My understanding is that APFS is for SSDs that perform well with random seek, but not for hard drives. Therefore, I want to format my hard drive with HFS+ ("Mac OS Extended"). And with encryption.
But Disk Utility doesn't have an option for it.
I've formatted the drive as GUID, but that didn't help.
I've tried performing an "Encrypt" using Finder on the drive, but that just changes it into APFS.
Did Apple remove support for HFS+ encryption?
Maybe they removed it?
Unfortunately, Apple removed the ability to create HFS+ Encrypted volumes since Big Sur. – adib Jun 28, 2022 at 2:23
from https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/421267/523293
Although their documentation still mentions it, so maybe the documentation is outdated?
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/disk-utility/dsku19ed921c/20.0/mac/11.0
Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, requires a password, and encrypts the partition.
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