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For now we’d advise against formatting in APFS because it won’t be readable by Macs that aren’t running High Sierra, but this may not matter to you. And it currently only works on SSDs or Flash storage. But it won’t be readable or usable by a Mac that isn’t running High Sierra, and Windows or Linux machines won’t be able to read or write either. You can choose an encrypted version and a case-sensitive version. There are a number of things that are good about it – such as it being more efficient and more reliable. We’ll describe them below, and you’ll be able to choose the one that suits you.ĪPFS (Apple File System) – This is the new file system that Apple bought to Macs with High Sierra and it will be the default if you are using that version of macOS. There are a few file formats that you can use but the one that’s right for your circumstances depends very much on what you are going to be using the drive for. Making a bootable macOS install drive (covered here) and if you areĭoing a clean install of macOS. Other reasons you might want to use Disk Utility include