• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    7 天前

    you can decrypt, convert to the newer apfs, and then re-encrypt. the end of the article explains the process. back up your stuff first, just in case.

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      It says that process doesn’t apply for HFS+ encrypted Time Machine drives? I think that’s the only place I’ll be impacted

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    Apple doesn’t explain the reason for the change. Still, the move appears to be another step in Apple’s transition to APFS, its file system with built-in encryption support, which replaced Mac OS Extended as the default Mac file system in macOS High Sierra.