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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Not Formatted as APFS
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1903413" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>When APFS was introduced, installing macOS on the internal drive automatically formatted the drive from HFS to APFS without causing any loss of data. It looks like that isn't the case with external drives.</p><p></p><p>I don't run my Mac off an external drive, so I can't tell you precisely, but please be careful with the drive since formatting it will likely lead to data loss.</p><p></p><p>Curiously, why aren't you using your internal drive to boot macOS?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1903413, member: 110816"] When APFS was introduced, installing macOS on the internal drive automatically formatted the drive from HFS to APFS without causing any loss of data. It looks like that isn't the case with external drives. I don't run my Mac off an external drive, so I can't tell you precisely, but please be careful with the drive since formatting it will likely lead to data loss. Curiously, why aren't you using your internal drive to boot macOS? [/QUOTE]
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