iOS 10.3 brings the Apple File System (APFS) to your iPhone: What you need to know!APFS is Apple's next-generation File System for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Updated March, 2017: APFS is now live for everyone as part of the iOS 10.3 general release.
APFS is the Apple File System. It was introduced at WWDC 2016 and, starting this year, it will replace the existing HFS+ file system on Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, and Mac Pro.
Apple made a developer preview available for macOS Sierra back at WWDC and, with iOS 10.3, Apple's released APFS to every modern iPhone and iPad owner on the planet as well. Yeah, pedal to the metal.
Most of us don't need to know much about Apple File System. It's an implementation detail that will be largely transparent as it rolls out. Any future features it enables, like smarter backups and faster updates, and things we haven't even thought about yet, will no doubt get marketed all on their own anyway. For them, APFS will likewise be an implementation detail as well.
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iOS 10.3 brings the Apple File System (APFS) to your iPhone: What you need to know!
