
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...