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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1796326" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hello and welcome to the forum! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm assuming that the 8TB HD will be a new purchase (and not the one w/ all of your current files)? Let me just address several of your questions, others will come along w/ further advice, especially as you add more posts to this thread; also, take a look as this <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3230498/storage/apple-file-system-apfs-faq.html" target="_blank">LINK</a> which may answer many of your listed items above.</p><p></p><p>First, the new APFS applies only to SSDs at the moment - Apple may address their 'fusion drives' in the near future (or not?) - so for your spinning HD, APFS is not an option presently - HFS+ is likely your best choice (although others may propose differently). Second, if you plan to use Time Machine for backup, then a HFS+ drive will be needed (the app will not work w/ APFS at the moment - more info <a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/disks-you-can-use-with-time-machine-mh15139/mac" target="_blank">HERE</a>). Hopefully, these comments will get your started along w/ the first link. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1796326, member: 234411"] Hello and welcome to the forum! :) I'm assuming that the 8TB HD will be a new purchase (and not the one w/ all of your current files)? Let me just address several of your questions, others will come along w/ further advice, especially as you add more posts to this thread; also, take a look as this [URL="https://www.macworld.com/article/3230498/storage/apple-file-system-apfs-faq.html"]LINK[/URL] which may answer many of your listed items above. First, the new APFS applies only to SSDs at the moment - Apple may address their 'fusion drives' in the near future (or not?) - so for your spinning HD, APFS is not an option presently - HFS+ is likely your best choice (although others may propose differently). Second, if you plan to use Time Machine for backup, then a HFS+ drive will be needed (the app will not work w/ APFS at the moment - more info [URL="https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/disks-you-can-use-with-time-machine-mh15139/mac"]HERE[/URL]). Hopefully, these comments will get your started along w/ the first link. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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