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klanomath
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  • I'm not sure what's the generic answer.

  • Open a terminal, and type

    xcode-select --install

       xcode-select --install
    • If you get an error "-bash: xcode-select: command not found", you need to install Xcode from the App store, then start again this command.
    • If an alert windows popup asking if you want to install, click on "install" button.
    • If it prints error "xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, [...]", you're all set.
  • Following instruction on their website, type following in terminal:

    Following instruction on their website, type following in terminal:

    > /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
       /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path to Xcode:

    If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path to Xcode:

       sudo xcode-select -switch /

sudo xcode-select -switch /

  • Download ZIP (available in green button "Clone or Download" on the right)

    Download ZIP (available in green button "Clone or Download" on the right)

  • Extract ZIP content

    Extract ZIP content

  • Open terminal and change directory to the dislocker-master directory

    Open terminal and change directory to the dislocker-master directory

  • Compile and install dislocker:

    Compile and install dislocker:

        brew install src/dislocker.rb

    • If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path like this:

           sudo xcode-select -switch /

brew install src/dislocker.rb

 - If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path like this:
 > sudo xcode-select -switch /
  1. Eject the USB drive for example from Disk Utility (Unmount button)

    Eject the USB drive for example from Disk Utility (Unmount button)

  2. Create a directory for the decrypted file

    Create a directory for the decrypted file

     sudo mkdir /tmp/mydrive

    Warning: this directory will have strange characteristics: it appears with "ls" but not with "ls -l" and not in the Finder wherever it is, moreover the content can't be listed, and trying to delete it often fails with strange error messages. That's why I put it in /tmp which is cleaned at every reboot.

  3. Decrypt the USB stick with dislocker. If disk is "disk3s1" and the password is "MyPassword", the command will look like:

     sudo dislocker-file -V /dev/disk3s1 -v -uMyPassword -r -- /tmp/mydrive

  4. Add the disk image to Disk Utility and mount it

     sudo hdiutil attach -imagekey diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage /tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file

    Note: Don't try to list "/tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file" by yourself. Just assume it is there and write the path as is.

sudo mkdir /tmp/mydrive

Warning: this directory will have strange characteristics: it appears with "ls" but not with "ls -l" and not in the Finder wherever it is, moreover the content can't be listed, and trying to delete it often fails with strange error messages. That's why I put it in /tmp which is cleaned at every reboot.
  1. Decrypt the USB stick with dislocker. If disk is "disk3s1" and the password is "MyPassword", the command will look like:

sudo dislocker-file -V /dev/disk3s1 -v -uMyPassword -r -- /tmp/mydrive

  1. Add the disk image to Disk Utility and mount it

sudo hdiutil attach -imagekey diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage /tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file

Note: Don't try to list "/tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file" by yourself. Just assume it is there and write the path as is.

Hourray !!!, the new drive is there !

  1. Detach the fuse volume

    Detach the fuse volume

     sudo  hdiutil detach /tmp/mydrive/

sudo hdiutil detach /tmp/mydrive/

  • I'm not sure what's the generic answer.

  • Open a terminal, and type

    xcode-select --install

    • If you get an error "-bash: xcode-select: command not found", you need to install Xcode from the App store, then start again this command.
    • If an alert windows popup asking if you want to install, click on "install" button.
    • If it prints error "xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, [...]", you're all set.

sudo xcode-select -switch /

  • Download ZIP (available in green button "Clone or Download" on the right)
  • Extract ZIP content
  • Open terminal and change directory to the dislocker-master directory
  • Compile and install dislocker:

brew install src/dislocker.rb

 - If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path like this:
 > sudo xcode-select -switch /
  1. Eject the USB drive for example from Disk Utility (Unmount button)
  2. Create a directory for the decrypted file

sudo mkdir /tmp/mydrive

Warning: this directory will have strange characteristics: it appears with "ls" but not with "ls -l" and not in the Finder wherever it is, moreover the content can't be listed, and trying to delete it often fails with strange error messages. That's why I put it in /tmp which is cleaned at every reboot.
  1. Decrypt the USB stick with dislocker. If disk is "disk3s1" and the password is "MyPassword", the command will look like:

sudo dislocker-file -V /dev/disk3s1 -v -uMyPassword -r -- /tmp/mydrive

  1. Add the disk image to Disk Utility and mount it

sudo hdiutil attach -imagekey diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage /tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file

Note: Don't try to list "/tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file" by yourself. Just assume it is there and write the path as is.

Hourray !!!, the new drive is there !

  1. Detach the fuse volume

sudo hdiutil detach /tmp/mydrive/

  • I'm not sure what's the generic answer.

