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 ...

How much space do duplicate files take up on your iPad? In theory, they use no extra storage. Thanks to the design of the Apple File System (APFS) used on iOS and macOS, duplicating a file doesn’t ...

Apple Inc. collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the company’s culture. So when someone breaks the code of silence, it sets virtual seismographic needles scratching.

So, I finally bought 10.3 and it asks me if I want to format with a UNIX or the standard Mac file system. I've read lots about whether to use journaling or not (I will) but I hadn't heard about this ...

A file system provides attributes for files and directories on an operating system to help you determine which users on your computer can read, modify, or execute the contents of its files and ...

Apple was the first computer company to make networked file sharing easy. Decades after introducing that feature on the Mac, it’s less important in an era of cloud storage. Unless you’re on a ...