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 ...

(Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in June 30, 2016, but has been updated with new info since the release of iOS 10.3) It’s hard to believe that Apple’s speedy Macs are still using ...

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 ...

Apple has announced that starting with macOS 28, users will need to decrypt or reformat certain storage volumes to keep using ...

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 ...

Apple is officially retiring encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volume support in macOS 28. Here’s how to make sure your old ...

One of the new features in Apple’s macOS High Sierra is their new APFS file system (Apple File System). This innovative file system is currently only supported by Solid State Drives (SSDs) on the Mac.

Consumers (read: probably you) don’t typically dig into their file system; they only get upset when they run out of space on their computer. That’s part of the reason Apple created its new, ...

If your Mac system has one of Apple’s Fusion caching drives, then you may need to take some extra steps when upgrading to the new version of MacOS — High Sierra. The new Apple File System (APFS) will ...

With macOS 27, Intel support is dropped, and soon the ability for Apple Silicon Macs to run Intel apps will also be gone.

This is a crazy week. Not only are we finding ourselves flipping between the E3 2016 gaming convention and Apple’s own developer conference (WWDC), Apple has separately decided to surprise us all with ...