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Apple discontinues ZFS project for Mac OS X

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 24, 2009 at 01:42 PM

Apple has posted a notice on its ZFS open-source project page indicating that the project has been terminated. ZFS is an advanced file system developed by Sun that had been ported to Mac OS X and released in 2007 as an open-source project on Apple’s Mac OS Forge collaboration site.… Continue Reading »

What is ZFS?

by Marvin Sum on Jul 27, 2007 at 06:12 PM

You might have heard of ZFS; power users and geeky types have been going crazy over the rumors of its presence in Leopard. So what exactly does the Zettabyte File System do? In short, it’s a file system, a way of organizing the files residing on your hard drive. Mac… Continue Reading »

Leaked: ZFS is Leopard’s Default File System

by Marvin Sum on Jun 9, 2007 at 02:00 PM

We’ve got some juicy Leopard secrets to share. It turns out that Sun Microsystem’s CEO and President, Jonathan Schwartz, announced at a conference held earlier today that Apple is making ZFS the default file system in Leopard. In Schwartz’s own words: “...you’ll see that Apple is announcing at their Worldwide… Continue Reading »

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