
After lots of troubleshooting, I was able to figure out a way to configure it, so I figured I’d share the process in case you want to do the same. I still had one of these 15-year-old AirPort Expresses sitting around and wanted to configure it. Then, in macOS 10.12 Sierra, that stopped working. Ībout 7 years ago Apple stopped supporting the original AirPort Express in the AirPort Utility, but there was still a workaround if you could get the old version of the AirPort Utility running. If you want to make some speakers wireless, this original AirPort Express is a cheap and easy option since you can probably snag one on eBay for less than $20. It only supported up to 802.11g wireless, but that’s plenty good enough to run some AirPlay speakers or share a USB printer. The original AirPort Express (US model number M9470LL/A) debuted in 2004. Each volume within an APFS container can have its own APFS format-APFS, APFS (Encrypted), APFS (Case-sensitive), or APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted).An original AirPort Express from 2004 I still use to share a printer and speakers in 2019. You can easily add or delete volumes in APFS containers. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders.ĪPFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted): Uses the APFS format, is case-sensitive to file and folder names, and encrypts the volume. Choose this option if you don’t need an encrypted or case-sensitive format.ĪPFS (Encrypted): Uses the APFS format and encrypts the volume.ĪPFS (Case-sensitive): Uses the APFS format and is case-sensitive to file and folder names. Each volume uses only part of the overall container, so the available space is the total size of the container, minus the size of all the volumes in the container.Ĭhoose one of the following APFS formats for Mac computers using macOS 10.13 or later.ĪPFS: Uses the APFS format. If desired, you can specify reserve and quota sizes for each volume. When a single APFS container has multiple volumes, the container’s free space is shared and is automatically allocated to any of the individual volumes as needed. macOS 10.13 or later supports APFS for both bootable and data volumes.ĪPFS allocates disk space within a container (partition) on demand. While APFS is optimized for the Flash/SSD storage used in recent Mac computers, it can also be used with older systems with traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and external, direct-attached storage. Apple File System (APFS), the default file system for Mac computers using macOS 10.13 or later, features strong encryption, space sharing, snapshots, fast directory sizing, and improved file system fundamentals.
