# Happy birthday APFS, 7 years old today – The Eclectic Light Company

<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/03/27/happy-birthday-apfs-7-years-old-today/>

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- Saved: April 2, 2024 (2024-04-03T02:19:05Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

It was amazing how long the Mac ran on HFS. I was one of the few that got really excited when the rumor circled that they might switch to ZFS. And then Apple made their own filesystem, APFS.

## Facts

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