, you can click on Ignore button. Jan 30, 2019  Some people may encounter such the above situation, but Mac computer doesn’t identify the BitLocker drive. So, today we are going to show you two effective ways of how to use BitLocker drive on Mac. You can use or access BitLocker encrypted drive with or without data loss on Mac OS X, macOS.

While exploiting the bug -- which, we are assured, Microsoft is 'working on' -- does require access to a computer, it is still a concern. Laiho says:

The real issue here is the Elevation of Privilege that takes a non-admin to SYSTEM (the root of Windows) even on a BitLocker (Microsoft's hard disk encryption) protected machine. And of course that this doesn't require any external hardware or additional software.

So what can you do to keep your computer secure? Well, until a fix is released for the problem, there are limits to the protective steps you can take, but Laiho offers the following advice:

• Don't allow unattended upgrades
• Keep very tight watch on the Insiders
• Stick to LTSB version of Windows 10 for now

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Summary: This post will introduce how to open, read, write Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on Mac.

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Bitlocker for macOS & Mac OS X

I am a cross-platform user, I am sometimes required to use Windows but my choice is Mac. To secure the data on my USB, I have enabled BitLocker encryption on USB drive. However, I need to open Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on my Mac computer. How to do it?

The above question is from Apple discussions forum. You may ask the same question if you want to open Bitlocker drive on Mac and access the data:

Is Bitlocker supported on Mac or can Mac open a Bitlocker drive?

The answer is YES. Download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac to open a Bitlocker encrypted drive on your Mac now:

Many users have known macOS cannot open a Bitlocker encrypted drive, why?

As we know, Bitlocker drive encryption is developed by Microsoft. However, Microsoft has not implemented Bitlocker for Mac version, so macOS cannot recognize Bitlocker encryption. It is why you cannot open a Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac.

However, a good news is.. With the help of the 3rd-party tool: M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, Bitlocker is compatible with Mac.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac supports macOS Catalina 10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8. With it, you can open a Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac and use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive on Mac.

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Even Bitlocker is compatible with macOS through M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac, how to open a Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac?

Tutorial to open/access, read, write a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on Mac

Follow below steps to open, access, read, write a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on your Mac computer:

Step 1: The first step is to download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac from our site.

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Step 2: M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac requires Mac OS X 10.8 or later. After downloading, find the 'm3bitlockerloader.pkg' file in your Downloads folder and double-click on it. Follow the wizard to install it.

Step 3: If you are using macOS 10.13 and later version, click 'Ok' to allow system extension when prompted.

Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General tab as below.

Click Lock button to unlock and then click Allow button on 'System software from developer 'Benjamin Fleischer' was blocked from loading'

Step 4: Once M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac is installed, go to Applications folder and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

If you are using macOS 10.15, open System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access and allow M3 Bitlocker Loader.

Step 5: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive into your Mac computer.

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Step 6: Click 'Ignore' button when seeing a warning message as 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer'.

Step 7: Select Bitlocker encrypted USB drive and then click 'Open' icon to continue.

Step 8: Enter the password or recovery key and click 'Unlock' to mount this Bitlocker encrypted drive.

If it is Bitlocker encrypted OS drive, the recovery key is only way to unlock this drive.

If you lost the password and 48-digit recovery key, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac won't break into your Bitlocker drive.

If you forgot Bitlocker password for USB drive, refer to how to unlock Bitlocker drive without password and recovery key.

Step 9: After unlocking this Bitlocker encrypted USB drive, it will be mounted in read-write mode. Then you can operate this Bitlocker encrypted USB drive in Finder like a Mac's native drive. For example, read, write, copy, delete, edit, rename.

The files will not be protected by Bitlocker any more once they leave from Bitlocker encrypted USB drive. And the files will be automatically encrypted after copying them to Bitlocker encrypted USB drive.

Step 10: In the main interface, click 'Lock' button to lock Bitlocker encrypted USB drive after completing read and write operations.

Step 11: In the main interface, click 'Eject' button to safely eject Bitlocker encrypted USB drive from your Mac computer.

