Mounting an ext4 linux USB drive on macOS in 2024

3 · Jeff Geerling · Jan. 24, 2024, 6:31 p.m.
Mounting an ext4 linux USB drive on macOS in 2024 I recently pulled a SATA hard drive out of a Linux box that I wanted to grab some files off of. I only had my Mac on hand, and I had a USB 3.0 to SATA hard drive adapter at the ready. But when I plugged in the hard drive, macOS said it couldn't recognize the disk. Makes sense, because macOS includes support for Apple's filesystems, not Linux (or even NTFS, Windows' preferred filesystem). There are commercial solutions you can buy, like Paragon S...