Disk Utility User Guide

• Convert Hfs To Apfs
• Convert Apfs To Hfs
• How To Format To Apfs
• Convert Hfs To Apfs Terminal

You can convert the image format and encryption of a disk image.

For example, if you create a read/write disk image but later want to prevent changes to the image, you can convert it to one of the read-only disk image formats.

Convert Hfs To Apfs

Convert Apfs To Hfs

1. In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose Images > Convert, select the disk image file you want to convert, then click Open.

2. Click the Image Format pop-up menu, then choose a new image format.

   • Read-only: The disk image can’t be written to, and is quicker to create and open.

   • Compressed: Compresses data, so the disk image is smaller than the original data. The disk image is read-only.

   • Read/write: Allows you to add files to the disk image after it’s created.

   • DVD/CD master: Can be used with third-party apps. It includes a copy of all sectors of the disk image, whether they’re used or not. When you use a master disk image to create other DVDs or CDs, all data is copied exactly.

   • Hybrid image (HFS+/ISO/UDF): This disk image is a combination of disk image formats and can be used with different file system standards, such as HFS, ISO, and UDF.

3. If you want to change the encryption, click the Encryption pop-up menu, then choose an encryption type.

4. Enter a new name for the image in the Save As field, click Save, then click Done.

Actually this is old news as it was brought up in several Apple warnings about APFS. Still good as a reminder since converting a Time Machine drive to APFS very nicely destroys the LINKs that Time Machine uses to store file data. High Sierra introduced APFS, Apple’s first entirely new file system on the Mac in decades. Today, Shirt Pocket Software announced an update to its backup utility SuperDuper! That is compatible with APFS. In fact, the app can create a bootable clone for any Mac running Mac OS X 10.9 and later. Supporting a brand new.

How To Format To Apfs

Convert Hfs To Apfs Terminal

• Apple's newest file system, APFS, has some limitations and may not be a good fit for every user. If you want to revert your drives back to HFS+ from APFS, follow the steps in this tutorial.
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