I just received notice of the availability of "High Sierra"(4+) MacOS.
It includes the following:
Upgrade the performance, reliability, and security of your Mac with the new Apple File System.
.Update to a new file system architecture designed for all Flash Macs
.Protect your entire drive with built-in native encryption for greater security.
Well I have a built-in flash drive, and the primary purpose of this laptop is for Radiance, running in an Xquartz X11 system.
Does the new file system and its protections affect command-line Radiance? I currently run OSX 10.12.6. Trying to avoid a dysfunctional laptop if patches are needed to run Radiance.
Thanks!
Rob
That’s just disk encryption stuff — low level. The filesystem will/should
still appear and behave the same to native apps, and permissions will
behave the same way.
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On 10/24/17, 7:46 AM, "Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]> wrote:
I just received notice of the availability of “High Sierra”(4+) MacOS.
It includes the following:
Upgrade the performance, reliability, and security of your Mac with the
new Apple File System.
.Update to a new file system architecture designed for all Flash Macs
.Protect your entire drive with built-in native encryption for greater
security.
Well I have a built-in flash drive, and the primary purpose of this
laptop is for Radiance, running in an Xquartz X11 system.
Does the new file system and its protections affect command-line
Radiance? I currently run OSX 10.12.6. Trying to avoid a dysfunctional
laptop if patches are needed to run Radiance.
Thanks!
Rob
HI Rob,
The new filesystem is the default for drives you initialize, but it won't change or affect an existing filesystem. To get the benefits of the new format, you would need to erase and restore your system. The easiest way to do this would be to create a Time Machine backup, then do a "clean install" of High Sierra, then use Migration Assistant to restore your previous system from the TM backup. This will take many hours, depending on how much data you have on backup.
I'm not recommending this, unless these new filesystem features are really important to you. Radiance should run fine on the new filesystem. I don't think X11 would be affected, either. Neither program accesses the filesystem at such a low level that it should matter.
Best,
-Greg
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From: "Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]>
Date: October 24, 2017 6:46:55 AM PDT
I just received notice of the availability of “High Sierra”(4+) MacOS.
It includes the following:
Upgrade the performance, reliability, and security of your Mac with the new Apple File System.
.Update to a new file system architecture designed for all Flash Macs
.Protect your entire drive with built-in native encryption for greater security.
Well I have a built-in flash drive, and the primary purpose of this laptop is for Radiance, running in an Xquartz X11 system.
Does the new file system and its protections affect command-line Radiance? I currently run OSX 10.12.6. Trying to avoid a dysfunctional laptop if patches are needed to run Radiance.
Thanks!
Rob
Hi Rob
If you are already on Mac OS 10.12.x ("Sierra") you should have no problems
upgrading to "High Sierra". It's more a "polish" than a "feature" upgrade.
You should check compatibility with X11 first, though. I don't think it's
considered a core component by Apple. You can find an in-depth review here:
I skipped the "Sierra" release and thought it would be a good time to
upgrade now but then I found out that the new file system does not work
well on spinning rust disk (which I still use in my iMac). To me the new
file system was the only interesting feature. I'll wait at least for the
10.13.1 release before I upgrade to give others a chance to find the juicy
problems.
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Shakespeare, Robert A. < [email protected]> wrote:
I just received notice of the availability of “High Sierra”(4+) MacOS.
It includes the following:
Upgrade the performance, reliability, and security of your Mac with the
new Apple File System.
.Update to a new file system architecture designed for all Flash Macs
.Protect your entire drive with built-in native encryption for greater
security.
Well I have a built-in flash drive, and the primary purpose of this laptop
is for Radiance, running in an Xquartz X11 system.
Does the new file system and its protections affect command-line Radiance?
I currently run OSX 10.12.6. Trying to avoid a dysfunctional laptop if
patches are needed to run Radiance.
Thanks!
Rob
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Thanks Greg, Thomas and Rob!
I proceed with cautious optimism...
Rob
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On Oct 24, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Thomas Bleicher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Rob
If you are already on Mac OS 10.12.x ("Sierra") you should have no problems upgrading to "High Sierra". It's more a "polish" than a "feature" upgrade. You should check compatibility with X11 first, though. I don't think it's considered a core component by Apple. You can find an in-depth review here:
I skipped the "Sierra" release and thought it would be a good time to upgrade now but then I found out that the new file system does not work well on spinning rust disk (which I still use in my iMac). To me the new file system was the only interesting feature. I'll wait at least for the 10.13.1 release before I upgrade to give others a chance to find the juicy problems.
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Shakespeare, Robert A. <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I just received notice of the availability of "High Sierra"(4+) MacOS.
It includes the following:
Upgrade the performance, reliability, and security of your Mac with the new Apple File System.
.Update to a new file system architecture designed for all Flash Macs
.Protect your entire drive with built-in native encryption for greater security.
Well I have a built-in flash drive, and the primary purpose of this laptop is for Radiance, running in an Xquartz X11 system.
Does the new file system and its protections affect command-line Radiance? I currently run OSX 10.12.6. Trying to avoid a dysfunctional laptop if patches are needed to run Radiance.
Thanks!
Rob
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