Developer takes deep dive on Apple's new APFS file system


Ars Technica compiled a series of blog posts from develop Adam Leventhal on Apple's new file system. APFS was announced at WWDC earlier this month and Apple is set to transition all its platforms to it. The post is a great detailed overview and commentary.

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Apple announced a new file system that will make its way into all of its OS variants (macOS, tvOS, iOS, watchOS) in the coming years. Media coverage to this point has been mostly breathless elongations of Apple's developer documentation. With a dearth of detail I decided to attend the presentation and Q&A with the APFS team at WWDC. Dominic Giampaolo and Eric Tamura, two members of the APFS team, gave an overview to a packed room; along with other members of the team, they patiently answered questions later in the day. With those data points and some first-hand usage I wanted to provide an overview and analysis both as a user of Apple-ecosystem products and as a long-time operating system and file system developer.