Computer Clan my computer broke lol

Do you get a backdoor paycheck from Apple... because YOU SURE SOUND LIKE IT! The info you gave us is the most sale promo version of anything you could have said.... maybe, you're trying to channel the ghost of Steve Jobs?? Yes, that must be it.

Jan PhD Apple doesn’t pay me jack shit.

@@jan_phd He has talked "bad" about Apple previously... I'm sure Apple wouldn't pay somebody for not only talking positively about them...

So based on the best btrfs is the Linux equivalent

Systems can get bigger, because in unix, everything is just files

did you find out the meaning of life from this video, too?

How do you set up, drag and drop files to external drive on APFS format it doesn't let me?

only mac compatible.

For completely shredding a file, there's a couple ways to look at it. For starters, if you never turn on local snapshots (like me, I don't like them on) then those files will never be backed up in a filesystem snapshot. So when you delete them, the references to the data are gone and the blocks are reclaimed (you gain back space). However, the bits still remain on the disk until free space runs out and the disk needs to make room for more files. In older versions of macOS, you could perform a Secure Empty Trash, which writes 0's over the data, making the files unrecoverable and completely erased (this is called a zero out). This feature was removed recently, but can still be accessed via Terminal utilities. Does that help with your question? And on a side note, thanks for the awesome comment! I agree, the tech world needs better visual explanations on how intricate processes work. I figured if not many other people would do it, I would. : )

Hey, thanks for your answer. Yeah, the snapshot problem is exactly the reason why I don't use them as well, at least on my own machines. Company wise it's a bit different because company policy is to use them which, when it comes to really safely delete (shred) crucial files, things get complicated. Gosh, I remember those times when you could "safely" delete right from Finder. I still have an Powermac G4 who runs Panther which can do it. But at least up from, I think, 10.7 Apple removed that. Even tho, just scrubbing files with 0's isn't the most save thing to do, yet it's way better than nothing. Company wise we're (finally, someone there listened) using DoD standard to delete, yet still, snapshots. Ugh, right? Right, I've recently read up on safely deletion via terminal. Still, why remove something that works? Could be because scrubbing SSDs is way more difficult (which is something someone should also make a video on - *hint* :D ) Every time we have to rely on 3rd party software I cringe. Stuff like this should be implemented in operating systems. The most bad thing security wise was the "revert to recent version" thing in Windows 10. So, to come back to your question if that helps, it kinda does. My summary would be that - under APFS - shredding files through some standard and then, shredding free space - at least on a normal hdd - should be much safer than before, right? And again, great work on the explanation! (I still want that House picture as background lol.) :)

actually I want to mention something, please tell me whether I'm right or wrong. Since file saving only saves the changes in a delta file, the second tv screen in your explanation shouldn't show a completely other picture, but also House with maybe different colors, or more cut scenes with different stuff in between amirite? great video thx

@lex california, nice name :D

Thank you : )

If you don't plan to use it with a camera, I don't foresee a problem with that. I've never tested it myself, though. : )

That's my question too.

You would have to reformat as HFS+

Or HFS+J (aka Mac OS Extended Journaled)

Dude thank you for this fast replay you just saved me a ton of time to recreate this, I'm actually in the making of this video for a DIY repair on a Mac and you get my sub! :D

You're welcome. Do share it, when you're done.

+Linh Hoang anh I will consider it.

You don't need an SSD for backup. Also an APFS-formatted macOS volume can still mount Mac OS Extended volumes, so you can read-write.

Hey Random. That sounds awesome. I'd love to setup a session with you, and help you out. I'll just need your email address. If you'd like, you can submit a request through TidBytesTraining.com, or just send me a quick private message on KZfaq. Another way to contact me directly is through thecomputerclan.com, and just click Contact Us. Talk to you soon. : )

MFS? As in Macintosh File System? Is that what you're referring to?

The new Atomic Safe-Save primitives will definitely fix that! The reason why the file showed up as 0 bytes is because during the save, your document had to be moved to an unindexed temporary location (either on the disk or in the RAM, I'm not entirely sure) but it's totally unsafe. With APFS, it never leaves any indexed spot of the disk, so it's always there for you. : )

I've never used CCC with APFS. Sorry. I would make things worse by guessing.

