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macOSNews July 4, 2026 2 min read

macOS High Sierra Makes APFS the Default Filesystem

Released September 25, 2017, High Sierra automatically converted flash-storage Macs to Apple File System — the biggest filesystem transition on the Mac in nearly two decades.

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macOSDeep Dive April 26, 2026 4 min read

APFS Explained: Snapshots, Clones, and Space Sharing in Apple's Filesystem

How APFS's container/volume model, copy-on-write clones, and snapshots replaced HFS+ across every Apple platform.

#apfs#filesystems#storage

macOSHow-To March 28, 2026 3 min read

How to Create and Manage APFS Snapshots Manually with tmutil

A complete walkthrough creating, listing, mounting, and cleaning up APFS local snapshots directly — the same mechanism Time Machine uses, available for manual, ad-hoc use.

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