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Does APFS still run like dog feces on a spinning platter drive in 10.13? I have a bunch of older iMacs I have stuck at 10.12 for this reason.
by plussed_reader 8y ago
Does APFS still run like dog feces on a spinning platter drive in 10.13?
I have a bunch of older iMacs I have stuck at 10.12 for this reason.
- close04 8y agoThere's no reason to stay on 10.12 to avoid APFS. I tried a fresh install of 10.13 with APFS on a hard drive. I wasn't happy at all with the performance especially at boot (for some reason). So I started over and went with HFS+. I have no idea if APFS on Mojave behaves better but if it doesn't force the file system upgrade (didn't check this yet) I see no reason to avoid Mojave. APFS would make a lot more sense on an SSD but even with 0 improvement (excluding visible performance drops here) at storage level the other features alone should make the upgrade worth it.