  • Open a terminal, and type

       xcode-select --install
    • If you get an error "-bash: xcode-select: command not found", you need to install Xcode from the App store, then start again this command.
    • If an alert windows popup asking if you want to install, click on "install" button.
    • If it prints error "xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, [...]", you're all set.

  • Following instruction on their website, type following in terminal:

       /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

  • If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path to Xcode:

       sudo xcode-select -switch /

  • Download ZIP (available in green button "Clone or Download" on the right)

  • Extract ZIP content

  • Open terminal and change directory to the dislocker-master directory

  • Compile and install dislocker:

        brew install src/dislocker.rb

    • If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path like this:

           sudo xcode-select -switch /

  1. Eject the USB drive for example from Disk Utility (Unmount button)

  2. Create a directory for the decrypted file

     sudo mkdir /tmp/mydrive

    Warning: this directory will have strange characteristics: it appears with "ls" but not with "ls -l" and not in the Finder wherever it is, moreover the content can't be listed, and trying to delete it often fails with strange error messages. That's why I put it in /tmp which is cleaned at every reboot.

  3. Decrypt the USB stick with dislocker. If disk is "disk3s1" and the password is "MyPassword", the command will look like:

     sudo dislocker-file -V /dev/disk3s1 -v -uMyPassword -r -- /tmp/mydrive

  4. Add the disk image to Disk Utility and mount it

     sudo hdiutil attach -imagekey diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage /tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file

    Note: Don't try to list "/tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file" by yourself. Just assume it is there and write the path as is.

Hourray !!!, the new drive is there !

  1. Detach the fuse volume

     sudo  hdiutil detach /tmp/mydrive/
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A. Richard
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Actually I asked after some success because I thought it would benefit everyone ;-)

Here is the complete process. Some links are missing because I don't have enough reputation to embed them all. Sorry about that.

High-level, we "just" need dislocker.

But to install it, there are some dependencies to resolve... we need:

  1. "Fuse for OS X"
  • Simply download the .img on their site, open and run the .pkg installer
  1. Xcode command-line developers tools

  • I'm not sure what's the generic answer.

  • Open a terminal, and type

    xcode-select --install

    • If you get an error "-bash: xcode-select: command not found", you need to install Xcode from the App store, then start again this command.
    • If an alert windows popup asking if you want to install, click on "install" button.
    • If it prints error "xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, [...]", you're all set.
  1. "Homebrew"

sudo xcode-select -switch /

  1. and obviously dislocker !
  • Download ZIP (available in green button "Clone or Download" on the right)
  • Extract ZIP content
  • Open terminal and change directory to the dislocker-master directory
  • Compile and install dislocker:

brew install src/dislocker.rb

 - If you get an error about Xcode tools not being installed whereas you did install it, then change the path like this:
 > sudo xcode-select -switch /

Don't be desperate, it's now time to mount the USB stick !

But it's not gonna be trivial...

  1. Identify the device of the USB stick, using Disk Utility:
  • Open Disk Utility and select the USB stick drive. Somewhere you should get something like "disk3s1". Replace this example with your actual value in following lines.
  • Keep Disk Utility open, it will be used in next steps
  1. Eject the USB drive for example from Disk Utility (Unmount button)
  2. Create a directory for the decrypted file

sudo mkdir /tmp/mydrive

Warning: this directory will have strange characteristics: it appears with "ls" but not with "ls -l" and not in the Finder wherever it is, moreover the content can't be listed, and trying to delete it often fails with strange error messages. That's why I put it in /tmp which is cleaned at every reboot.
  1. Decrypt the USB stick with dislocker. If disk is "disk3s1" and the password is "MyPassword", the command will look like:

sudo dislocker-file -V /dev/disk3s1 -v -uMyPassword -r -- /tmp/mydrive

  1. Add the disk image to Disk Utility and mount it

sudo hdiutil attach -imagekey diskimage-class=CRawDiskImage /tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file

Note: Don't try to list "/tmp/mydrive/dislocker-file" by yourself. Just assume it is there and write the path as is.

Hourray !!!, the new drive is there !

Because really nothing is easy, to clean-up you need to do the following:

  1. Unmount the drive
  • For example from your friend Disk Utility, select its icon and click on "Unmount" button
  1. Get rid of the image
  • From "Disk Utility", select the greyed drive, and from the menu "File" select "Eject".
  1. Detach the fuse volume

sudo hdiutil detach /tmp/mydrive/

Only now the directory /tmp/mydrive is a plain directory that can be deleted...

As you noticed the process is definitely complex and finally I just get a read-only drive. I'm interested by any better answer.