Users who rely on encrypted HFS+ drives will not need to decrypt them before converting them to APFS for macOS 28 compatibility. This is what it means.
Apple is revising the macOS 28 migration guide for encrypted HFS+ drives
A few weeks ago, Apple published a supporting document Starting with macOS 28, it explains that “the Mac OS Extended file system format will only be supported for non-encrypted volumes (disks and other storage devices).”
This basically meant that users currently relying on encrypted HFS+ external drives or other encrypted Mac-formatted volumes would have to “decrypt or reformat any encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes,” as Apple explained.
Previously, the support page provided step-by-step instructions for either decrypting the volume or erasing and reformatting it using APFS.
Apple has revised the page to add a third option that allows users to directly convert an encrypted HFS+ volume to encrypted APFS without first decrypting it. The company now provides the following guidelines for the new process:
Convert the volume to encrypted APFS
- Open the Disk Utility program in the Utilities folder of the Applications folder. Or Use Spotlight to find and open.
- From the View menu in the menu bar, select Show Volumes Only.
- In the Disk Utility sidebar, select the volume name.
- Select Convert to APFS from the Edit menu in the menu bar, then click Convert to confirm.
- When done, exit Disk Utility.
Apple notes that “this solution does not apply to encrypted ones Time Machine backup disks.”
The company also removed previous instructions to first decrypt the volume, convert it to APFS without erasing it, and then optionally re-encrypt it.
To check the updated support page, follow this link.
Does this new option make it easier to prepare your drivers for macOS 28? Let us know in the comments.
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