what FileSystem for the TimeMachine drive?

[zoran]

A new drive that im gonna make it a TMachine drive, should i format is as APFS, or OSExt?

 

[chscag]

What kind of external drive? If it's an SSD, then format it as APFS but if it's a spinner type drive, use HFS+.

That's assuming you're using Big Sur. If you're not using Big Sur, then you must use HFS+.

 

[zoran]

I’m using HSierra, I got two ssd’s in APFS. Τhe TM drive is s spinner, so that should be HFSext?

 

[motulist]

I just read an article from last year saying time machine require hfs, and if you try to use it with apfs it'll say it needs to be reformatted to be used with time machine.

 

[chscag]

I just read an article from last year saying time machine require hfs, and if you try to use it with apfs it'll say it needs to be reformatted to be used with time machine.

That has been updated. Time Machine in Big Sur now supports APFS:

macOS Big Sur: Using APFS on a Time Machine drive has some catches

The updated macOS finally allows you to use a drive formatted with Appleu2019s not-very-new APFS filesystem as a Time Machine destination.

www.macworld.com

 

[chscag]

I’m using HSierra, I got two ssd’s in APFS. Τhe TM drive is s spinner, so that should be HFSext?

If you're using High Sierra, the external drives regardless if they are SSD or not must be formatted to HFS+ in order to use Time Machine.

 

[zoran]

For the internal ssd drives, is it better to be APFS?

 

[chscag]

For the internal ssd drives, is it better to be APFS?

Yes, it's better. APFS has been optimized for SSDs. However, if you are using a version of macOS prior to High Sierra, APFS is not available. From macOS Mojave and later, all internal drives are automatically formatted to APFS. That's regardless if they are spinner, Fusion, or SSD.

 

[zoran]

I am wondering, what will happen when a mac using ElCap, tries to connect though Ethernet connection to another mac that is using HighSierra and its drives are formatted using APFS. Will it be able to see the other macs files?

 

[chscag]

No. El Capitan will not be to see the APFS files.

 

[zoran]

So, would it be safe to say that, for older Macs, theres no point in adding them to computer Networks, that are apparted by the latest macs! The reason is because their file system will not be compatible to allow them to seeing their files!

 

[chscag]

You have to remember that over a network it won't matter what the file system is since the network translates. That's why you can place Windows boxes formatted to NTFS in the same network as Macs formatted to HFS+ and exchange files.