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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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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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I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
As another poster already noted, external HDDs may be needed, especially because Apple computers have only puny (or greatly overpriced) SSDs.
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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.
wasn't hfs read only on Linux?
Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
For those of us with encrypted spinning disks sitting in a fire safe/deposit box for a decade or more, macOS suddenly won't be able to mount them for data retrevial because of a software block. If we want to move our cold storage to APFS encryption, we'll need to replace the spinning discs with expensive flash storage, or live with slow fragmented access.
For comparison, I can still pull out a USB floppy disk or CD drive, connect it to modern macOS, and read a shoebox of floppies/discs inherited from my grandfather.
Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
Curious why Apple chose to remove support for spinning disks. APFS is designed for flash storage, not hard drive storage. For those of us with encrypted spinning disks sitting in a fire safe/deposit box for a decade or more, macOS suddenly won't be able to mount them for data retrevial because of a software block. If we want to move our cold storage to APFS encryption, we'll need to replace the spinning discs with ex…