macOS 28 will drop encrypted HFS+ support, forcing users to decrypt or reformat old Mac OS Extended drives before future upgrades.
Key takeaways
- How many encrypted HFS+ drives are still sitting in drawers, archive rooms, and project cabinets with data their owners assume will remain readable on future Macs?
- Apple has now put a clock on that assumption. Starting with macOS 28, encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes will no longer be supported, according to 9to5Mac . Use...
- > “In macOS 28 and later, the Mac OS Extended file system format will be supported only for volumes (disks and other storage devices) that aren’t encrypted.”
- That does not mean every old external drive dies. It means one specific combination is on the chopping block: Mac OS Extended plus encryption, also known as encryp...
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