Apple introduced the Apple Filing System (APFS) file system protocol in macOS Sierra. This is now the required format for macOS, but it took some time to move from the old implementation of the Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) format. Even during the transition, Apple kept the old HFS+ standard viable for backwards compatibility. (This ...
Time Machine no longer lets you delete individual files from backup snapshots, although you can still delete an entire snapshot. This shouldn’t be a problem: in almost no case does it make sense to delete a file from a Time Machine backup in the first place. As part of Apple’s transition from its traditional Mac ...
Many Mac users, when a new operating system is released, want to keep the previous version on their computer for a trial period that allows them to see how the new one responds with their regular applications. Well, to have both operating systems on your Mac at the same time and enable dual booting, you ...
