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 you want to mount your HFS+ (hfsplus) hard drive from your mac in your Ubuntu machine? Well this is the article which will explain how to do 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 into 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 will 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 have this, continue...

Depending on your setup, Ubuntu may have 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

sudo apt-get install hfsprogs

sudo mkdir /media/mac

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

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

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

What to do now that the disk is mounted?

It may be tempting at this point to change 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 have the same owner! This is dangerous. I always practice and advise that the files should be copied onto a different volume & location before they are accessed (use root or sudo).