To create this illusion, Parallels acts as a middle layer which translates all file operations. I believe that Mediafour's version of 'Access Mac disks in Windows' is read-only support, a view further bolstered by Paragon's claim that their HFS+ for Windows software is 'the only solution that provides full read-write access to HFS+/HFSX partitions on any type of disks (GPT, MBR) under most of Windows versions'.ĭespite the fact that it seems that Windows has read-write access to your HFS+ partition and OS X has the same access to your virtualized NTFS partition when you are virtualizing Windows with Parallels, that is not actually the case. While MacDrive claims to allow you to manage your HFS+ partitions from Windows and easily access your files, I can't find anywhere that explicitly states that it provides write support.

Last time I checked, Apple's HFS+ driver for Windows allows you to mount your OS X partitions read-only, not read-write.Īs far as I can tell, you only have one option for writing to your HFS+ partition from Windows: the very cleverly named HFS+ for Windows 9.0 from Paragon Software.

If you can see the contents of your OS X partition from within Windows, that probably means that you installed the Bootcamp drivers and utilities in Windows.

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