APFS is built for and optimized for solid state. No question about that.
Most of what has been written about the new file system is what happens to performance on hard drives that are formatted APFS, and why it makes sense to NOT change hard drive file systems from HFS+ to APFS.
I have not seen anything about performance if keeping HFS+ on an SSD.
I was just pointing out that if one upgrades any older OS (on a SSD) to 10.13, it will automatically get converted to APFS. Yours is not.
It is a variable. I have upgraded about 10 Macs to 10.13 with SSDs, and all are APFS, and none have any issues. The Mac I am using now is an Mid 2010 MBP 2.53 i5 with only 6GB of RAM, and I see no beachballs or other delays. 10.13 on a Samsung SSD and APFS.
Oh, and 55 seconds is way to long. A clean OS on and SSD would be roughly half that. Makes me think some of the legacy apps and startup items are suspect.
[doublepost=1530391176][/doublepost]One variable to consider would be to uninstall Avast. I don't have any insight, but there have been many a AV program that were resource hogs. I would fully uninstall it, even if just to test.
Hi!
Thanks for the info - I really do not know much about file systems but if you also say stick with HFS+ then I will do just that - it is way to early in the game for me to mess with file systems & it was an absolute & very long frustrating experience trying to get High Sierra loaded & installed on the SSD - I was doing it as an external first so I could still use my mac.
I tried many multiple times when connecting via USB - the then external SSD would mount on the desktop but not when starting when pressing down the "alt" button. I was eventually able to get it top mount by using the very last USB port on my MBP when it would not on the first two - no idea why as when I connected other devices to the USB ports, they all worked - maybe the last USB port has more power or something?
Coming from Mavericks, I am way behind the curve on OS let alone new file systems & so I need to get my head round High Sierra first I think before ever messing with file systems. As long as my MBP is fast, stable & issue free, then I will be happy regardless of file systems I guess.
May I ask, my MBP shows 10.13.4 - if there is ever an Software upgrade by Apple & I apply it, will it then change things to this APFS or will I still be with HFS+ - just wish to know if it ever happens.
I have got rid of Avast - it was only ever installed due to it being the only options to stop the stags.bluekai.com pop up I was getting but even Avast was unable to stop after a while. It is gone now hopefully - I uninstalled via Applcleaner out of habit & there were still Avast files left in the system - I think I found them all & deleted them - hope I got them all as I really do not like Avast tbh. Even with Avast gone, the situation is pretty much the same.
May I ask, what exactly do you mean by Legacy Apps as if I can know what they are & where, I would like to be able to get rid if any offending ones. I do have a log in items that load at start up - please see screen-shot to check if on my list might be offending ones & which I should get rid of.
I have been browsing on Safari & things on general it is OK - if beach balls happen, they last a few seconds but very strangely, every time I go to website called Macworld, the beach ball is constant & the webpage never fully loads? I wonder whatever is causing this might also be the culprit for other issues?
If I can get start time to around 30 secs as you say it should be, that would be awesome - I now need to find out what is causing it to take twice as long as it should be then - trouble is I do not know where to look for stuff that might be working in the background or as hidden etc!
Many Thanks!
Bazzy!
