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Softpedia Editor's Review for MacDrive Standard
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Share files between MAC disks and Windows
Written by Bogdan Popa on October 21st, 2011
Although clearly satisfied with Windows, lots of people are still dreaming about Mac OS X, probably thanks to the eye-candy interface Apple has always offered along with its products.
Moving from Windows to Mac and vice-versa is a pain in the neck, that’s for sure, but not if you use MacDrive Standard.
Because this is an application specifically created to help Windows users access their Mac-formatted drives without hassle, so it might really come in handy to those working on two platforms at the same time.
It’s a well known fact that hard disks formatted in Mac OS X aren’t recognized by Windows, so connecting such a piece of hardware to a Windows machine is quite difficult. But MacDrive Standard promises to ease the whole thing by offering powerful features alongside a clean and attractive interface.
Installing MacDrive Standard is only a matter of seconds, so let’s proceed with the actual use of the program.
The whole application relies on a clean interface which not only provides instant access to its main features straight from the main window, but also offers detailed descriptions regarding each of them.
This way, you can access Mac disks, burn Mac CDs or DVDs, create or format Mac disks or repair a damaged one without risking losing your data.
We’ve tested the 5-day trial of the application, so after this period you have to either pay 50 bucks to unlock its full power or uninstall it completely.
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MacDrive Standard description
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Here are some key features of "MacDrive Standard":
Manage Mac Disks – Format, Partition, Repair:
· We’ve streamlined the Mac Disk Manager, making it even easier to format and partition your Mac disks and hard drives. We’ve even improved MacDrive’s repair disk feature, so your data is safer than ever.
Burn Mac-formatted CDs and DVDs:
· Along with the ability to format Mac disks from your PC, you can use MacDrive’s CD/DVD Creator to burn Mac CDs and DVDs with ease.
Moving from Windows to Mac:
· We all know what a hassle it is to move data from one computer to another. Going cross-platform from a Mac to a PC only makes it worse. Thanks to MacDrive, the process is a lot easier. Simply grab your Mac-formatted hard drive and start coping files from your Windows machine to your Mac, or vice versa. And don’t worry about older disks—MacDrive recognizes both HFS and HFS+ volumes from classic Mac OS and OS X.
Boot Camp, VMWare and Parallels:
· If you have a Mac and run Windows with Apple’s Boot Camp utility, you will soon realize MacDrive is a must-have utility. MacDrive not only gives you access to your Mac media from the Windows OS, but also direct access to the Mac OS partition creating a true cross-platform experience. You’ll have complete access to your Mac desktop, music, photos, and other documents.
· If you run a virtual environment on your Mac, using either VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop software, MacDrive gives you access to Mac-formatted external drives (i.e. USB, FireWire).
Requirements:
· Internet Explorer 6 (or newer)
· MacDrive requires less than 10MB hard disk storage
Limitations:
· 5-day trial What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added: Ability to deactivate MacDrive's license so that MacDrive can be activated on another computer.
· Improved: "Access denied" error when attempting to repair Mac partitions in 64-bit Windows.
· Improved: Added "Change MacDrive Options" to the Start menu.
· Improved: False report of "invalid license" when booting some 64-bit systems
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