macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
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macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
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Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#2Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#3Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
Because APFS is slllloooowowwwwwww on HDDs. On a 6xHDD promise thunderbolt array, it’s brutally crippling over time.
One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#4Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
Because APFS is slllloooowowwwwwww on HDDs. On a 6xHDD promise thunderbolt array, it’s brutally crippling over time. One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because APFS is slllloooowowwwwwww on HDDs. On a 6xHDD promise thunderbolt array, it’s brutally crippling over time. One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
External HDDs.
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because APFS is slllloooowowwwwwww on HDDs. On a 6xHDD promise thunderbolt array, it’s brutally crippling over time. One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
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Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#7Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
You can access an encrypted HFS+ partition from macOS and Linux machines natively. Very useful for sharing data between Asahi and macOS, and in general between Linux machines and macOS.
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#8I wonder why they're removing support for encryption when clearly they have the code for it and still supporting the actual FS
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#9Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
It's not necessarily a question of preference. A lot of older disks are HFS+ simply because they're older, so this is breaking backward compatibility.
Re: macOS 28 will not support encrypted HFS+ volumes
#10I wonder why they're removing support for encryption when clearly they have the code for it and still supporting the actual FS
They're dropping the underlying CoreStorage LVM engine, which was bolted on to HFS+ to support full-disk encryption and later, hybrid SSD/HDD volumes.