APFS
MacOS High Sierra APFS Fusion Drives Support Confirmed by Apple
Apple released the new macOS High Sierra 10.13 for download in the Mac App Store yesterday, and as reported earlier, it limits the new Apple File System (APFS) to Macs that have all-flash storage, excluding iMacs and Mac mini machines that feature Fusion Drives. Fortunately, Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi has now confirmed that APFS support...
Fusion Drives Won’t Support the New Apple File System in macOS High Sierra
As reported by MacRumors, the upcoming new Apple File System (APFS) feature in macOS High Sierra, will not support Fusion Drives and will be limited to Macs with all-flash built-in storage. Although iMacs with Fusion Drives were converted to APFS during the beta testing process in the first macOS High Sierra beta, but support has now been removed...
iOS 10.3 Will Upgrade Your Device to Apple File System (APFS)
Last year at WWDC, a new, modern Apple File System (APFS) was announced which Apple described as “optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a primary feature”. While an early version of APFS was included in macOS Sierra as a beta for developers, it couldn't be used as a boot drive. But now, all devices that are upgraded...
Apple Reveals New File System That Will Scale From watchOS to macOS, Replace HFS+
In an under-the-radar WWDC announcement today, Apple introduced the Apple File System, which has been designed to eventually replace the HFS+ format. The Apple File System (APFS for short) is "optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a primary feature," according to an entry in the WWDC 2016 schedule. In official documentation, Apple...