Apple has announced that a new file system, APFS, is included in the developer preview of macOS Sierra and will become the Mac’s default file system in late 2017. But what does that mean to the rest ...

This massive and long overdue file system upgrade from HFS+ promises higher performance, better data integrity, and a vastly improved Time Machine.

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 ...

The new Apple File System announced at WWDC highlights how the company is planning for the future. Here's a look under the hood at what the company will use to replace HFS+ on Macs, iOS, Apple ...

Testing out snapshots in Apple’s next-generation APFS file system We brave beta software and do some cautious testing—and it looks like it works.

The Apple File System (APFS) is the next-generation file system designed to scale from an Apple Watch to a Mac Pro. APFS is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a ...

Dubbed APFS, for "Apple File System," the session description implies that the new file system is a replacement for the aged HFS+ file system, which has been used in one form or another by OS X ...

Among the announcements Apple made at WWDC 2016, its new file system, called APFS, raised a lot of developer interest. APFS brings strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning ...

Apple introduced APFS on Monday, a new "modern" file system optimized for SSDs and flash-based storage devices. A Developer Preview is rolling out now.