Is APFS journaled?

Hi,


I noticed in Disk Utility that my APFS disk, containers and volumes are not journaled.


Is this normal?


Is APFS a journaled filesystem? Or does it have a different mechanism similar to journaling, and if so, does it have effective means to reduce chances of data loss due to a system crash/power outage?


Thanks

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 2:54 AM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2020 4:13 AM

APFS is a modern file system with crash protection. It doesn't say "journaled" because, unlike HFS, it isn't an older filesystem with journalling added on later.

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