Ferry

Public beta · Windows 10 and 11 · x64 and ARM

All features

What Ferry can’t do yet: Known limitations.

Plug in and use

  • Appears in File Explorer by itself
  • Works in every program
  • Gets its own drive letter
  • Safely remove hardware
  • USB drives, or internal ones too

Reading

  • Case-sensitive and case-insensitive volumes
  • Mac file names in any language
  • Names Windows forbids, kept intact
  • macOS-compressed files (zlib, LZVN)
  • Hard links and symbolic links
  • About 800 MB/s over USB

Writing

  • Create, edit, move, rename, delete
  • File times and attributes
  • Rename the drive
  • Free-space check before writing
  • Off until you turn it on

FileVault

  • Password or recovery key
  • Prompt when you plug in
  • Unlock later from Settings
  • Remember the password (optional)
  • New files written encrypted

Safe for your data

  • Copy-on-write, like macOS
  • Survives power loss and pulled cables
  • Unfinished copies never look complete
  • Failed operations undone
  • Damaged drives stay read-only
  • 100+ automated tests

When something goes wrong

  • Warning when a drive freezes
  • Report a problem from Settings
  • Log one click away

Updates and privacy

  • One-click updates, verified
  • Reading never expires
  • No account, no telemetry

System

  • Windows 10 and 11
  • x64 and ARM, one installer
  • Microsoft-signed driver (Dokany)
  • Works with Secure Boot