Funky frank Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Hi, in the past I updated my macos systems using that "keep hfs+" switches with the system updater (forgot how to do exactly). I really want to keep my HFS+ partition scheme, because AFPS would totally mess up my backup system, too! I absolutely do not need the system partition separation either. I read that mojave still worked on a "regular" HFS+ partition. Is this true for 10.15 and 10.16, too? Does anybody have experience with this? Thanks for infos! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346587-updating-from-1013-to-1015-is-apfs-now-mandatory-keeping-hfs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCanaro Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 or you don't change macOS or if you switch to catalina or big sur you will necessarily have to adopt APFS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346587-updating-from-1013-to-1015-is-apfs-now-mandatory-keeping-hfs/#findComment-2750332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky frank Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Thanks for those detailed infos! Very helpful. I am using a 1:1 copy of multiple drives to a backup drive with CarbonCopyCloner. It 1:1 copies the whole system drive, and then some specific user dirs from other drives. As a result, I have a bootable backup drive, which is super helpful, if the system drive does not work anymore. Then I can simply boot the backup and 1:1 copy all files back. I think I did not install freshly since 2010 or so Sometimes I clean the system though, but I know what to do here. I wonder if this way of backupping still is possible with those separated APFS partitions? Also HFS+ is easily readable with "disk doctor" tools, once the drive has failed. I think this is not the case with APFS? Maybe it is nowadays... I don't like how Apple locks the user from his/her own data in general. And then APFS seems to run SLOWER on my Samsung SSD than HFS+. And it does not show the correct free space either. I don't like APFS, so if I can, I would like to avoid it. But since you wrote that Big Sur does not even boot from HFS+ anymore, I guess I have no choice. @Hervé Are you sure that Big Sur even is not booting a GPT EFI HFS+ drive anymore? I don't use MBR btw. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346587-updating-from-1013-to-1015-is-apfs-now-mandatory-keeping-hfs/#findComment-2750479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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