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 ...

Macworld Your Mac is full of surprises, and even many years after first owning one, you can still find yourself learning new ...

Learn how to back up your Mac in 2025 with this step-by-step guide. Protect your data with Time Machine and best practices ...

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 its ...

A sure-fire way to prevent your Mac from slowing down and avoid errors like "Your startup disk is almost full" is to regularly free up storage space. There are several things you can do to achieve ...

For those who use both Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS, having a single external hard drive that is compatible with both operating systems could be very beneficial. The problem with this is that by ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...

This morning at WWDC, Apple announced that APFS will be the default file system in macOS High Sierra. That's great news -- and here's why. Those features get APFS up to feature parity with just about ...

Apple's macOS provides a way to mount and access storage volumes used by other operating systems on your desktop. Here's how to get started. Your Mac is able to read an audio CD, or most USB thumbs ...

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 ...

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 ...