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 ...

Apple’s desktop operating system macOS is getting an update. But arguably the most important feature in that update is what’s running in the background with the operating system. At the Worldwide ...

When you put a new hard drive in your Mac—or connect an external one using FireWire or USB—you need to decide how to partition the drive and what file system to ...

Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered (incorrectly) by Sun top brass. While Mac ...

This morning at WWDC, Apple announced that APFS will be the default file system in macOS High Sierra. That's great news -- and here's why. Those features get APFS up to feature parity with just about ...

At its WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed that its latest (not very creatively named) macOS system, High Sierra, will run Apple File System (APFS). Apple claims that High Sierra is its ...

Apple's macOS provides a way to mount and access storage volumes used by other operating systems on your desktop. Here's how to get started. Your Mac is able to read an audio CD, or most USB thumbs ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...