“iOS 10.3 just went live and with it, millions of users across the world updated to an entirely new file system,” Khamosh Pathak writes for iPhone Hacks. “APFS is Apple’s new file system that will make its way to all of their major platforms.”
“APFS stands for Apple File System,” Pathak writes. “It’s Apple’s replacement for HFS+ file system and it will eventually make its way to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS – covering everything from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch.”
“APFS focuses on low latency,” Pathak writes. “Which means that things like app launches and data delivery will be noticeably faster. This should reduce load times – the spinners on iOS and beachballs on the Mac.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: A good primer.
SEE ALSO:
Apple just pulled off one of the great engineering feats of all time – March 29, 2017
Apple dials up encryption even further as mobile threats soar – March 28, 2017
Apple’s iOS 10.3 delivers brand-new Apple File System – March 28, 2017
iOS 10.3’s longer than usual installation likely due to switch to new Apple File System – March 28, 2017
Apple releases iOS 10.3, watchOS 3.2, and tvOS 10.2 – March 27, 2017
You must back up your iPhone and iPad before upgrading to Apple’s iOS 10.3, due soon – March 10, 2017
Apple’s iOS 10.3: A very, very important upgrade – January 25, 2017
APFS: What Apple’s new Apple File System means to you – June 24, 2016
APFS: New Apple File System promises more speed, flexibility, reliability – June 17, 2016
The feds’ll hate this: Apple’s new APFS file system ‘engineered with encryption as a primary feature’ – June 14, 2016
Buh-bye HFS+, hello APFS (Apple File System) for macOS! – June 14, 2016
Apple can do better than Sun’s ZFS – October 26, 2009
Apple discontinues ZFS project, turns attention to own next-gen file system – October 24, 2009
Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server’s ZFS goes MIA – June 9, 2009
They lost me when they wrote that HFS was developed back in the era of the Mac- like it is obsolete.
Gotta love those brand new 2013 Mac Pros… in 2017.
Getting some storage space back?
Did anyone check before and after their available storage space on their iPhone? If true, this is cool.
Yes.
On two old 8GB iPhone 5C, we got around 1GB extra after installation. On a 16GB iPhone SE, we got 1,5GB extra.
A little over 1GB on a 5S. Forgot to check iPad.
Unfortunately, this is a hard thing to actually measure. One of the things the upgrade does is purge all cache. Further, there may be other file size reductions in iOS and Apple apps themselves.
People are reporting all kinds of crazy space savings, but not all of it (or perhaps even any of it) may be attributable to APFS.
Guess there has to be someone thinking ahead to clear all those things before the update to give info on actual space savings. Browser cache is usually a good chunk of onboard storage.