Have you attempted installing and using 
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/gdalUtils/gdalUtils.pdf

I don't have any experience with it but it says it can extract 
sub_datasets from HDF4


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David.

On 6/24/20 7:00 AM, Matt Strimas-Mackey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The MODIS package uses gdalwarp to process MODIS data. Previously it called 
> gdalwarp via system(), however, it recently switched to using the function 
> sf::gdal_utils() to access gdalwarp, which is more portable and avoids users 
> having to install GDAL on their system. The catch is that HDF4 support is 
> required for processing MODIS data. The Windows sf binaries already come with 
> HDF4 support for GDAL, however, the Mac OS binaries do not, which makes the 
> MODIS package unusable on Mac unless sf is compiled from source, which is 
> challenging. More context on this issue is available here: 
> https://github.com/MatMatt/MODIS/issues/78
>
> In the above GH issue, Tim Salabim suggested this listserv would be a good 
> place to connect with someone that could get HDF4 support into the Mac OS 
> binaries. Any suggestions for how to proceed would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Matt
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