Apple to Drop Support for Encrypted Mac OS Extended Drives Next Year
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Apple to Drop Support for Encrypted Mac OS Extended Drives Next Year
Apple yesterday published a new support document warning that macOS 28 will no longer support encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes, meaning affected external drives will need to be decrypted or reformatted ahead of the update. Starting with macOS 28, "the Mac OS Extended file system format will be supported only for volumes (disks and other storage devices) that aren't encrypted".
With the upcoming MacOS 28 operating system, Apple is removing support for encrypted drives in the old HFS+ format. Users of older hard drives need to move their data to the modern Apple File System in time. (Continue reading)
2027’s macOS 28 will drop support for encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes.
With macOS 27, Intel support will fall away, and soon also the ability for Apple silicone macs to run Intel apps. HFS+ will also make some of the exits.
Apple will no longer support the encrypted HFS+ file system next year; users will need to decrypt it beforehand or switch to the AFPS system.
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