The Be operating system file system, known simply as BFS, is the file system for the Haiku, BeOS, and SkyOS operating systems. When it was created in the late '90s as part of the ill-fated BeOS ...

Depending on the partition scheme, these are the file systems Mac OS 10.4 supports: Mac OS Extended or HFS+ is an improved version of Apple's Hierarchical File System from the mid-1980s.

A file system is a major component of the operating system (OS). Applications command the OS to input and output data, and the file system reads and writes the sectors on the storage drive.

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart ...

As of version 10.3 (Panther), OS X can read any hard drives formatted on a PC, as well as any CDs and DVDs. That includes drives that use the FAT (File Allocation Table) and Windows NTFS (New ...

Mac OS X supports a handful of common file systems—HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT, with read-only support for NTFS. It can do this because the file systems are supported by the OS X kernel.

ULTIMATE is a testament to [Ben]’s broad file system knowledge, and could likely serve useful to many hackers in the file system and OS community. Just be cautious, though – the software is ...

Apple will continue to support AFP for file sharing with Macs running previous versions of OS X and with Time Machine backup systems. OS X Mavericks also includes support for NFS v3 and v4, which ...

Apple's newest file system, APFS, has modern advancements over the antiquated HFS+, but how does its pros and cons stack up in comparison to its venerable predecessor? Read on to find out.