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9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence:  Apple no longer pursuing ZFS as the next generation file system for OSX

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):  ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued

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end of a dream :( http://bit.ly/3SZy31 11/3/2009

It is also clear that Apple will develop its own next generation file system (via @gruber): http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/23/zfs 10/25/2009

bummer. Looks like ZFS on Mac is dead. http://bit.ly/3KMJIO 10/24/2009

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Apple no longer pursuing ZFS as the next generation file system for OSX
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... As John Gruber points out, the writing has been on the wall for awhile as 10.6 betas has some support for the file system but the final releases (Client and Server) had it wiped from existance. ...

ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... will also be removed shortly. It's hinted that this was caused by legal issues surrounding the merger of Sun Microsystems and Oracle, which caused Apple to back away from the next-generation file system technology. After many rumors, including ZFS support that was going to be added in Snow Leopard Server, but that ended up being removed in the final version, it now seems like the saga of ZFS on Mac OS X is ending with a whimper. [via Daring Fireball] TUAWZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued originally appeared on ...