For now, Time Machine can’t back up to an APFS volume. There are many problems with backing up APFS to HFS+, though. Time Machine needs to be revised.
APFS
Troubled at times, we have used Disk Utility through thick and thin. Now it has changed to support APFS, with some weird behaviour.
You may still have plenty of space on your backup volume, but if it has millions of files and hard links from years of backups, it will be very slow. Here’s how to fix that.
As usual, Apple’s release notes for the Supplemental Update to High Sierra, released on 5 October 2017, fall […]
Can you trust High Sierra’s new encryption features, now that it’s known they can reveal your password?
The High Sierra upgrade did not go well for many users. Here are some of the reasons why macOS 10.13 is currently a lemon.
It looks much the same as Sierra. Looking at High Sierra’s logs, though, shows that there are significant internal changes. Here’s a first glimpse at SkyLight, APFS and dasd at work.
A brief guide to support in High Sierra and its installer, for different types of drive, and for APFS.
More trials and tribulations with the High Sierra upgrade. Is it possible to make a dual-boot system? And is it wise?
You might want to read these tips before installing the first release of High Sierra. They could save you a lot of pain.
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