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I want a Mac hard drive accessible from Ubuntu.
Is there any way to do that? For example using MacDrive I can read Mac hard drives on Windows. Is there a similar thing for Ubuntu?
Arindam Sen
Posted 2012-06-21T03:54:26.953
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Can I make a Mac hard drive recognizable on Ubuntu 11.10?
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As already mentioned in the comments, Linux can read HFS+ volumes. It can also write to HFS+ volumes, but only if they're formatted without journaling.
To do this, in Disk Utility, go to the Erase tab of that specific drive and format it as follows:
Linux should be able to mount the volume without problems.
slhck
Posted 2012-06-21T03:54:26.953
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However that does mean that when running in OSX and you shut the machine down the next OSX start could take a long time as it needs to verify the disk – user151019 – 2012-06-21T08:36:16.373
Does it? I mean, I wouldn't format the boot volume without journaling anyway, or write to it from Ubuntu – it depends on what the OP really wants to do. – slhck – 2012-06-21T08:53:47.963
i just need to copy some content from a mac hard drive to my ubuntu 11.10 system.. i don't need to do anything fancy to make it work is what you guys are saying right? – Arindam Sen – 2012-06-21T13:15:48.127
No, you'll be alright! @ari – slhck – 2012-06-21T14:08:23.673
It should work just fine. Linux has an HFS+ file system (read-only, last I checked).
– David Schwartz – 2012-06-21T04:03:34.320I read somewhere if write support on HFS+ filesystem is needed journaling must be disabled on mac osx first. – chepe263 – 2012-06-21T04:07:56.387