The Mac HFS was the first file system to extensively use file attributes in support of GUIs. Consider that a windowed OS needs to persist ... the electronics that interface with the computer ...

Underneath its slick interface, OS X has a number of hidden ... OS X Terminal that should allow it to view and edit system files. Each OS X application is actually a package that includes the ...

Most OSs use their standard I/O interface between the file system and the memory device drivers. This allows for one or more file systems to operate in conjunction with the OS. I/O management in ...

Mac OS X supports a handful ... mount them as a single volume on the system, much like you’d plugged in a USB drive. FUSE has its limitations, however. File system access performs less well ...

As with many aspects of the system, Apple has gone through ... by making sharing both configurable through one interface and also intuitive. File sharing in OS X is very similar to file access ...

Windows' default NTFS is read-only on OS X, not read ... help when you're sharing files with your friends' computers. Besides, it's kind of a hassle. The exFAT file system is a much simpler ...