Apple File System (APFS) is a proprietary file system developed and deployed by Apple Inc. for macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2,...
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Hierarchical File System (HFS) is a proprietary file system developed by Apple Inc. for use in computer systems running Mac OS. Originally designed for...
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HFS Plus (redirect from Apple Hierarchical File System Plus)
is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system of Apple computers with the...
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Classic Mac OS (redirect from Apple System 2)
(originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer...
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Macintosh File System (MFS) is a volume format (or disk file system) created by Apple Computer for storing files on 400K floppy disks. MFS was introduced...
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Files is a file management app developed by Apple Inc. for devices that run iOS 11 and later or iPadOS. Discovered as a placeholder title in the App Store...
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The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is a proprietary network protocol, and part of the Apple File Service (AFS), that...
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system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems, Mach, and other free...
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Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc. in a succession of two major series. In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known...
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is a notetaking app developed by Apple Inc provided on the company's iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and macOS operating systems, the latter starting with OS X Mountain...
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List of built-in macOS apps (redirect from Apple System Profiler)
built-in apps and system components developed by Apple Inc. for macOS that come bundled by default or are installed through a system update. Many of the...
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compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. All widely used file systems record a last modified time stamp (also known as "mtime")...
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is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS operating systems. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which...
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of a file is the sum of the sizes of each fork. Popular file systems that can use forks include Apple's HFS+ and Microsoft's NTFS. On file systems without...
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MacOS Sierra (category X86-64 operating systems)
that follows the user across the system. Apple released a preview of a new file system in Sierra, called Apple File System (APFS), to overcome the limitations...
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File System (Apple), a file system by Apple used for the classic Mac OS operating system Hierarchical File System (IBM MVS), a file system by IBM used...
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In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of...
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Most modern file systems support sparse files, including most Unix variants and NTFS. Apple's HFS+ does not provide support for sparse files, but in OS X...
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Hierarchical File System – Apple Macintosh file systems High Performance File System (HPFS) – on OS/2, eComStation and ArcaOS IceFS – IceFileSystem – optional...
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A versioning file system is any computer file system which allows a computer file to exist in several versions at the same time. Thus it is a form of revision...
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(now Tru64 UNIX) operating system. APFS – Apple File System is a file system for Apple products. AthFS – AtheOS File System, a 64-bit journaled filesystem...
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Finder (software) (redirect from Apple Finder)
The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems. Described in its "About" window as...
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MacOS High Sierra (category X86-64 operating systems)
(version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. macOS High Sierra was announced...
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an operating system developed by Apple Computer for its Apple IIGS personal computer. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling...
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Internet Protocol based network file system. Other notable network file systems are Andrew File System (AFS), Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), NetWare Core Protocol...
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MacOS (redirect from Apple Mac OS X)
is a Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the...
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ISO 9660 (redirect from Joliet (file system))
ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International...
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AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control of Mac applications. First introduced in System 7, it is currently...
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Sherlock (software) (redirect from Apple Sherlock)
Sherlock is a now-defunct file and web search tool created by Apple for the "classic" Mac OS, and carried through to early versions of Mac OS X. Sherlock...
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Appearance Apple Menu Options AppleTalk ColorSync Control Strip Date & Time DialAssist Energy Saver Extensions Manager File Exchange File Sharing File Synchronization...
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