Please don't unplug Bitlocker encrypted USB drive from your Mac computer in case of any disaster. Remember safe ejection is very important.

Key features of M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can read, write Bitlocker encrypted drive and use Bitlocker to encrypt external drive on Mac.

1. Read/write a Bitlocker encrypted drive on Mac

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac can easily open a Bitlocker encrypted drive and then enable to read/write it on Mac. However, the password or recovery key is required.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac supports USB drive, flash drive, external hard drive, pen drive, thumb drive, memory stick, etc.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac supports macOS Catalina 10.15/10.14/10.13/10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8.

It is fully compatible with Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac or iMac Pro.

2. Use Bitlocker to encrypt an external drive on macOS/Mac OS X

Besides to read and write Bitlocker drive on Mac, M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac has a disk encryption feature. It can encrypt external drive on Mac OS X 10.11 and later version.

The file system of an external drive must be NTFS, FAT32 or exFAT when encrypting with M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Follow below steps to use Bitlocker to encrypt a USB drive on Mac:

Step 1: Download and install M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac on your Mac computer.

Step 2: Insert a USB drive into your Mac computer.

Step 3: Launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Step 4: Click 'Encrypt' button in the toolbar or statur bar.

Step 5: After seeing the USB drive, click Encrypt button located the USB drive.

Step 6: Enter the password. It is used to encrypt USB drive and then unlock Bitlocker USB drive later.

Step 7: Save the recovery key.

Step 8: Bitlocker drive encryption will take a while. Once it is completed, your USB drive will be protected by Bitlocker.

Actually there is no program installed on your USB drive, so you don't need to worry about your data security.

After encrypting USB drive, you can use M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac to read/write Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on Mac.

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Now, you can access a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on any Windows computer without the 3rd-party software. What's more, Bitlocker encrypted USB drive can be opened on Linux with M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux.

How to decrypt or turn off Bitlocker on Mac?

Although M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac doesn't have 'turn off Bitlocker' function, but you can remove Bitlocker encryption with following method:

Step 1: Back up the important data. Use M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac to open Bitlocker encrypted USB drive and then copy files out.

Step 2: Open Applications folder -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.

Step 3: Select the Bitlocker encrypted USB drive from the left panel in Disk Utility.

Step 4: In Disk Utility, click 'Erase' on the top menu and then remove Bitlocker encryption from USB drive.

How to format a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive?

For macOS

Step 1: Install and launch M3 Bitlocker Loader for Mac.

Step 2: Enter the password to open Bitlocker encrypted USB drive.

Step 3: Back up the important data.

Step 4: Format USB drive with Disk Utility. Refer to How to format USB flash drive on Mac?

Does Bitlocker Work For Linux Or Macos Pro

For Windows

Step 1: Enter the password or recovery key to unlock the Bitlocker encrypted USB drive on Windows.

Step 2: Back up the important data. Macos gdb unable to find mach task port for process-id.

Step 3: Right click on Bitlocker encrypted USB drive in Windows explorer and then select 'Format' option to format it.

Bitlocker for Linux/Ubuntu

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux is a command line tool. It can encrypt an external drive with Bitlocker and open/access Bitlocker encrypted drive in Linux/Ubuntu.

Tutorial to open a Bitlocker encrypted USB drive in Linux

Step 1: Download M3 Bitlocker Loader for Linux installation package.

Step 2: Insert a Bitlocker encrypted drive into your Linux computer.

Step 3: tar -xvf m3.bitlocker.linux.tar ./

Step 4: cd m3.bitlocker.linux

Step 5: ./install.sh

Step 6: Enter the command to open Bitlocker drive in Linux: m3.bitlocker [device name] [mount path] [volume name] [password]

Does Bitlocker Work For Linux Or Macos Mac

Bitlocker for Windows Home

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Windows is a disk encryption software. It can create an encrypted container which is compatible with Bitlocker Drive Encryption so that the drive is protected by Bitlocker.

M3 Bitlocker Loader for Windows is fully compatible with Windows 10/8/7 Home and Windows 7 Professional.

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