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I have an external hard drive with HFS+ journaled. I have read that for some intrinsic reason, on a Linux machine I will not be able to write on such disk (while I am already able to read from it), as long as it is "journaled". However, I read that the Linux system would be able to read and write on it if it was HFS+ non-journaled.

So, this is the motivation of the question: can I just convert the filesystem from HFS+ journaled to HFS+ non-journaled without formatting (and loosing all the data)?

-- Addendum: from comments I understand that I can mount the journaled volume with some special tool, from the command line, and make it writable. However the accepted answer allows the Linux system to mount the volume automatically: much better for a lazy guy like me ;)

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    Do you have a link/reference for the "Linux HFS+ implementation can't write to journaled HFS" statement? Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 11:08
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    PS: askubuntu.com/questions/332315/… Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 11:10
  • Thank you nohillside, from the link you give I appreciate that I can mount the volume with some additional tools, and be able as it is. But is is much straightforward the solution suggested by @Jean_JD, which will allow the Linux system to mount the volume "automatically", without any additional commands :) Commented Sep 28, 2021 at 12:30

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Yes you can with the terminal command :

diskutil disablejournal diskxsy

where diskxsy is to be adapted with the correct values of your hfs external partition.

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    yes! thank you! I knew this, and then I forgot... But a memory remained, that something like this existed :) Commented Sep 25, 2021 at 3:52

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