@Norcross: According to the website, it's only able to read files. It's sort of buried at the end of the page:

"It operates in read-only mode so it is extremely unlikely to cause any harm."

Kind of like when NTFS came out, you had to do the same thing to read it in Win98 (man, that memory hurts...)

pdok

@pdok: read only? i.e. can't edit files, or can't do anything with them?

Norcross

now this is useful!

tinkernut

@nighttimestereo: Heh - good point. But I have to ask, why is it not cool to state the obvious? Don't get me wrong, I dig java apps, and I dig their cross-platform capabilities, but there's no getting around the fact that Java apps tend to be on the slower side. Doesn't take away from their functionality, just their usability. ;)

phoenix

It requires Java yet it's Windows-only.

I know it's not "cool" anymore to say that Java programs are slow, but they are. JIT gives near-native performance once it's done doing it's job, but launching a Java application still means waiting while the computer drags a bloated JVM off of the hard disk and then keeps the whole fat thing in RAM. Don't get me wrong here: Java has its uses and I take advantage of them when appropriate, but if the authors of this program are going to write an application in Java and then throw away Java's excellent cross-platform compatibility, they must be sadists. What's their angle? If you register for $15 do you get the C++ version?

nighttimestereo

I've been using it almost daily now, and have yet to see it crash (?). Since I use it entirely via Boot Camp, I prefer it not write back to OS X. When I need whatever file I've been working on in Vista, it's easy enough to get from OS X.

ross.m

I've used this before, it's slow and easy to crash, but I did get it to work. Someone brought in an external hard drive that was formatted for Mac, and wanted a bunch of files moved onto their PC, and this did the trick. Just be patient.

CK76

Hmm, read only. But, might get you out of a jam every now and then.

pdok

yay now i don't have to buy macdrive.

Quine

Is there anything which will integrate into Windows that supports read and write for HFS+? I don't want to run a seperate application, I want to browse the contents of the HFS+ partitions in the same way as if they were NTFS (or FAT32). Don't mind paying.

mrsilver

@mrsilver:
Check out [www.mediafour.com]
One of the best products out there for people who have a mac with bootcamp

flash2004

@mrsilver: MacDrive by Media Four works great. I use it to read and write to my mac-formated external HD on a daily basis while on a PC at work.

[www.mediafour.com]

ariddle

@flash2004: +1, i use MacDrive on the windows partition of my Macbook and its brilliant, i even bought it, thats how good it is.

mrjack711