Apple to end support for encrypted Mac OS Extended drives–here’s what it means

Macworld
Jul 8, 2026, 12:45 pm204 pts
Macworld In a newly released support document, Apple announced that support for the encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format will end with macOS 28, which is expected to be released in 2027. This means that users will need to reformat or decrypt any storage device formatted with encrypted Mac OS Extended to…

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