

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
