Apple’s macOS 28 will no longer support encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) drives

MacDailyNews
Jul 9, 2026, 1:00 pm197 pts
Apple has issued a clear warning to users still relying on older encrypted storage: starting with macOS 28 (expected in 2027), the company will drop support for encrypted volumes formatted with Mac OS Extended, also known as HFS+. In a new support document published this week, Apple states that in macOS 28 and…

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