It kinda reminds me of the newer file systems in the linux world. BRTFS, ZFS and so on. There are allot of improvements there that Apple has taken over. Which is good, better performance and keeping data more secure. There is little wrong with the older systems of course. Just that nowadays allot of things can be improved upon. And yes those also have things like Copy On Write, Cloning, Block Redistribution etc. Of course if you are just a basic simple user on linux you wouldn't notice much of a difference. But if you are the IT guy that has to keep the systems safe and running. Or even more interresting, big data, huge storage system where any gain in performance can have huge effects. So again, APFS, will give a slight performance in normal day tasks for many, but quite bigger once you run heavier tasks.

I believe macOS Mojave is finalizing support for APFS and Fusion drives. If you're interested, I have a comical (and somewhat informative) video about macOS Mojave Beta: bit.ly/clan2JV5tXQ

+Mark Arca that’s a very big difference, though.

They made this due to ssd. There is no hdd in macs. Modern file systems are made for modern disks

I don't recall any Apple devs saying that POSIX was removed. From what I understand, they added the new system call, but didn't ditch POSIX.

For me, I’ve updated to high Sierra and it’s been very stable. Only issue is the boot up time went from 13 seconds on Sierra, to 40 seconds to high sierra. It has gone back to normal recently for some reason however.

No need to wait I'd say. Updated right away and there has not been more crashes than usual lol. If something, my Mac got smoother and it's from 2013! :)

I just updated. Its wonderful. Going to install it on my main machine this weekend :)

In terms of Apple's Boot Camp support, there is no driver for Windows 10 to read or write to APFS.

Yes. If you make an entirely separate partition on the hard disk, it will not be touched if you do a re-install on a separate partition. However, I recommend backing up your files to an external hard disk. If something were to damage the partition table, or the hard disk (or SSD) were to fail, your data would be much more difficult to recover. I also don't recommend using a beta OS as a daily driver. ; )

Computer Clan thank you :) after this experience, I realised the reality. will never do that :D

Its a pain in the butt, but I did manage to get APFS running on a mechanical HDD.

Truthfully, I never tested it. In theory, I don't see why it wouldn't work-as the disk is going from HFS+ to APFS, and Disk Utility supports that conversion natively. In my situation, I do have an HFS+ Time Machine disk, but I just let it be. I probably won't make my Time Machine disk APFS until I reset my backups from scratch.

Where you can convert it? I just looked up on MacBook Pro with HDD, and on logical volume it can only make new partition with APFS. No other options.

You don't need to do that. In fact, in macOS Catalina, the system automagically makes a read-only volume which holds critical system files.

@@ComputerClan how can you see in witch volume the OS is downloaded?

Thanks for the question. Honestly, that concern has never crossed my mind. I've never experienced drive failure where only a couple files die, and the rest is fine (but I've also never experienced drive failure on any Mac ever). Honestly, I think the odds of your example occurring are incredibly slim, but I suppose it could still happen. I'm going to open this one to anyone else who wants to comment. But in the grander scope of things, this is why it's always a good idea to backup to external disk, or remote server. : )

No just because my Time Machine drive is a mechanical disk.

What feature are we talking about? : p Also, does it matter? That’s cool and all, but this video isn’t about Linux.

@@ComputerClan MacOS is a GNU Unix at the core.

Jackie Chan I’m not the expert on this stuff, but are you sure? What exactly does that mean? It’s still not a Linux distro, so I don’t know what point you’re trying to make.

@@ComputerClan They tend to take features already out and integrate them into their products by porting or converting it over to an Apple version.

Jackie Chan but macOS is based on Darwin. Darwin is not Linux. What am I missing?

Huh. 3 volumes seems weird. I don’t see why Time Machine couldn’t run though. I’ve never used Catalina on my daily driver, so I can’t speak from experience. Sorry.

Not that I know of, as Boot Camp partitions need to work with NTFS.

APFS will be compatible with Fusion Drives in a future High Sierra update. My guess is 10.13.1.

SevenDeMagnus no its not . It sucks . Not worth your time .

Final Cut Pro is just HORRIBLE on High Sierra. I'm having similar problems, so you're not alone. Apple announced the new version-10.4-but it hasn't been released yet. FCP X 10.4 will release before the year's out.

What are you making the APFS volume for?

You will need to reformat. Back up the data, initialize / format the disk, then restore the data. I don't know of any way to reformat NTFS to APFS without erasing the data.

You can. Something must be wrong. What method are you using to disable it? When you try, what happens? Please be descriptive and provide screenshots if you can.