Macworld

Apple File System FAQ: How APFS works with older Macs, encryption, external drives, and other questions

With the release of macOS High Sierra and its upgrade for SSD-based startup volumes to Apple File System (APFS), Macworld readers had many questions about how this new filesystem—more efficient and ...
Macworld

Watch out! macOS High Sierra could format your Time Machine drive using APFS, and that’s not good

Time Machine can’t make use of Apple File System (APFS) volumes. This is a significant problem that many Macworld readers want to make sure others know about. This has been known for months, and ...
Tidbits

What APFS Does for You, and What You Can Do with APFS

When Apple released macOS 10.13 High Sierra in 2017, one of its most notable features was nearly invisible. Installing the update on a Mac with a solid-state drive (SSD)—but not a Fusion ...
Newsshooter

OWC MacDrive 12– One Solution for Complete Mac Disk Access on Windows

OWC's new MacDrive 12 is the only solution that gives Windows users complete native access to every Mac format, including ...
Bleeping Computer

macOS May Lose Data Due to APFS Filesystem Bug

Under certain conditions, macOS may copy data into the void, leading to data loss of important files, all due to a bug in how the operating system handles APFS sparse disk images. The issue was ...
9to5Mac

Apple adds APFS encrypted drive support to iOS 14 and APFS Time Machine backups to macOS Big Sur

Apple didn’t say much about what’s new in the Files app with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 during the WWDC 2020 keynote — maybe because not much has changed. But there’s an important new feature that brings ...