![]() If you clone your drive routinely, make a full clone before you upgrade, because otherwise you won’t be able to revert on an APFS drive to a previous system that uses HFS+. Bombich’s Carbon Copy Cloner, the other popular drive cloning app, has a release version that supports APFS, but notes (as Shirt Pocket does) that Apple has left some features undocumented, and has a long list of resources to read before upgrading. Dave Nanian of Shirt Pocket, makers of SuperDuper, has a beta release out (free to existing owners) that supports APFS volumes, but on his blog he advises general users against upgrading yet. Folks who develop cloning software for macOS are on the front lines of coping with these changes. Can I use cloning software to back up my drive? This will require wiping the drive, reformatting it, and then restoring the clone. ![]() ![]() ![]() You should make a clone (see next entry) if you want to have the option to revert back to Sierra. Once High Sierra upgrades my startup volume APFS, can I revert to HFS+?Ī reader having problems after upgrading to High Sierra wonders if APFS is the problem and, if so, can they revert? You can’t: High Sierra doesn’t have a back-out mechanism.
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