HFS Plus (English Wikipedia)

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"HFS Plus Dates". HFS Plus Volume Format. Apple Inc. March 5, 2004. Technical Note TN1150.
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"Core Storage Deprecations - Apple Developer Documentation". developer.apple.com. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
"Technical Q&A QA1235: Converting to Precomposed Unicode". Apple Developer Connection. February 7, 2003. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
There are some minor differences derived from the fact that the HFS Plus format was finalized before Unicode had standardized the NFD format (see "Unicode Subtleties" Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine for more information)
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support.apple.com

"OS X: Mac OS Extended format (HFS Plus) volume and file limits". Support.apple.com. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
"Apple – Support – Downloads – Bootcamp". apple.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

devworld.apple.com

Gregg Williams (May 19, 2000). "Strategy Mosaic: Sequoia--Mass Storage for Tomorrow and Beyond". Archived from the original on May 19, 2000.

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"Apple – OS X Server – Windows Services". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2007-11-12.

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"What is Mac OS HFS+ format?". AppleXsoft. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-11-06.

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John Gruber (November 11, 2002). "Crow". DaringFireball.net. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.

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"What Format Should I Use For SSD On Mac?". Darwin’s Data. Retrieved 7 December 2025. Not optimized for SSDs – HFS+ does not include features like trim support that can maintain maximum SSD performance.

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packages.debian.org

"Debian – Details of package hfsprogs in sid". Archived from the original on 2009-07-03.

bugs.debian.org

"#550010 – hfsplus corrupts filesystems >2TB – Debian Bug report logs". Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2011-02-17.

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Tyrsina, Radu. "What is SSD TRIM, why is it useful, and how to check whether it is turned on". Digital Citizen. Reflector Media. Retrieved 7 December 2025. These all pile up and cause fast wear of the flash memory chips that are found inside the SSD.

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"DiskInternals Reader for Total Commander". DiskInternals. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
"DiskInternals Linux Reader". DiskInternals. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

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"Which external drives have Trim and SMART support?". The Eclectic Light Company. Retrieved 8 December 2025. In normal circumstances, APFS and HFS+ will only Trim SSDs with an NVMe interface.

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iohead LLC (2011). "fileXray user guide and reference" (PDF). iohead LLC. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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"Implement HFSPlus Journal on Linux". Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.

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git.kernel.org

"kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git – Linux kernel source tree".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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"10.6: Compress files with HFS+ compression – Mac OS X Hints". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01.

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"'hfsplus' in linux-fsdevel – MARC". Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2012-09-21.

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"Fragmentation in HFS Plus Volumes". osxbook.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

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"Overview – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Express". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
"Full Features – Paragon NTFS/HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Express". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"Full features – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Professional". Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"FAQ & Glossary – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Professional". Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
"Write HFS+ volumes in Windows – Paragon HFS+ for Windows". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-14.

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"jHFSplus". Shashank Tulsyan. 2011-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09.

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"[PATCH 2/3] hfsplus: lift the 2TB size limit — Linux Filesystem Development". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.

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"How to mount a HFS partition in Ubuntu as Read/Write?". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30.

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"OS X: Mac OS Extended format (HFS Plus) volume and file limits". Support.apple.com. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
"Technical Note TN1150: HFS Plus Volume Format". Apple Developer Connection. March 5, 2004. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
"10.6: Compress files with HFS+ compression – Mac OS X Hints". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01.
Gregg Williams (May 19, 2000). "Strategy Mosaic: Sequoia--Mass Storage for Tomorrow and Beyond". Archived from the original on May 19, 2000.
John Gruber (November 11, 2002). "Crow". DaringFireball.net. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
"Re: git on MacOSX and files with decomposed utf-8 file names". KernelTrap. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
"Fragmentation in HFS Plus Volumes". osxbook.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "OS X 10.4 Tiger: Metadata revisited". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
"Apple – OS X Server – Windows Services". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
iohead LLC (2011). "fileXray user guide and reference" (PDF). iohead LLC. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
"What is Mac OS HFS+ format?". AppleXsoft. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
"Technical Q&A QA1235: Converting to Precomposed Unicode". Apple Developer Connection. February 7, 2003. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
There are some minor differences derived from the fact that the HFS Plus format was finalized before Unicode had standardized the NFD format (see "Unicode Subtleties" Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine for more information)
Harris, Robin. "WWDC's biggest disappointment – ZDNet". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22.
John Siracusa (July 20, 2011). "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
"Mac OS X – ForensicsWiki". forensicswiki.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
"Debian – Details of package hfsprogs in sid". Archived from the original on 2009-07-03.
"#550010 – hfsplus corrupts filesystems >2TB – Debian Bug report logs". Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
"[PATCH 2/3] hfsplus: lift the 2TB size limit — Linux Filesystem Development". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
"How to mount a HFS partition in Ubuntu as Read/Write?". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30.
"Implement HFSPlus Journal on Linux". Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.
"'hfsplus' in linux-fsdevel – MARC". Archived from the original on 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"Overview – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Express". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
"Full Features – Paragon NTFS/HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Express". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"Full features – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Professional". Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"FAQ & Glossary – Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Professional". Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
"Apple – Support – Downloads – Bootcamp". apple.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
"jHFSplus". Shashank Tulsyan. 2011-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09.
"DiskInternals Reader for Total Commander". DiskInternals. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
"DiskInternals Linux Reader". DiskInternals. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
"Write HFS+ volumes in Windows – Paragon HFS+ for Windows". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
"HFSExplorer". Catacombae. Erik Larsson. 2015-10-13. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-09-23.

zdnet.com (Global: 1,235^th place; English: 855^th place)

Harris, Robin. "WWDC's biggest disappointment – ZDNet". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22.

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