Details of Apple's first Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard build for developers since WWDC have been published on the web, including confirmation of a Cocoa Finder and HFS+ compression. The Cocoa ...

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 ...

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 ...

I tried that once, and the major problem was the partition table format. Windows will only read x86-style partition tables, so you're basically forced to use that one. Once you got that, Mac OS will ...

I recently came across a post on OSNews about an Apple Development manager expressing interest in porting Solaris's ZFS file system to OS X: Chris Emura, the Filesystem Development Manager within ...

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.

Apple's HFS+ file system to be replaced by Sun's open source ZFS, Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz reveals ahead of WWDC Apple may have a jones for secrecy, but that doesn’t mean it can keep its partners ...

(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 ...