UFS Explorer alternative for Mac drives on Windows
UFS Explorer Standard Access from SysDev Laboratories reads dozens of file systems, Mac ones among them, in "a read-only mode". Diskferry does only Mac drives. Facts are from the Standard Access page and the data access products page, checked 30 October 2026.
| Diskferry | UFS Explorer Standard Access | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to find, browse and preview; copying US$14.99 once | Personal licence €21.95, business €64.95, plug-ins extra |
| Trial | Browsing is free, no time limit | "The software will copy files with the size below 256 KB only" |
| Mac formats | APFS (including encrypted) and HFS+ | "Apple HFS+, APFS"; encrypted APFS not stated on that page |
| Other formats | None | NTFS, exFAT, ReFS, Ext2-4, XFS, Btrfs, ZFS, VMFS and more |
| Writes to the drive | No, never writes to the drive | No, "operates in a read-only mode" |
| Architecture | x64 | "Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32, x86)"; "Native 64 bit OS versions: No" |
| Copy verification | Yes, every copy compared by SHA-256, with a report | Not stated |
Choose UFS Explorer if
- You deal with Linux, NAS, RAID or virtual machine disks as well as Mac drives, and want one tool for all of them.
Choose Diskferry if
- You only have Mac drives and want a simple, native Windows app for them.
- The drive is encrypted APFS and you have the password.
- You want to preview every file before paying, and to have every copy checked.
Facts about other products were checked on 30 October 2026 on the pages linked above. Products change; check their current pages before buying. Names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to compare.
Questions
Is UFS Explorer a recovery tool?
SysDev sells separate recovery editions. Standard Access, compared here, is for drives that are readable: its page says it is "helpful for cases when files are not deleted and a file system is not corrupted". Diskferry is the same kind of tool.
Last updated 30 October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell support.
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