What’s the minimum size of a container, or a volume, in APFS? The answer can range from 1.05 MB up to 167.8 MB, it appears.
Disk Utility
Little changed from 10.14.5, the final release of Mojave still has many significant bugs. Here’s a partial listing.
Want one external drive from which you can boot two (or more) different versions of macOS? Here’s how to make it.
They’re hidden away and never promoted at WWDC, but vitally important to every Mac user. Could you imagine not having Disk Utility, for example?
Only one previously reported bug appears to have been fixed in 10.14.5. Here’s a list of some of those which remain.
Why measuring free and used disk space is not so simple in APFS, and which estimates you should trust.
Several serious bugs have been fixed in this update. Here’s a list of those which still remain. Please add more as you come across them.
iOS 10.3, released on 27 March 2017, thrust the new file system on a great many unsuspecting users. Apple chose a high risk strategy. Has it paid off?
Want to increase the size of a disk image in APFS? If you’re relying on Disk Utility to do it, you’re out of luck. But here’s how to do this at the command line instead.
Adding volumes in APFS is quick and simple. But why would you ever want to add a container to a disk? An exploration of their differences, and when containers are useful.
