16 points | by Lihh27 7 hours ago
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I wonder why they're removing support for encryption when clearly they have the code for it and still supporting the actual FS
Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
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.
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
External HDDs.
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.
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.
I wonder why they're removing support for encryption when clearly they have the code for it and still supporting the actual FS
Curious why would someone prefer HFS+ over APFS?
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.
I think Apple hasn't sold anything with an HDD for 5+ years though?
External HDDs.
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.
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.