MOUNT MACBOOK DISK (osx/hfs+) on UBUNTU 12.04 LTS with Read/write

MOUNT MACBOOK DISK (osx/hfs+) on UBUNTU 12.04 LTS with Read/write

So, want to mount your hfs+ (hfsplus) hard drive from your Mac in your Ubuntu machine? Well this is the article which would explain how does it in a few easy steps!

1. Plug in using SATA + Power
2. Boot into Ubuntu
3. Mount the drive as Read-only
4. Force a re-mount into Read/write

Let ' s get started ...

Install the drive from your Macbook to your machine and boot into the Ubuntu desktop.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to write this, but you could use any Ubuntu version as long as it ' s fairly new.

You'll need to fire-up the disk utility to identify (and note down) the device name and path for the MAC disk (eg:/dev/ SDC2). Once You has this, continue ...

depending on your setup, Ubuntu May has already mounted it into read-only mode ... If Ubuntu has already mounted the drive then skip to "Force a Re-mount in Read/write mode" below.

Mounting hfs+ OSX Volumes using Hfsprogs/hfsplus

1	sudo apt-get install hfsprogs

1	sudo mkdir /media/mac

1	sudo mount -t hfsplus -o remount,force,rw /dev/sdc2 /media/mac

Remember to use the device path, which you found using the disk utility.

The disk is now hopefully mounted for Read & Write. Give yourself a pat on the back.

What does now, the disk is mounted?

It is tempting at the ownership or permissions of the files on the mounted volume to access them, Be wary! You could end up changing the ownership on many files which don ' t all has the same owner! This is dangerous. I always practice and advise that the files should is copied onto a different volume & location before they is access Ed (use root or sudo).

MOUNT MACBOOK DISK (osx/hfs+) on UBUNTU 12.04 LTS with Read/write