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edude03 10 hours ago [-]
I wonder why they're removing support for encryption when clearly they have the code for it and still supporting the actual FS
wpm 5 hours ago [-]
They're dropping the underlying CoreStorage LVM engine, which was bolted on to HFS+ to support full-disk encryption and later, hybrid SSD/HDD volumes.
nerdsniper 12 hours ago [-]
Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
blokey 11 hours ago [-]
Because APFS is slllloooowowwwwwww on HDDs. On a 6xHDD promise thunderbolt array, it’s brutally crippling over time.
One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.
neuronexmachina 11 hours ago [-]
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
adrian_b 24 minutes ago [-]
As another poster already noted, external HDDs may be needed, especially because Apple computers have only puny (or greatly overpriced) SSDs.
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ChocolateGod 11 hours ago [-]
External HDDs.
badreligion42 10 hours ago [-]
You can access an encrypted HFS+ partition from macOS and Linux machines natively. Very useful for sharing data between Asahi and macOS, and in general between Linux machines and macOS.
lapcat 10 hours ago [-]
It's not necessarily a question of preference. A lot of older disks are HFS+ simply because they're older, so this is breaking backward compatibility.
One reason is APFS is designed for SSDs and assumes each disk block has an equal latency to read it.