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Apple Releases macOS High Sierra With Apple File System, Safari Autoplay Blocking and Privacy Tools, Metal 2, and More

Haemorrhage said:
I put the link above in one of my posts on this page...


All done.


It DOES feel faster, I swear to GOD!!!!



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Done it ages ago.
 
macpanzer said:
Well, that's interesting, the macOS volume seems to be just 300GB's...
wth?!

Code: 
xyz:~ xyz$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         499.4 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +499.4 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   307.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 19.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                520.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
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I think the 307GB is whats been used, therefore you should have about 193GB free
 
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I can’t install Mac OS HS on a MacBook Air 2013,
An error occurred while verifying firmware

Any suggestion?

Thanks


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Apple today released the newest version of its operating system for Macs, macOS High Sierra, to the public. macOS High Sierra is a free download that's available today for everyone who has a compatible Mac.

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macOS High Sierra can be downloaded directly from the Mac App Store or through the Software Update function in the Mac App Store. Some users are seeing an error that prevents installation, so the update may still be propagating. macOS High Sierra is compatible with all Macs able to run Sierra, with a full list below:

2009 and Later
- iMac (Late 2009)
- MacBook (Late 2009)

2010 and Later
- MacBook Air (Late 2010)
- MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
- Mac mini (Mid 2010)
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

macOS High Sierra is designed to improve on the previous macOS Sierra operating system with some major under-the-hood upgrades and a handful of outward-facing changes.

Apple File System (APFS), a file system designed for solid state drives, is the new default for these drives in macOS High Sierra. APFS is safe, secure, and optimized for modern storage systems. It features native encryption, safe document saves, stable snapshots, and crash protection, plus it brings performance improvements.

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APFS is available for all Macs with solid state storage, but it is not available for Fusion drives or standard hard drives.

macOS High Sierra introduces support for High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) for better compression without loss of quality, and HEIF for smaller photo sizes.

Metal 2, Apple's next-generation Metal graphics API, is included in High Sierra, offering a range of improvements to games, apps, and overall animations on the Mac. Metal 2 brings support for machine learning, external GPUs (coming in Spring 2018), and VR content creation for the first time.

Along with these invisible upgrades, several apps have been updated with new features. Photos has a new look and new editing tools for Curves, Selective Color, and Live Photos, and the Memories feature in Photos has been expanded.

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Safari now blocks autoplay videos and includes Intelligent Tracking Prevention to protect your privacy, and there's also a new always-on option for Safari Reader. Mail search is better than ever, Mail storage has been optimized to take up 35 percent less space, and iCloud Drive file sharing and iCloud storage family plans have been added.

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As with iOS, Siri has a much more natural voice with changes in expression and intonation, and Siri has gotten smarter with cross-device syncing. There are also tweaks to FaceTime (you can snap live photos), Notes (tables and pinning), and Spotlight (improved search), along with dozens of other tiny changes and tweaks.

Additional information on macOS High Sierra can be found in our macOS High Sierra roundup, which includes details on all of the new features found in the update.

Article Link: Apple Releases macOS High Sierra With Apple File System, Safari Autoplay Blocking and Privacy Tools, Metal 2, and More
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Downloaded, updated, converted internal SSD to APFS, restarted and everything seems to be working.
55 minutes from start to finish on my Late 2012 27" iMac i7.

Now to use it for a bit. Made sure all my apps are working, but will spend time using it to see if anything needs addressing.
 
Mid 2011 iMac 27" with 3rd party ssd(850 EVO) fresh install from USB, made the mistake of installing APFS (case sensitive) then found out One Drive won't work with this config. Reinstalled again with just plain APFS and no issues. Interestingly enough I have some old games, ZUMA, Chicken Invaders all 32 bit still working?
Trimforce works ok as well
 
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jobesucks said:
Mid 2011 iMac 27" with 3rd party ssd(850 EVO) fresh install from USB, made the mistake of installing APFS (case sensitive) then found out One Drive won't work with this config. Reinstalled again with just plain APFS and no issues. Interestingly enough I have some old games, ZUMA, Chicken Invaders all 32 bit still working?
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32bit will be supported in MacOS 10.13. From all I've read, this is the end of the road for those apps though.
 
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Lots of positives in this thread.

It trashed my 2012 MBP.

Trying to reinstall from recovery disk now..
 
doun17 said:
I think the 307GB is whats been used, therefore you should have about 193GB free
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Yeah, that seems to be the case. Used space shown there, not volume size.
But how did it use up all that space when before the upgrade I was only using ~120 GB.

Anyway, erased the disk and reinstalled. Disk usage is back to normal. Now need to restore the apps...
 
Martyimac said:
Mine went smooth as silk, 36:24 minutes from hitting the install button to the desktop and that includes the time to format my HD to SPFS. This is on the Macpro listed below.. All the programs I normally use still work without a hitch.
Sorry to bust your bubble.
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No. I really want this new OS to work great. I'll give it another shot when I have more time in case things go south.
 
faded_glory said:
Appalling download speeds here in the UK. It's gone from 5 minutes remaining to 9 hours and rapidly climbing.
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Your ISP is likely throttling you. I was pulling iOS 11 on launch day afternoon from direct download link at around 80 MB/s. Yes you read that correctly, 80 Megabytes per second.
 
BugeyeSTI said:
My boot time increased considerably after the update..
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I've seen a few of these. I happened with me on the GM (haven't tried this final release yet). Wonder if there's certain configurations that are somehow causing problems.
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macpanzer said:
Yeah, that seems to be the case. Used space shown there, not volume size.
But how did it use up all that space when before the upgrade I was only using ~120 GB.

Anyway, erased the disk and reinstalled. Disk usage is back to normal. Now need to restore the apps...
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Let us know what your free space looks like after the restore. If it's fine, then we know it's something to do with installing on top of a current install.
 
No problems here. One thing I did notice is it didn't convert my external SSD to Apple file system and it's greyed out in disk utility.
 
My download has been calculating the remaining time for the last half hour. This is getting really annoying really fast. Should I just shut it down and try again?
 
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So I have read through EVERY SINGLE POST in this thread - not one person has mentioned this.

If you have a 2011 iMac 27", and you installed 2 SSDs on the SATA3 ports, and created an AppleRAID0 in Disk Utility - NO JOY. 10.13.0 WILL NOT install to it.

Thanks, Apple. I used your stuff. You can't even support that on launch day.
 
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ruchern said:
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Very grateful to be in Singapore. Downloaded in 2 mins.
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I have gigabit fiber, I'm always impressed how fast Apple servers will push to me.
I also get a kick out of comments about "Apple servers bogging down" when the reality is that their ISP is throttling them.
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macpanzer said:
Well, that's interesting, the macOS volume seems to be just 300GB's...
wth?!

Code: 
xyz:~ xyz$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         499.4 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +499.4 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   307.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 19.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                520.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
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Seems like I remember reading something about the volume can grow as needed. I'm not sure, but perhaps macOS is keeping that space for over provisioning / in case you want to add a BootCamp partition?
Curious what you find out...
 
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