When you put a new hard drive in your Mac—or connect an external one using FireWire or USB—you need to decide how to partition the drive and what file system to put on it. The easiest way to ...

Apple File System FAQ: How APFS works with older Macs, encryption, external drives, and other questions Mac 911 By Glenn Fleishman, Contributor, Macworld OCT 4, 2017 9:07 am PDT Image: Apple ...

Mac users rejoice: You will finally be getting a modern file system to go with your class-leading hardware. Does it matter? Only if you care about your data. Here's what you need to know.

What is the maximum file size in Mac OS X?I assume it varies depending on the file system: Mac OS Standard (aka HFS), Mac OS Extended (aka HFS+), or UFS.I have been trying to copy a 4.5 GB file ...

Developers Apple File System (APFS) announced for 2017, scales ‘from Apple Watch to Mac Pro’ and focuses on encryption ...

At its WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed that its latest (not very creatively named) macOS system, High Sierra, will run Apple File System (APFS). Apple claims that High Sierra is ...

To get up and running, you just need a Mac with an internet connection. There are a handful of minimum requirements, but ...

How to network between the classic Mac OS and OS X for file transfer Sometimes you may have an old Mac lying around that you would like to retrieve files from.

Want to limit access to your system? Here's how to change file permissions on Mac and restrict their access to different users on your computer.