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Company Apple released an update to its mobile operating system this week iOS 10.3. This is a fairly significant update with several major improvements, mainly related to Apple Maps, CarPlay a SiriOne major change that many overlooked, however, was the introduction of a new file system – APFS. It may sound boring, but it changes the way your phone works.

APFS should have been introduced some time ago. iOS It used the HFS+ file system, which was introduced in 1998. APFS is a direct successor to HFS. Of course, a lot has changed since the original HFS debuted in the XNUMXs.

The era of mechanical hard drives, floppy disks and other such devices is long gone, and many of today's computers can be conveniently carried with you everywhere. The APFS system was announced by the company Apple at last year's WWDC. APFS is a file system designed for flash and SSD drives and emphasizes scalability. It can work equally well on Apple Watch like on MacBookat Pro.

From a security perspective, APFS is a completely different cup of coffee. Its main selling point is native encryption support with snapshot support, making it easier to restore your iOS devices. The new file system also comes with a completely different way of calculating available storage. As a result, many users have seen an increase in their usable storage. Another advantage of APFS is faster reading and writing of files to and from the system.

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Source: TheNextWeb

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