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Software & Hardware Mix: => Apple / Macintosh / iOS => Topic started by: krishna88 on 09. November 2017., 10:54:36

Title: Does MacOS High Sierra APFS only support SSDs?
Post by: krishna88 on 09. November 2017., 10:54:36
macOS High Sierra has been released on septemeber 25 2017,  One of the big features of High Sierra is the introduction of APFS (Apple new filesystem) which is targeting Flash/SSD storage. As per the support note, installing High Sierra on a Mac with a Flash/SSD will cause the conversion from HFS to APFS is automatic and cannot be opt'ed out of.

Macs with regular HDDs and Fusion drive are exempt from the automatic conversion, but it isn't clear if APFS will support those drives (initial thinking is that it wouldn't)..

My Question is does MacOS High Sierra APFS only support SSDs?

Title: Re: Does MacOS High Sierra APFS only support SSDs?
Post by: jheysen on 10. November 2017., 02:27:32
I doubt that, since you can swap an SSD with an HDD and low-level clone the drives, etc.
Title: Re: Does MacOS High Sierra APFS only support SSDs?
Post by: krishna88 on 10. November 2017., 13:12:46
Hi @jheysen i agree with your answer.

Thanks!!