Apple File System for Linux

APFS module for linux, with experimental write support.

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  • Open Source

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What is Apple File System for Linux?

Apple File System for Linux

The Apple File System (APFS) is the copy-on-write filesystem currently used on all Apple devices. This module provides a degree of experimental support on Linux.

It's supposed to work with a range of kernel versions starting at 4.9 or before, but only a few of those have actually been tested. Also, kernel versions below 4.12 will be slower for some operations. If you run into any problem, please send a report to linux-apfs@googlegroups.com or file a github issue at https://github.com/eafer/linux-apfs-rw/issues.

To help test write support, a set of userland tools is also under development. The git tree can be retrieved from https://github.com/eafer/apfsprogs.git. Known limitations

This module is the result of reverse engineering and testing has been limited. If you make use of the write support, expect data corruption. Please report any issues that you find, but I can't promise a quick resolution at this stage.

Encryption is not yet implemented even in read-only mode.

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