MacDrive is a must-have tool for anyone running Windows on a PC or a Mac.

MacDrive for Windows takes all the guess work out disk accessibility. You are no longer stymied trying to access Mac -formatted hard drives, CDs, DVDs, iPod and more. With MacDrive installed moving files between Macs and PCs is a breeze.

The best part about MacDrive is there is nothing to launch and nothing to learn - simply install and Windows understands Mac disks.

Along with the ability to read and write to Mac disks and volumes, you can also create Mac disks for easy file transfers and backups. The built-in MacDrive Disk Manager gives you the power to partition, format, analyze and repair disks, while the newly revamped CD/DVD Creator allows you to burn Mac CDs and DVDs.

• Windows 7 support MacDrive 8 has been built to work with both Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit),

• Vista (32-bit & 64-bit), and XP (32-bit). Windows 7 is still a work in progress, so we will continue to update MacDrive to give you the best user experience possible.

• Windows 7 libraries ? Windows 7 can aggregate content from multiple places. For example, if you have pictures in a "My Pictures" folder, on your desktop and in a "Travel" folder Windows 7 can combine all of those pictures into one "Pictures" folder. MacDrive 8 adds to this powerful feature by automatically adding content from Mac disks to your Windows 7 libraries.

• Apple Time Machine? Apple's amazing Time Machine backup file sets can now be accessed like any other Mac file direct from Windows. MacDrive enables you to browse the backed up files and copy the contents.

• Mac CD/DVD burning Creating Mac CDs and DVDs is even better in MacDrive 8. You can create Mac CD, DVD, Dual Layer DVD, and more. All from your Windows PC.

• Large disk support Are you using a hard drive larger than 2TB? If so, MacDrive 8 has added robust support for any large disks over 2TB and works great with the LaCie Big Disk Quadra, G Technology G-RAID 3, Other World Computing Elite drives, to name a few.

MacDrive really does help PCs and Macs get along and work together seamlessly.

If you work in a cross-platform environment with Macs and PCs you'll kick yourself for not installing MacDrive sooner.