macOS
Backing up to Apple File System
Q I have a 2TB external SSD formatted in Apple File System (APFS), on which I want to make Time Machine backups of one important folder. Is there any way to do that before Big Sur?
by MIKE O’DWYER
A In macOS Mojave and Catalina, you can set Time Machine to make its backups to a sparse bundle in HFS+J format, which can be stored on an APFS disk. That isn’t the way that Big Sur uses to back
