• Mac OS X

    Convert a macOS Volume to APFS in High Sierra

    You can run High Sierra without converting a drive to apfs, Apple’s latest File System. However, you might encounter some odd behaviors, or want to take use of the enhancements in apfs. If you did a command line installation to skip the apfs conversion or are just trying to upgrade a volume that wasn’t converted during the upgrade process,  Boot the Mac into Recovery Mode by holding down the Command and R keys until you see the macOS Utilities screen. Open Disk utility. Choose your boot volume. Click on the Edit menu Click on Convert to APFS When prompted with “Would you like to convert <thenameofyourdrive> to APFS?” click on…

  • Mac OS X,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment

    Before You Upgrade to macOS Server 5.4 on High Sierra (macOS 10.13)

    The latest version of the Apple Server app is out (macOS Server 5.4), and before you upgrade, there are a few points to review: As always, make a clone of your computer before upgrading. During the upgrade to High Sierra, if the operating system is running on a solid state drive, the drive will automatically upgrade to APFS. You cannot share APFS volumes over AFP, so if you’re running file services, make sure you’re aware of that. You can choose not to upgrade to APFS using the command line to upgrade a server. Even though the file sharing services are not in the Server app, you can still configure ACLs…