The Apple File System (APFS) is the next-generation file system designed to scale from an Apple Watch to a Mac Pro. APFS is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, and engineered with encryption as a primary feature.

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File Systems Lab
System Frameworks | 7030

Bring your questions about the Apple File System or HFS+ and receive expert advice from Apple's File System engineering team.

Tuesday, June 14, 9:30 PM–11:30 PM Frameworks Lab C

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APFS is released as a Developer Preview in OS X 10.12, and is scheduled to ship in 2017.

Volume Format Specification

A Developer Preview of Apple File System is included in OS X 10.12. The APFS on-disk volume format is pre-release and subject to change. Apple plans to document and publish the APFS volume format when Apple File System is released in 2017.

Open Source

An open source implementation is not available at this time. Apple plans to document and publish the APFS volume format when Apple File System is released in 2017.
Current Limitations

As a developer preview of this technology, there are currently several limitations:

Startup Disk: APFS volumes cannot currently be used as a startup disk.
Case Sensitivity: Filenames are currently case-sensitive only.
Time Machine: Time Machine backups are not currently supported.
FileVault: APFS volumes cannot currently be encrypted using FileVault.
Fusion Drive: Fusion Drives cannot currently use APFS.

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