Converting to APFS - Ventura Issues (beta)

RE: Converting to APFS

drice — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:36:29 +0000

Thanks! That is what I was missing, was using the wrong terms. Deleted and recreated as RAID 4 for the SSDs. Copying the 1.5TB of data back over from the backups took about 2.5 hours and what a difference in performance. Listing folder contents was previously taking up to 40 seconds for hundreds of files. After the reformat to APFS listing folders with 1000's of files is about one second. Totally worth it.

RE: Converting to APFS

SoftRAID Support — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:53:57 +0000

@drice

Sorry, you are "erasing" the volume.
In the volume menu is "delete". You may need to disable Safeguard first.

When you create a NEW volume, then you can select APFS.

RE: Converting to APFS

drice — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:36:12 +0000

In the image I attached, it only shows HFS+ and ExFat as options when deleting the volume. Can you give me a little more detail? Thanks.

RE: Converting to APFS

SoftRAID Support — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:33:11 +0000

@drice

Sorry, no. Only use SoftRAID to manage SoftRAID disks/volumes.

RE: Converting to APFS

drice — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:09:37 +0000

Delete the volume through Disk Utility?

RE: Converting to APFS

SoftRAID Support — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:06:06 +0000

We cannot convert to APFS. Delete the volume, then create a new one, as APFS.

Converting to APFS

drice — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:37:45 +0000

Hello, I have a 2TB internal SSD from OWC. When I upgraded to Ventura on my Mac there was a tremendous slowdown listing folder contents. I have found that this is because Ventura prefers the new Apple format APFS. My SSD is HFS+. The solution seems to be to reformat it as APFS but I don't have that option in SoftRAID. Do I reformat it first in Disk Utility? I searched the PDF manual I received with the SSD but there is nothing about APFS. Thanks.

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